英语词汇bah的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

bah!; bashful; abeyance, etc. Bah! is an interjection indicat- ing scorn, contempt, or disgust, but “ba!” is a natural expres- sion of surprise in any language, a sound uttered by both sheep and men when the jaw drops down. It forms the basis for a number of English words. Bashful and abash come to us from the French esbaiss, which derives from the Latin ex plus ba! Abeyance, a state of temporary suspension or inactivity, derives from the Latin badare, which developed from the elementary sound “ba!” and meant to hold the mouth wide open, to gape— someone “held in abeyance” would stand, jaw dropped, waiting for a decision. The “baying” of hounds, from the Old French beer (later bayer), to gape, is also related to “ba!”, the exclama- tion of surprise becoming the sound of impatience here.

词汇	bah
词源	bah!; bashful; abeyance, etc. Bah! is an interjection indicat- ing scorn, contempt, or disgust, but “ba!” is a natural expres- sion of surprise in any language, a sound uttered by both sheep and men when the jaw drops down. It forms the basis for a number of English words. Bashful and abash come to us from the French esbaiss, which derives from the Latin ex plus ba! Abeyance, a state of temporary suspension or inactivity, derives from the Latin badare, which developed from the elementary sound “ba!” and meant to hold the mouth wide open, to gape— someone “held in abeyance” would stand, jaw dropped, waiting for a decision. The “baying” of hounds, from the Old French beer (later bayer), to gape, is also related to “ba!”, the exclama- tion of surprise becoming the sound of impatience here.
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