| 单词 | hist-a-boy |
| 释义 | > as lemmashist-a-boy 1. Used to enjoin silence, attract attention, or call on a person to listen. Also (after use in sense 2) in hist-a-boy. Now somewhat archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > [interjection] > listen hist1599 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > be silent [interjection] silence?c1225 peacec1390 whista1425 softlya1500 softc1500 husht1532 ist1540 st1552 soft and peace1576 pocas palabras1592 isse1598 hist1599 whish1635 whisht1684 quiet1814 fusht1816 pax1843 sh1847 pst1863 ciunas1987 the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > call for attention [interjection] loOE lookOE heya1225 halec1300 notac1392 what hoc1405 yoa1475 behold1535 hist1599 nota benea1721 see1863 psst1875 1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. i. 203 Hist Romeo hist, o for a falkners voyce, To lure this Tassel gentle back againe. 1607 T. Tomkis Lingua iii. iii. sig. E4v Hist, hist, Mendaicio I prethee obserue Heuresis, it seemes he cannot finde his Maister. 1681 T. Otway Souldiers Fortune v. i. 58 Didst thou hear nothing? hist, heark. 1734 H. Fielding Intrig. Chambermaid i. iii. 8 Hist! hist! get you both about your Business. 1772 R. Warner tr. Plautus Discov. ii. ii, in B. Thornton et al. tr. Plautus Comedies III. 124 Hist! silence! be of good heart. 1845 J. H. Ingraham Montezuma, Serf I. iv. 23 Hist, boy. Thou art mad. Thy language will be taken up by passing boats. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 203 ‘Hist,’ said the old man, ‘there he is.’ 1907 Lancet-Clinic 3 Aug. 132/2 But hist-a-boy! Not a whisper as to the nature and amount of these ingredients. 1918 M. Gibbs Snugglepot & Cuddlepie 32 ‘Hist!’ whispered Mr Frog. They listened. 1996 Independent (Nexis) 7 July 46 If you don't know about Niceday, hist! and I shall tell you. hist-a-boy 2. Used to urge on a dog or other animal; also in hist-a-boy. Also as n.: a command of this type. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > [interjection] > exclamations to incite or urge on utec888 victory1595 hist-a-boy1842 yay1963 1842 R. W. Emerson Conservative in Dial Oct. 195 He must cry ‘Hist-a-boy’, and urge the game on. 1898 W. S. Walker When Mopoke Calls (ed. 2) 153 To give the quick warning ‘hist’ to the dogs.., who after a bound or two in the air to sight the quarry, go off like the wind. 1907 C. Weekes About Women 13 Here they come, boy: Hist, boy!—mum, boy! 1911 W. T. Grenfell Down North on Labrador xi. 168 I threw myself onto the sledge with a ‘hist’ to the dogs to go just where they jolly well liked. < as lemmas |
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