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单词 wirrasthru
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wirrasthruint.n.

Brit. /wɪrəsˈθruː/, U.S. /ˌwɪrəsˈθru/, Irish English /wɪrəsˈθruː/
Forms: 1800s weerasthrue, 1800s weirasthru, 1800s wierasthru, 1800s wirrastru, 1800s wirrastrua, 1800s wurra strew, 1800s wurristroo, 1800s wurrustrew, 1800s– whisteroo (irregular), 1800s– wiristhru, 1800s– wirrasthru, 1800s– wirrasthrue, 1900s– wirrasthroo, 1900s– wirrastroo, 1900s– wurrasthroo.
Origin: A borrowing from Irish. Etymons: Irish a Mhuire, is trua.
Etymology: < Irish a Mhuire, is trua (interjection) alas, what a pity < a Mhuire , vocative of the name of the Virgin Mary (see wirra int.) + is , copula (see be v.) + trua pity, use as noun of trua miserable, pitiful (formerly truagh ; Early Irish trúag , tróg ), cognate with Welsh †tru wretched, miserable (compare Welsh truan wretch: compare truant n.), Gaulish trougo- (in personal names). Compare slightly earlier wirra int.The forms with -th- in English reflect the (dental) quality of the -t- in Irish.
Irish English (chiefly in representations of Irish English speech). Now rare.
A. int.
Expressing sorrow, distress, or regret: ‘alas!’ ‘woe!’ Cf. wirra int.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > [interjection] > specific cry of grief
woeeOE
wellawayeOE
weilac1000
wellawayOE
wellaOE
woe is meOE
wummec1175
wia1200
outa1225
alas?c1225
walec1275
ac1300
whilec1402
ochonea1425
wellesay?1440
wannowec1450
helas1484
ah1509
ocha1522
ah me!a1547
wougha1556
eh1569
welladay1570
how1575
wellanear1581
ay me!1591
lasa1593
wella, welladay1601
good lack!1638
oime1660
pillaloo1663
wellanearing1683
lack-a-day1695
wasteheart1695
walya1724
lackadaisy1748
ochree1748
waesucks1773
well-a-winsa1774
ullagone1819
wirra1825
mavrone1827
wirrasthru1827
ototoi1877
wurra1898
1827 G. Griffin Tales Munster Festivals II. 45 And I must leave my home at last, O wirra-sthru! O wirra-sthru!
1843 New World 19 Aug. 194/2 All she could for sometime return, was her country ejaculations, such as ‘wirrasthru wirrasthru!’..and ‘what'll become of my poor childher?’
1884 D. Boucicault Shaughraun I. iv. 214 Oh, weir asthru! What'll I do!
1912 Windsor Mag. Aug. 294 Down go tables an' chairs—wirrasthru!—an' they're off.
1978 W. R. Espy O Thou Improper, Thou Uncommon Noun 3 I have not myself heard an Irishman say ‘Ah, wirra, wirra’, or ‘Wirrasthru’; yet they often moan so, at least in books, shaking their heads and wringing their hands.
B. n.
An exclamation of ‘wirrasthru’; a lament; (also) a miserable or pitiful thing.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > [noun] > (an utterance of) specific cry
wellaway?c1225
harmesaya1487
ay me!a1547
welladay1582
heigh-hoc1604
ochone1654
wirrasthru1852
1852 C. G. Hamilton Carlington Castle xxxv. 420 I thought me heart 'ud have left me body;..and a wirrasthru was ready to choke me, but I kept it down.
1884 D. Boucicault Shaughraun i. iv. 21 Ses he, ‘You won't see home for six months.’ Then I set up a wierasthru.
1892 T. E. Brown Lett. (1900) I. 158 He..rushed forth to catch the train,..with some wild wirrasthru of farewell.
1978 T. Murphy Crucial Week in Life Grocer's Assistant v. 40 Aa, that auld wiristhru of a bitch Mrs. Smith is too miserly altogether.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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