单词 | bye |
释义 | bye (once / 1403 pages) 1n 2n If you say, "Bye!" you mean "farewell" or "so long." In other words, bye is a shorter way to say, "Goodbye." When you need a quick, informal way to bid your friend adieu, you'll probably say, "Bye!" It's shorthand for "goodbye," and when adults speak to babies and children, there's a tendency to double it: "Bye bye!" Another kind of bye is when an athlete moves directly into the next round of a competition without playing, a meaning that originated with the game of cricket. WORD FAMILYbye: byes USAGE EXAMPLESIt is difficult to understate how important earning a bye was for the Chiefs. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Cowboys: First-round bye and a home playoff game on Jan. 14 or 15. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) In other words, the advantage of the bye and needing to win just one home game to get to a conference final is fairly immense. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1 n a farewell remark 2they said their good- byes Syn|Hyper adieu, adios, arrivederci, au revoir, auf wiedersehen, bye-bye, cheerio, good day, good-by, good-bye, goodby, goodbye, sayonara, so long farewell, word of farewell an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting n you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent he had a bye in the first round Syn|Hyper pass conceding, concession, yielding the act of conceding or yielding |
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