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单词 yez
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yezpron.

Brit. /jəz/, /jɪz/, U.S. /jəz/, /jɪz/, Irish English /jəz/, /jɪz/, New Zealand English /jəz/, /jɪz/
Forms: 1900s– yez, 1900s– yiz; Scottish 1800s yeas, 1900s– yaes, 1900s– yeez, 1900s– yese, 1900s– yez, 1900s– yiz; Irish English 1800s– yees, 1800s– yeez, 1800s– yez, 1800s– yiz, 1900s– yis.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: ye pron.
Etymology: < ye pron. + plural ending -s . On use in object functions compare discussion of uses of ye at you pron., adj., and n. For similar formations compare yous pron., you-uns pron., you-all pron., you-alls pron.1
regional (esp. Irish English).
With singular and plural reference: = you pron. Cf. yous pron.
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1802 R. L. Edgeworth & M. Edgeworth Ess. Irish Bulls xvi. 293 And have I found your honour alive again?.. I'll go to the world's end to sarve yees.
1809 M. Edgeworth Ennui iii, in Tales Fashionable Life I. 75 Mind the big hole in the middle of the bridge. God bless yeas!
1828 T. C. Croker Fairy Legends & Trad. S. Ireland II. 113 ‘Boys,’ says she, ‘Yez have finished the harvest bravely.’
1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xxxiv. 280 Who are yiz at all, gintlemin?
1884 D. Boucicault Shaughraun i. iv. 10/2 Away with yeez—hide!
1901 M. Franklin My Brilliant Career xvii. 147 I have the table laid out for both of yez.
1908 J. Joyce Let. 8 Dec. (1966) II. 226 I will send him very gladly if that will make yiz all happy and loving.
1966 S. Kelly in F. Shaw et al. Lern Yerself Scouse 76 Dawn taps yer winder..another day before yiz, Jack.
1969 in H. Halpert & G. M. Story Christmas Mumming in Newfoundland 211 Some people will say, ‘How many of yez?’ and the janneys will shout back, ‘Two or three.’
1977 Sounds 9 July 8/5 It's not going to be on general release and yez can't buy it at general outlets.
2007 J. McCourt Now Voyagers ix. 418 Oive come t'lead yiz, fer Oirland's freedom we'll foight and doye!
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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