| 释义 |
sirrah Now arch.|ˈsɪrə|
Forms: α. 6 syra, syrra (syrria?), 6–7 sirra. β. 6 syrha, syrrha, 6–7 sirha, sirrha. γ. 6 sirah, 7 syrrah, 7– sirrah. δ. 6 serea, serray, serrha, 9 dial. serrah. See also stirrah.
[f. sir n. The additional syllable had probably no definite origin, though explained by Minsheu as the interj. ah or ha.]
1. A term of address used to men or boys, expressing contempt, reprimand, or assumption of authority on the part of the speaker; sometimes employed less seriously in addressing children.
α1526100 Merry Tales (Rastell) xlii, Sirra I vnderstand that thou dost ly euery night with my wyfe when I am from home. 1548Crowley Confut. N. Shaxton G j b, A, syra, there said you wel! 1605Shakes. Macb. iv. ii. 30 Sirra, your Fathers dead, And what will you do now? 1641W. Mountagu in Buccleuch MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) I 289 The Bishop saying ‘Sir’, was mistaken to have said Sirra, and called to the bar.
β1553T. Wilson Rhet. 2 Sirha, when our..graundsires were alive thei spake plainly in their mothers tongue. 1579G. Harvey Two Lett. ii. 64 Ah Syrrha, and Iesu Lord, thought I, haue we at last gotten one, of whom his olde..Companions may iustly glory. 1592Kyd Sp. Trag. ii. v. 61 Syrha, sirha, Ile know the trueth of all. 1601Holland Pliny xxxv. x. II. 538 Sirrha, (quoth he) remember you are but a shoemaker.
γ1598B. Jonson Ev. Man in Hum. i. i, But, heare you, sirah. 1631High Commission Cases (Camden) 194 Nay, sirrah,..I knowe not what will become of you. 1656S. Holland Don Zara 171 Syrrah, Though I cannot prove how, or where thou attainedst those glorious Arms, yet [etc.]. 1709Steele Tatler No. 105 ⁋3, I assure you Sirrah, I wont go to the Devil for you. 1796F. Burney Camilla IV. 169 Sirrah, I'll break your bones! 1821–2Shelley Chas. I, ii. 106 Go, sirrah, and repent of your offence Ten minutes in the rain. 1855Kingsley Westw. Ho! vii, ‘You mean Captain Drake, your worship?’ ‘I do, sirrah’.
δ1547Hooper Answ. Bp. Winchester T j, See thy God, knele downe serea and hold upp thy handes. 1566Drant Horace Sat. i. iii. B iij b, What serray what I say? (Quod he) doste thou not know thy selfe? 1570Levins Manip. 1 Serrha, heus, io. 1833Close Satirist 164 I'll fetch the, thau idle serrah!
b. Used attributively with appellations or proper names.
1588Shakes. L.L.L. iii. 121 Sirra Costard, I will infranchise thee. 1591Greene Conny Catch. i. Wks. (Grosart) X. 59 Sirrha collier, know that we are here all assembled as a grand Iurie. 1603Dekker & Chettle Grissil ii. i, But, Sirha Rice, when's the day? 1663Cowley Cutter of Coleman Str. i. ii, I, Sirra Jack-an-apes, if you start when your father speaks to you. 1860Ainsworth Ovingdean Grange ix. ii. 341 Give me a glass of brandy, sirrah host.
†2. Applied to women (seriously or in jest). Obs.
1604Dekker Honest Wh. ii. i, Sirrah Bellafront,..thou shalt sit at the upper end, punk. 1617Fletcher Valentinian ii. iv, Ah Sirrah; And have we got you here? faith Noble Lady, We'l keep you one month Courtier. 1676G. Etherege Man of Mode iii. i, Adod, sirrah, I like thy wit well. 1710Swift Jrnl. Stella vii, You lose all your money at cards, sirrah Stella. 1711Ibid. 11 July, Stella, hussy, don't you remember, sirrah [etc.]. |