| 单词 | to tell a person goodbye |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto tell a person goodbye P15. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). to tell a person goodbye: to bid a person farewell. Similarly to tell a person hello, hi, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > use courteous actions or expressions to [verb (transitive)] > bid farewell to beteachc1314 bid farewella1400 teacha1400 to beteach one good dayc1400 to bid (also say) adieu (to)c1425 farewella1586 lenvoy1596 adieu1602 speed1726 to tell a person goodbye1853 sayonara1883 1853 N.Y. Observer & Chron. 7 July 212/1 She took the little boy by the hand to tell him good bye. 1869 A. J. Evans Vashti vii. 89 ‘Did Ulpian tell you good-by?’ ‘No, I have not seen him.’ 1905 B. Tarkington In Arena 253 She told me to tell you good-bye. 1929 L. Hughes Let. 8 May in L. Hughes & C. Van Vechten Remember me to Harlem (2001) 65 Tell Fania Hello for me and both you all enjoy yo' selves to de utt'most. 1979 L. Meynell Hooky & Villainous Chauffeur viii. 111 Mr Furlong asked me to tell you goodbye. 1988 J. Ellroy Big Nowhere ix. 90 Tell Lucy hi for me. 2011 C. Cassidy Cowboy's Triplet Trouble x. 175 The triplets had been fed, the car had been loaded and there was nothing left to do except tell her goodbye. < as lemmas |
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