Used to express grief, pity, regret, disappointment, or concern. Often reduplicated, or in combination with another interjection, as ah or lo (see…
| 单词 | θ135467 |
| 释义 | the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > [interjection] > specific cry of grief (45) woeeOE Used to express grief, pity, regret, disappointment, or concern. Often reduplicated, or in combination with another interjection, as ah or lo (see… wellawayeOE As an exclamation of sorrow or lamentation: ‘ah!’ ‘alas!’ Cf. welladay, int., wellanear, int., well-a-wins, int. Now archaic. weilac1000 Alas! wellawayOE With that-clause, expressing the grounds for or subject of lament. Also followed by what in the sense ‘how’. Obsolete. wellaOE As an exclamation of sorrow or lamentation: ‘ah!’ ‘alas!’ Frequently with following noun (as vocative). woe is meOE I am distressed, unfortunate, sorrowful, etc. Now archaic or in humorous or hyperbolical use. Cf. sense B. 2. wummec1175 Woe is me! wia1200 An exclamation used to introduce an anxious question or a statement of something regrettable. outa1225 An exclamation expressing grief, abhorrence, or indignant reproach: alas!, woe is me!; get out!, curses upon you!. Also reduplicated. Formerly… alas?c1225 Used to express grief, pity, regret, disappointment, or concern. Also with for, †to. walec1275 Alas! woe is me! ac1300 Expressing pain, grief, reproach, or aversion. Obsolete. whilec1402 In exclamations of grief: cf. similar use of day, time. Chiefly poetic. Obsolete or archaic. ochonea1425 Expressing grief or sorrow: ‘oh!’, ‘alas!’, ‘woe!’. wellesay?1440 Expressing sorrow or lamentation; = wellaway, int. 1. wannowec1450 Alas. helas1484 An exclamation expressing grief, sorrow, etc.; alas! ah1509 Expressing sorrow, distress, or regret. Now also: expressing resignation or exasperation. ocha1522 Originally: expressing sorrow or regret. Later: expressing annoyed dismissal or disregard, exasperation, etc. och how!: ‘alas!’. ah me!a1547 In various exclamatory uses, without definite syntactical relation to the context. In interjectional phrases, as ah me! (see ah, int. 2a 4), ay me!… wougha1556 = waugh, int., wow, int. eh1569 An exclamation expressing sorrow. Cf. a, int.1 2, ah, int. 2a.ⓘ welladay1570 As an exclamation of sorrow or lamentation: ‘alas!’ Also preceded by ah or O. Now archaic and regional. how1575 A cry of pain or grief. In Scottish./hou/. wellanear1581 = wellaway, int. ay me!1591 ay me! = Alas! Ah me!—an ejaculation of regret, sorrow, pity. lasa1593 = alas, int. n. wella, welladay1601 In wella, welladay; cf. wella, int. Obsolete. good lack!1638 Only in the exclamation good lack! oime1660 An exclamation of grief, unhappiness, sorrow, pity, etc.: ‘alas!’ pillaloo1663 Expressing distress, sorrow, or grief: ‘oh!’, ‘alas!’, ‘woe!’, etc. wellanearing1683 = wellaway, int. lack-a-day1695 = alack, int. wasteheart1695 Used to express grief, pity, regret, disappointment, or concern: ‘alas!’ ‘woe is me!’ Also wasteheart-a-day, wasteheart of me. walya1724 An exclamation of sorrow. lackadaisy1748 = lack-a-day, int., hence as n. the utterance of the interjection; an instance of this; as adj. = lackadaisical, adj. ochree1748 ‘Alas!’, ‘woe!’, etc. waesucks1773 Expressing commiseration: Woe is me! Alas! well-a-winsa1774 = wellaway, int. ullagone1819 A cry of lamentation, a wail; spec. a funeral lament. Also as int. wirra1825 Expressing sorrow, distress, or regret: ‘alas!’ ‘woe!’ Cf. wirrasthru, int. Frequently reduplicated. mavrone1827 Expressing sorrow or regret: ‘alas!’. wirrasthru1827 Expressing sorrow, distress, or regret: ‘alas!’ ‘woe!’ Cf. wirra, int. ototoi1877 intransitive. To cry ‘ototoi’; to utter a wail. wurra1898 An exclamation of grief or despair. |
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