单词 | exclamation |
释义 | exclamationn. 1. The action of exclaiming or crying out; the loud articulate expression of pain, anger, surprise, etc.; clamour, vociferation. Also, an instance of this, an outcry; an emphatic or vehement speech or sentence. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > [noun] > outcry or clamour reamOE ropeOE brack?c1200 utas1202 hootinga1225 berec1225 noise?c1225 ludea1275 cryc1275 gredingc1275 boastc1300 utasa1325 huec1330 outcrya1382 exclamation1382 ascry1393 spraya1400 clamourc1405 shoutingc1405 scry1419 rumourc1425 motion?a1439 bemec1440 harrowc1440 shout1487 songa1500 brunt1523 ditec1540 uproar1544 clamouring1548 outrage1548 hubbub1555 racket1565 succlamation1566 rear1567 outcrying1569 bellowing1579 brawl1581 hue and cry1584 exclaiming1585 exclaim1587 sanctus1594 hubbaboo1596 oyez1597 conclamation1627 sputter1673 rout1684 dirduma1693 hallalloo1737 yelloching1773 pillaloo1785 whillaloo1790 vocitation1819 blue murder1828 blaring1837 shilloo1842 shillooing1845 pillalooing1847 shriek1929 yammering1937 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Mark Prol. He ordeynynge in the vois of a prophetis exclamacioun, schewith the ordre of dekenis eleccioun. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccvii. f. cxxviii Therfore the Mydwyfe made an Exclamacyon and sayde this Childe shall be a kynge. 1533 T. More Apol. viii, in Wks. 860/1 Tyndall..aunswereth me wyth an hedious exclamacion, and crieng oute vppon my fleshelynesse and foly. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 72 At these wordes one of them burst out in exclamation. 1637 W. Alexander Doomes-day (new ed.) x. lvi. 225 in Recreations with Muses Huge exclamations burst abruptly out. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 106 What my Tongue might express..was rather Exclamation, such as, Lord! what a miserable Creature am I? 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 204 The..cries, and exclamations of a woman..screaming..‘Oh, my husband!—my husband!’ 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. vii. 92 Always making these exclamations in some rough or craggy part of the road. 1873 W. Black Princess of Thule ii. 32 They were startled by an exclamation from Ingram. 2. The action of loudly complaining or protesting; a loud complaint or protest; a derogatory outcry; a ‘vociferous reproach’ (Johnson). Const. against, †of, †on, and in phrases to †infer exclamation, make exclamation against, †upon exclamation. archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > [noun] complaint1374 exclamation1430 reclamation1533 barking1549 remonstrance1593 remonstration1605 querulation1614 remonstrating1647 queruling1838 Protestantism1854 1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy iii. xxii Well maye I make an exclamacion Of ignoraunce. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clxxxii. f. cvi Charly herynge this exclamacion of his Subgettes..was right..heuy in his herte. 1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1710) Exclamacion 485 Ane Exclamacioun Aganis detractouris. c1525 J. Rastell New Commodye Propertes of Women sig. Aiv O hys lamentacyons & exclamacyons on fortune. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. O.ijv The myserable person ..maketh exclamacion vpon the rightwise goddes. a1571 W. Haddon in A. Fleming Panoplie Epist. (1576) 425 Inferring an exclamation and outcrie, against the croked..condition of this life. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII i. ii. 53 These exactions..They say..are deuis'd by you, er else you suffer Too hard an exclamation . View more context for this quotation 1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 40 I might spend a great deal of Time in Exclamations against the Follies..of those things. 1777 J. Priestley Doctr. Philos. Necessity iii. 24 What exclamation and abuse must he not expect? 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. xi. 284 Dame Crank..began a horrible exclamation against Jack Hostler. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > announcing or proclaiming > [noun] bodingc1000 proclamationa1325 announcingc1450 pronunciationc1455 nunciationc1460 proclaim1461 announcement1512 blazoning1533 denouncement1544 denunciation1548 denouncing1552 annunciation1563 blazing1563 indiction1583 pronouncement1593 exclamation1602 predication1618 pronounce1641 preconization1650 predicature1653 denounce1704 preconizance1719 annunciatinga1729 annonce1775 announce1779 blazonment1876 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge ii. v. sig. E2v Ile stand amaz'd, And fall in exclamations of thy vertues. 1631 T. Powell Tom of All Trades 132 Many Patrons are content to present..upon..due exclamation of the integrity of the life of such suitors. 4. a. Rhetoric. = ecphonesis n. or epiphonema n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > exclamation or exclamatory final sentence exclamation1552 acclamation1561 epiphonema1579 ecphonesis1589 epiphoneme1589 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Exclamation, epiphonema. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xix. 177 The figure of exclamation [marginal note Ecphonisis, or the Outcry]. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Exclamation..a Figure in Rhetorick; as Now I speak to thee O Africanus. b. Grammar = interjection n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > other parts of speech > [noun] > interjection interjection1530 outcry1587 exclamation1862 1862 H. Spencer First Princ. ii. ii. §49. 162 The lowest form of language is the exclamation, by which an entire idea is vaguely conveyed through a single sound. c. note of exclamation, point of exclamation, also (originally U.S.) exclamation mark, exclamation point: a punctuation mark (!) indicating an exclamation; cf. note (also mark, point, †sign) of admiration at admiration n. Phrases 2. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > punctuation > [noun] > exclamation mark admiration1587 note (also mark, point, sign) of admiration1611 exclamation point1656 note of exclamation1656 shriek-mark1864 screamer1895 exclamation mark1896 1656 J. Smith Myst. Rhetorique Unvail'd 271 A note of Exclamation or Admiration, thus noted! 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Exclamation..a note by which a pathetical sentence is marked thus! 1795 L. Murray Eng. Gram. 170 The note of Exclamation is applied to expressions of sudden emotion, surprise, joy, grief, &c. 1795 L. Murray Eng. Gram. 169 The Interrogative point, ? The Exclamation point, ! 1841 W. Savage Dict. Art of Printing 668 The Exclamation point, ! 1841 W. Savage Dict. Art of Printing 669 The Interrogation and exclamation points are indeterminate as to their quantity or time. 1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Exclamation, A sign by which emphatical utterance or outcry is marked; thus [!];—called also exclamation point. 1896 S. R. Crockett Cleg Kelly xiii. 93 The egg..made a long yolky mark of exclamation on the ground. 1926 H. W. Fowler Dict. Mod. Eng. Usage 569/2 Excessive use of exclamation marks is..one of the things that betray the uneducated or unpractised writer. 1959 Times 29 May 18/2 Characterization [of a play] is in exclamation points. 1963 V. Nabokov Gift iii. 153 She was slowly mixing a white exclamation mark of sour cream into her borshch. ΚΠ 1664 J. Playford Brief Introd. Skill Musick (ed. 4) i. 64 Exclamation properly is no other thing, but in the slacking of the Voyce to re-inforce it somewhat. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1382 |
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