| 单词 | pray you |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspray you (also thee, ye) c. (With omission of I.) pray you (also thee, ye) = I pray you (also thee, ye) at Phrases 1a. Cf. prithee int. Now archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > [phrase] > courteous expressions I pray you (also thee, ye)c1330 I praya1350 pray you (also thee, ye)c1439 by your leave1914 c1439 J. Gyn in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 5 Prey and beseche yow to witte þat on þe Friday next after your departyng..Thomas Walyssh and William Burgh..were at Honyng. 1522 Inscription in Early Drama Art & Music Rev. (1989) 12 10 Quarfor pray the thy sweryng lay by. 1584 R. Wilson Three Ladies of London sig. F j v Therefore pray ye Sir, be miserable to me, and let me go. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iii. v. 83 Iessi. Nay, let me praise you while I haue a stomack? Loren. No pray thee, let it serue for table talke. View more context for this quotation 1616 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor (rev. ed.) iv. x, in Wks. I. 61 What meane these questions, 'pray yee? a1661 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Satyres (1673) 137 ‘Reward!’ says one, ‘why, pray y', what do I know?’ 1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads 91 But, brother, pra'ye, sit down and rest a while. 1722 H. Carey Hanging & Marriage 8 Squeak: Pray ye, Mr. Stubble, let me alone. Richard: Ay its Mister, is it? 1825 J. Briggs Remains 167 Preigh ya stop a lal bit. 1867 J. Ingelow Story of Doom iv. 21 Pray you let us not; we fain would greet our mother. 1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. at Glump ‘Pray thee, what's thou glumping at.’ 1993 J. Byrne My Enemy, my Love (BNC) Pray you, Judith, pick out a likely girl to serve as her maid. < as lemmas |
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