| 单词 | to say on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto say on to say on 1. intransitive. To say what one has to say; to hold forth, speak. Usually in imperative. Cf. earlier to say forth at Phrasal verbs. Now somewhat archaic. [Compare Middle High German sag an, imperative (German sag an, now arch.).] ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > have one's say to say fortha1225 to say on1487 to have one's say out1748 to say away1783 to have one's say1824 c1330 Seven Sages (Auch.) (1933) l. 1093 ‘Sei on, dame!’ and ssche bigan To tellen als a fals wimman. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) vi. 146 ‘But here my wordes, yf it playse you,’ ‘saye on hardely,’ sayd the kynge. 1517 in B. Cusack Everyday Eng. 1500–1700 (1998) 100 [Deposition, Cambridgeshire] Petur Edward Seyd on to the Company. 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Kings ii. 14 He said moreouer, I haue somewhat to say vnto thee. And she saide, Say on . View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 228 Say therefore on . View more context for this quotation 1754 J. Elphinston tr. F. Fénelon Dialogues of Dead I. xxiv. 142 Say on, say on, dear Aristotle, thou now hast no measures to keep. 1851 Ld. Tennyson Edwin Morris 57 Yet say on. 1888 C. M. Doughty Trav. Arabia Deserta II. xvii. 500 Say on..if thou canst allege aught against me. 1966 E. Amadi Concubine ix. 59 ‘I have something important to say to you.’ ‘Say on.’ 1992 B. Lumley Blood Brothers (1993) iii. 112 Say on then: what will it take to put him down? ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] matheleOE speakc888 spellc888 yedc888 i-quethec900 reirdOE meldOE meleOE quidOE i-meleOE wordOE to open one's mouth (also lips)OE mootOE spellc1175 carpa1240 spilec1275 bespeakc1314 adda1382 mella1400 moutha1400 utter?a1400 lalec1400 nurnc1400 parlec1400 talkc1400 to say forthc1405 rekea1450 to say on1487 nevena1500 quinch1511 quetch1530 queckc1540 walk1550 cant1567 twang1602 articulate1615 tella1616 betalk1622 sermocinate1623 to give tongue1737 jaw1748 to break stillness1768 outspeaka1788 to give mouth1854 larum1877 to make noises1909 verbal1974 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xii. 199 Tharfor sais on ȝour will planly. ?1547 J. Bale Trag. Chefe Promyses of God iv. sig. Ciijv I wyll first conclude, and then saye on thy mynde. c1580 ( tr. Bk. Alexander (1921) II. ii. l. 2435 Dame Fesonas say on ȝour thocht. 1599 Hist. Syr Clyomon & Clamydes sig. I Sir knight let me one question craue, Say on your mind. Where is that Lady now become, to whom your plighted faith you gaue? < as lemmas |
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