| 词组 | ary |
| 释义 | ary Ary, from e'er a, from ever a, is a dialectal term meaning "any, a single; either." The Dictionary of American Regional English records its occurrence throughout the U.S., but it is most frequent in Southern and Midland speech. • See, I was loading more coal than ary a man they had down there —Gobel Sloan of Haysi, Virginia, quoted in Our Appalachia, ed. Laurel Shackelford & Bill Weinberg, 1977 In the 19th century ary was considered a New England-ism; it was in use there, and was not entirely confined to the usage of the less educated: • ... which, though very clean, yet hasn't the vestige of a table-cloth on ary a table —Henry Adams, letter, 9 Feb. 1859 The spelling ary seems to be American, but the construction is old: • Has the old man e'er a son, sir —Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale, 1611 • ... and I'd foot it with e'er a Captain in the county —Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The Rivals, 1775 It turns up spelled arrow in Fielding's Tom Jones: • "I don't believe there is arrow a servant in the house." (OED) The OED also cites Smollett's Humphrey Clinker; Scheie De Vere's Americanisms (1872) quotes another instance from Tom Jones. The only use of ary in modern English writing is in the representation of speech, especially in fiction: • "If I said ary thing, I don't remember it now" — Charley Robertson, Shadow of a Cloud, 1950 • "... a street so wide it has footpaths on ary side ..." —Conrad Richter, The Trees, 1940 James Whitcomb Riley used it in verse: • Nary bee in ary hive —Farm-Rhymes, 1883 |
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