| 释义 |
▪ I. neigh, n.|neɪ|
Also 6 Sc. ne.
[f. next.]
The natural cry or call uttered by a horse.
1513Douglas æneis xi. x. 24 He sprentis furth, and full provd walxis he, Heich strekand vp his hed with mony a ne. 1599Shakes. Hen. V, iii. vii. 29 It is the Prince of Palfrayes, his Neigh is like the bidding of a Monarch. 1635–56Cowley Davideis iv. 707 Here with sharp Neighs the warlike Horses sound. 1781Cowper Charity 177 Responsive to the distant neigh, he neighs. 1821Scott Kenilw. vii, The neigh of horses and the baying of hounds were heard. 1879Beerbohm Patagonia v. 65 At our approach he gave a faint neigh of satisfaction.
▪ II. neigh, v.|neɪ|
Forms: α. 1 (h)nǽᵹan, 3–6 neye(n), 4 nay-, neȝ-, neiȝ-, 4–5 neyȝ-, neyh-, 4–6 neyghe, (4 nayghe), 4– neigh, (7 neay). β. 4–6 nye, 5 nyȝe, 6 nie. γ. 5–6 north. and Sc. ne(e.
[OE. hnǽᵹan = MDu. neyen (Flem. and Du. dial. neijen), MHG. nêgen, of imitative origin: cf. also OS. (to)hnechian; MDu. nijgen, nighen, nien, nyen, MLG. nigen, nihen, MHG. nyhen. The vbl. n. also appears in early OE. as hnæggiung, app. parallel to ON. gneggia (Sw. gnägga, Da. gnegge), Icel. hneggja, Norw. (k)neggja. Other imitative forms are neigher, nicher, and nicker.]
1. intr. Of a horse: To utter its characteristic sound or cry.
αc1000ælfric Gram. xxx. (Z.) 192 Hinnio, ic hnæᵹe. Ibid. 129 Equus hinnit, hors hnæᵹð [v.r. næᵹþ]. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 9417 Þe hors neyde & lepte þat it was gret fere. 13..K. Alis. 1872 Mony stede [there was] loude neyghyng. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) III. 403 Bucefal þe hors..neyhede as it were þe rorynge of leons. c1400Laud Troy Bk. 7729 As he were a hors, he neyes and ondes. 1470–85Malory Arthur vi. iii. 186 They herde by them a grete hors grymly neye. 1530Palsgr. 643/2 It is a comfortable thyng to here a horse neye whan he is on his journaye. 1601Shakes. Jul. C. ii. ii. 23 The noise of Battell hurtled in the Ayre; Horsses do neigh, and dying men did grone. 1663Butler Hud. i. ii. 138 As once in Persia, 'tis said Kings were proclaimed by a horse that neighed. 1735Somerville Chase ii. 92 My Courser hears their Voice,..neighing he paws the ground. 1829Lytton Devereux iii. ii, I heard my horse neighing beneath the window. 1865Max Müller Chips (1880) I. vi. 130 The horse of Darius neighed first.
β13..Guy Warw. (A.) 1336 Þe stedes nyen, and togider whine. c1400Mandeville (Roxb.) xxxiii. 149 Þe meres herez þaire foolez nye. 1530Palsgr. 644/1, I nye, as a horse dothe. 1570Levins Manip. 102/2 To Nie as an horse.
γc1400Destr. Troy 7727 He neyt as a nagge, at his nose thrilles. 1483Cath. Angl. 249/2 To Nee as a horse, hinnire. 1513Douglas æneis xi. xvii. 94 The dynnyng of thar hors feit eik hard he,..and thar stedis ne. 1549Compl. Scot. vi. 39 Baytht horse & meyris did fast nee, & the folis nechyr.
transf.1382Wyclif Isa. x. 30 Neȝe with thi vois, thou doȝter of Galyn. ― Jer. v. 8 Eche to the wif of his neȝhebore neyȝede. 1530Palsgr. 664/1 Thou nyest for an other otes, wiche we expresse by..‘thou lokest after deed mens shoes’,..is an adage in the frenche tonge. a1616Beaum. & Fl. Wit without M. iv. i, The he your wisdom play'd withal,..neigh'd at his nakedness, And made his cold and poverty your pastime. 1676North's Plutarch, Add. Lives 81 He divorced her (say some) for her barrenness, but the effect declared that he neigh'd after others. 1781Cowper Expost. 39 Adultery neighing at his neighbour's door.
2. trans. To utter in neighing, or with a sound like neighing.
1623Massinger Bondman iv. ii, The noble horse..Neighed courage to his rider. 1642Milton Apol. Smect. Wks. 1851 III. 292 Who..could neigh out the remembrance of his old conversation among the Viraginian trollops. 1789C. Smith Ethelinde (1814) IV. 146 D'ye think one might neigh out civilities to this female Nimrod? |