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单词 dearie
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Definition of dearie in English:

dearie

nounPlural deariesˈdɪəriˈdiri
British informal
  • Used as a friendly or condescending form of address.

    having trouble, dearie?
    Example sentencesExamples
    • You need anything else, dearies, you don't hesitate to ask, all right?
    • Well, of course, dearie, it's only good manners to be ashamed of it; it's expected from a woman.
    • Are you going to cry in this movie - again - like you have in the past 79,000, dearie?
    • It was coming, I knew it was… ‘So, dearie, have you got a boyfriend yet?’
    • And all you have to do, dearie, is keep your mouth shut and do as your told.
    • You're getting hungry now, aren't you, dearie?
    • Would you appreciate a bit of assistance there, dearie?
    • ‘Well, dearies,’ she tells the three of us, ‘I'm off to bed.’
    • ‘It's just your imagination, dearie,’ the nurse said compassionately.
    • ‘Oh, dearie, you look beautiful,’ I heard my mother tell me as I walked down the steps.
    • ‘That's petrol dearie,’ added one of the older females.
    • Here you go my dearies, it's the best I could do for now, but I promise you that dinner will make up for it a hundred times over.
    • Hate to break it to you, dearie, but in case you haven't noticed, the power is out.
    • Sit yourself down, dearie, and tell me everything.
    • Mrs. Bradbury sympathized and comforted her, saying, ‘One day he'll be back for you, dearie.’
    • ‘Don't worry, dearie,’ one of them smiled, placing an old hand on his.
    • It's comments like this that make me glad you exist, dearie.
    • Come to the kitchen dearie, you need a warm bath.
    • Don't get all jealous now dearie - we both know that you're the only one for him.
    • She smiled at them and said; ‘Now dearies, this will be a nice and simple contest.’

Phrases

  • dearie me!

    • informal Used to express surprise or dismay.

      well, dearie me, what a shame
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Oh dearie me; must be going soft in the head in my old age.
      • Now, I know that Kevin is safely married with kids and all, but dearie me - he was quite brazenly flirting with Ewan all the way through the show.
      • Great team of people, bursting with the juices of vigorous intellectual fulmination, but… oh dearie, dearie me…
      • Dearie, dearie me: I'm pretty tired too of this wet, miserable winter.
      • The Archbishop of Canterbury's spokesman summed up the tastelessness of the exercise with his bemused response: ‘Oh dearie, dearie me!’
      • And, oh dearie dearie me, orange is most definitely the word.

Rhymes

beery, bleary, cheery, dreary, Dun Laoghaire, eerie, eyrie (US aerie), Kashmiri, leery, peri, praemunire, query, smeary, teary, theory, weary
 
 

Definition of dearie in US English:

dearie

nounˈdērēˈdiri
British informal
  • Used as a friendly or condescending form of address.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘Oh, dearie, you look beautiful,’ I heard my mother tell me as I walked down the steps.
    • Would you appreciate a bit of assistance there, dearie?
    • ‘That's petrol dearie,’ added one of the older females.
    • Are you going to cry in this movie - again - like you have in the past 79,000, dearie?
    • Don't get all jealous now dearie - we both know that you're the only one for him.
    • Come to the kitchen dearie, you need a warm bath.
    • ‘Don't worry, dearie,’ one of them smiled, placing an old hand on his.
    • It's comments like this that make me glad you exist, dearie.
    • ‘Well, dearies,’ she tells the three of us, ‘I'm off to bed.’
    • Sit yourself down, dearie, and tell me everything.
    • And all you have to do, dearie, is keep your mouth shut and do as your told.
    • It was coming, I knew it was… ‘So, dearie, have you got a boyfriend yet?’
    • You're getting hungry now, aren't you, dearie?
    • Hate to break it to you, dearie, but in case you haven't noticed, the power is out.
    • ‘It's just your imagination, dearie,’ the nurse said compassionately.
    • Well, of course, dearie, it's only good manners to be ashamed of it; it's expected from a woman.
    • You need anything else, dearies, you don't hesitate to ask, all right?
    • She smiled at them and said; ‘Now dearies, this will be a nice and simple contest.’
    • Mrs. Bradbury sympathized and comforted her, saying, ‘One day he'll be back for you, dearie.’
    • Here you go my dearies, it's the best I could do for now, but I promise you that dinner will make up for it a hundred times over.
 
 
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