释义 |
‖ adsum|ˈædsʌm| [L.] ‘I am here’, as an answer in a roll-call, etc.
1593Shakes. 2 Henry VI, i. iv. 26 Spirit. ‘Ad sum’ 1854Thackeray Newcomes II. xlii. 373 He lifted up his head a little, and quickly said ‘Adsum!’ and fell back. It was the word we used at school, when names were called. c1909D. H. Lawrence Collier's Friday Night (1934) ii. 56 Ne'er mind; I'll say ‘adsum’ every time. Recording Angel; ‘Ernest Lambert.’—‘Adsum!’ 1915J. E. G. Hadath Sheepy Wilson i. 2 Before ever he had uttered his first Adsum or slipped timidly for the first time into form. |