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Sally是什么意思

Sally是什么意思

1、n. 突围;肆判[军] 出击;(感情等)迸发;俏皮话;远足

例句裂键改:He had thus far succeeded in fending off my conversational sallies.

释义:他一直亮拆没有为我所说的俏皮话所动。

2、vt. 突围;出发;动身,外出

例句:Tamara would sally out on bitterly cold nights.

释义:塔玛拉会在寒冷透骨的夜晚出发。

3、n. (Sally)人名,莎莉 源自:希伯来 寓意:公主;

(捷)萨莉;(德、芬、意、英) 萨莉 (教名Sara、Sarah的昵称)

例句:But watch out for a duck I call Sally. 

释义:不过请注意一只被我叫做萨莉的鸭子。

一、中文词源:来自中古法语 saillie,前冲,突击行动,来自拉丁语 salire,跳,冲出,词源同 salmon,resilient. 引申诸相关词义。

二、英语词源

1、To sally is etymologically to ‘jump’. For the word comes ultimately from Latin salīre ‘jump’, source also of English assail, insult, salient, etc. It passed into Old French as salir, which later became saillir.  

2、fem. proper name, alteration of Sarah (compare Hal from Harry, Moll from Mary, etc.). Sally Lunn cakes (1780) supposedly named for the woman in Bath who first made them and sold them in the streets. Sally Ann as a nickname for Salvation Army is recorded from 1927.

3、1540s, "a sudden rush, dash, or springing forth; specifically of troops from a besieged place, attacking the besiegers," from Middle French saillie "a rushing forth," noun use of fem. past participle of saillir "to leap," from Latin salire "to leap" (see salient (adj.)). 

4、sally (v.)1540s, from sally (n.). Related: Sallied; sallying.