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单词 eh
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Definition of eh in English:

eh

exclamation
  • Used to represent a sound made in speech, especially one used to express enquiry, surprise, or to elicit agreement.

    ‘Eh? What's this?’
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He had become hard of hearing and occasionally, with the sound of a distant lawn mower coming from outside, leaned forward to say ‘Eh?
    • Can I buy you fellas a beer while Alan and I farm a little, eh?
    • ‘Look at that faucet, eh!’ exclaims a mother to her friend.
    Synonyms
    what did you say, what, eh, i beg your pardon, beg pardon, sorry, excuse me, say again

Phrases

  • eh up

    • Used as a greeting, to express surprise, or to attract someone's attention.

      eh up, I'm talking to you!
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Multicultural tourists will gaze at us and our quaint buildings and cobbled streets from the tops of buses as we shuffle along with heavy shopping unable to pay parking fees, ignoring shouts of ‘eh up Yorkshire puddings.’
      • Eh up, look at Gladys. Wonder what mischief she's up to.
      • ‘Eh up young 'uns!’ they used to yell, as we staggered away

Origin

Natural utterance: first recorded in English in the mid 16th century.

Rhymes

affray, agley, aka, allay, Angers, A-OK, appellation contrôlée, array, assay, astray, au fait, auto-da-fé, away, aweigh, aye, bay, belay, betray, bey, Bombay, Bordet, boulevardier, bouquet, brae, bray, café au lait, Carné, cassoulet, Cathay, chassé, chevet, chez, chiné, clay, convey, Cray, crème brûlée, crudités, cuvée, cy-pres, day, decay, deejay, dégagé, distinguée, downplay, dray, Dufay, Dushanbe, embay, engagé, essay, everyday, faraway, fay, fey, flay, fray, Frey, fromage frais, gainsay, Gaye, Genet, giclee, gilet, glissé, gray, grey, halfway, hay, heigh, hey, hooray, Hubei, Hué, hurray, inveigh, jay, jeunesse dorée, José, Kay, Kaye, Klee, Kray, Lae, lay, lei, Littré, Lough Neagh, lwei, Mae, maguey, Malay, Mallarmé, Mandalay, Marseilles, may, midday, midway, mislay, misplay, Monterrey, Na-Dene, nay, né, née, neigh, Ney, noway, obey, O'Dea, okay, olé, outlay, outplay, outstay, outweigh, oyez, part-way, pay, Pei, per se, pince-nez, play, portray, pray, prey, purvey, qua, Quai d'Orsay, Rae, rangé, ray, re, reflet, relevé, roman-à-clef, Santa Fé, say, sei, Shar Pei, shay, slay, sleigh, sley, spae, spay, Spey, splay, spray, stay, straightaway, straightway, strathspey, stray, Sui, survey, sway, Taipei, Tay, they, today, tokay, Torbay, Tournai, trait, tray, trey, two-way, ukiyo-e, underlay, way, waylay, Wei, weigh, wey, Whangarei, whey, yea
 
 

Definition of eh in US English:

eh

exclamationā
  • Used to represent a sound made in speech in a variety of situations, in particular to ask for something to be repeated or explained or to elicit agreement.

    “Eh? What's this?”
    “Let's hope so, eh?”
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He had become hard of hearing and occasionally, with the sound of a distant lawn mower coming from outside, leaned forward to say ‘Eh?
    • ‘Look at that faucet, eh!’ exclaims a mother to her friend.
    • Can I buy you fellas a beer while Alan and I farm a little, eh?
    Synonyms
    what did you say, what, eh, i beg your pardon, beg pardon, sorry, excuse me, say again

Origin

Natural utterance: first recorded in English in the mid 16th century.

 
 
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