单词 | bas |
释义 | basint. Indian English. Expressing exasperation or impatience: stop! no more! Also used to indicate firmness or finality: that's it! enough! Often reduplicated for emphasis. ΚΠ 1839 P. M. Taylor Confessions of Thug III. v. 103 ‘Bus!’ cried Peer Khan, as he got out of the way; ‘enough, great Khan!’ 1875 M. D. Elmslie & W. B. Thomson Seedtime in Kashmir 91 The listeners..smiled, then looked at each other, nodded, laughed, and then exclaimed, ‘Bas,’—enough. 1935 Times of India 28 May 15/3 Thank you for that tip about thumping him in the back and saying ‘Bas, bas!’ 1988 S. Rushdie Satanic Verses (1998) 434 I can't bloody bear it. I swear, yaar, if I thought that was it, then, bas, I don't know, I'd, I don't know what. 1999 M. Syal Life isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee (2000) i. 26 ‘Bas! Now they are settled,’ the women said, satisfied, their biggest worry over. 2010 K. Sengupta Rajmahal ii. iii. 308 ‘Bas, bas,’ said Ali Mallik... ‘There's no need to argue.’ This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < int.1839 |
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