| 单词 | what do you ail at ——? |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhat do you ail at ——? b. transitive. With at. Scottish and English regional (northern). To find (something) objectionable or exceptionable in something or someone. Chiefly in what do you ail at ——? Now rare. ΚΠ c1817 J. Hogg Tales & Sketches III. 191 ‘What can the fool mean?’ said old Richard, ‘What can he ail at the dogs?’ 1818 J. Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck II. 232 I say, tell me my good Trimmy, what you ail at these beautiful hounds? 1877 R. De B. Trotter Galloway Gossip Sixty Years Ago 69 When asked what he ailed at Mr Agnew, he replied—[etc.]. 1896 S. P. Unwin in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1898) I. 31/2 [Yorkshire] What does ta ail at him. 1899 A. Wells Poems 190 What do you ail at sleep, that all so soon From his embrace impatiently you break? < as lemmas |
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