单词 | what ails you at ——? |
释义 | > as lemmaswhat ails you at ——? a. transitive. With at. To cause (a person) to be displeased at or aggrieved towards, or object to or complain about something or someone. Chiefly in what ails you at ——?: ‘what do you have against ——?’, ‘what is your objection to ——?’ Chiefly Scottish and Irish English in later use. ΚΠ a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 445 (MED) What eyleþ þe at us? we come nevere in þy lond. c1440 Prose Life Alexander (Thornton) (1913) 53 (MED) What ayles ȝow at me þat ȝe will sla me? a1505 R. Henryson Robene & Makyne 72 in Poems (1981) 177 Quhat alis lufe at me? a1586 A. Arbuthnot in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I. 49 Quhat alis ȝow at me? 1637 S. Rutherford Let. 7 July in Joshua Redivivus (1664) 351 None here will have my Master, Alas! What aileth them at him? 1724 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (new ed.) I. 37 What ails ye at my Dad, quoth he, My Minny or my Aunty. 1769 Get up & bar the Door in D. Herd Anc. & Mod. Scots Songs 331 What ails ye at the pudding broo, That boils into the pan? 1808 W. Neilson Introd. Irish Lang. iii. 59 What ailed him at Bryan? [translating Go de ḃi anaġaid Bhrian aige?] 1852 S. R. Whitehead Two Families II. viii. 179 ‘I don't like this house, ma'am,’ she began... ‘What ails you at it, Thompson?’ said Eliza carelessly. 1890 M. Taylor Miss Miles ii What do you mean about a new chapel, Sammy? What ails ye at t'oud 'un? 1911 A. D. Stewart Heather & Peat ix. 120 What ails ye at the man's name? Bob's a dacent lad. 1917 S. H. Adams Our Square 296 Molly's loyal Irish blood was up. ‘What ails ye at the world, at all!’ she demanded. 1979 F. Urquhart Palace of Green Days x. 63 What ails ye at playin' with Daisy and Tommy? You'd be better with them, gettin' the fresh air into yer lungs. < as lemmas |
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