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单词 aie
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aieint.

Brit. /ˈʌɪiː/, U.S. /ˈaɪˌi/
Forms: 1500s 1900s– aie, 1900s– aieeee.
Origin: An imitative or expressive formation.
Etymology: Imitative. Compare earlier ay int. and the foreign-language forms cited at that entry, and also later ai int.In quot. 1594 perhaps after either Italian ahime or perhaps Spanish ay de mi ‘woe is me’ (for both, see ay int.).
A wailing exclamation of resignation, surprise, regret, alarm, etc.; sometimes imitative of non-British speakers of English. Cf. ai int.
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1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. G2 Aie me, shee was but a counterfeit slip.
1861 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth III. iv. 106 Aie! aie! aie! Pardon, the company.
1949 V. S. Reid New Day i. 9 Aie—I must no' be restless longer.
1989 Eagle 28 Oct. 6 Aieeee! What I see cannot be possible!
2009 Florida (Jacksonville) Times-Union (Nexis) 31 Oct. v-9 Tonight's the night when you never know who or what will show up at the front door—witches,..your in-laws (aieee!) or zombies.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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