| 单词 | yes! but | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasyes! but  (a) After an interjection or exclamation, as  yes! but,  aye! but,  nay! but,  ah! but,  oh! but,  I say! but, etc., expressing some degree of opposition, objection, or protest. In later use also: (colloquial) expressing surprise or recognition of something unexpected. Now chiefly regional except in yes, but: see yes adv. 2c. ΚΠ c1450						 (c1380)						    G. Chaucer House of Fame 		(Fairf. 16)	 		(1878)	 l. 2097  				Lat me go first, nay but let me. a1592    R. Greene Sc. Hist. Iames IV 		(1598)	  iv. sig. G4  				Nay but my friends, one hornpipe, further a refluence backe, and two doubles forward: what not one crosse point against Sundayes. 1653    J. Rogers Sagrir 14  				O! but some will say, What call have we? 1683    J. Crowne City Politiques  i. 5  				Whoo! but are'nt you wi' my Father yonder? 1722    H. Carey Hanging & Marriage 25  				Ay! but has he left no dying Speech? 1773    Hist. Mr. Stanly & Miss Temple I. xxiv. 204  				Oh, but he knows how to humour her! 1846    W. S. Landor Wks. I. 347  				God forgive me! but I think him as worthy as the best of the saints. 1902    M. J. H. Skrine World's Delight  ii. iii. 134  				‘And you've a-come 'ere to bide?’ ‘Ay. In an unco' big boat... Down the watter—eh! but it was far.’ 1924    J. Galsworthy White Monkey  i. vii, in  Mod. Comedy 		(1929)	 42  				Ah! but they think us fogeys, you know. 2015    A. Titley tr.  M. Ó Cadhain Dirty Dust i. 26  				Oh my! But that's very interesting. < as lemmas  | 
	
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