| 单词 | do pray tell! |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdo pray tell! P12. U.S. regional (originally New England). do tell!: (as an exclamation of surprise) ‘is it possible?’, ‘you don't say so!’. In early use also do pray tell! ΚΠ 1815 D. Humphreys Yankey in Eng. 107 Du pry tel (exclamation probably from) do pray tell. 1823 J. F. Cooper Pioneers II. ix. 125 ‘Do tell!’ exclaimed Remarkable, a little aghast; ‘well, who ever heerd of a young woman's being called Miss?’ 1860 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 3) at Do The dairy-maid after hearing the story through, exclaimed, Do tell! 1883 C. F. Wilder Sister Ridnour's Sacrifice 138 ‘Come fur?’ ‘About eighty miles.’..‘Du tell!’ 1919 Rotarian Jan. 25/2 Do tell, says she. Did you do all that? My, wasn't that nice! 1979 C. MacLeod Luck runs Out (1981) i. 17 Do tell. Did she leave any children? 1998 C. Judd Texas Freedom ix. 74 ‘If I didn't tell you this almanac was coming, it's because I didn't know,’ Bush said. ‘I know nothing about it...’ ‘Do tell!’ Dedham exclaimed. ‘So this is as much a surprise to you as to me?’ < as lemmas |
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