英语词汇“sally”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

sallysally1 /ˈsæli/ noun (plural sallies) [countable]

ETYMOLOGYsally¹

Origin: 1500-1600 Old French saillie, from saillir to run forward, from Latin salire to jump

1an amusing intelligent remark SYN wisecrack2a sudden quick attack and return to a position of defense

noun | verb

sallysally2 verb (sallies, sallied, sallying)

VERB TABLE

sally

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	sally
	he, she, it	sallies
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	sallied
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have sallied
	he, she, it	has sallied
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had sallied
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will sally
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have sallied

Continuous Form
Present	I	am sallying
	he, she, it	is sallying
	you, we, they	are sallying
Past	I, he, she, it	was sallying
	you, we, they	were sallying
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been sallying
	he, she, it	has been sallying
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been sallying
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be sallying
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been sallying

sally forth phrasal verb to leave somewhere that is safe in order to do something that you expect to be difficult or dangerous: Each morning they sallied forth in search of jobs.