Skip to main content

auld lang syne

/awld lang -zahyn, sahyn/US // ˈɔld læŋ ˈzaɪn, ˈsaɪn //

奥尔德朗辛,奥德兰辛

Related Words

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Scot. and North England.

    • : old times, especially times fondly remembered.
    • : old or long friendship.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Auld lang syne” is Scottish-Gaelic for “old long since,” or, more idiomatically, “days gone by” or “time long past.

  • Hitchcock also met Fritz Lang, who was later to work in Hollywood.

  • Take this verse by famous Scottish poet Robert Burns in his famous Scottish poem “Auld Lang Syne.”

  • “We are grateful for the opportunity that Andrew gave us to reestablish Helmut Lang,” the two said about CEO Andrew Rosen.

  • When she stands by the bedside of a dying Victor McLaglen and sings “Auld Lang Syne,” it is an occasion for real tears.

  • My faither was in it when he was nine, but you're no' allowed to gang doon now till you are twelve year auld.

  • He didna stay very lang, and gaed awa' saying he'd come back again.

  • He had been workin' on the top o' some auld workin's, an' I suppose they wadna ken, an' it fell in.

  • "Ay, an' it's a gran' price for onybody wha kens aboot it," said auld Jamie Lauder.

  • Lang bleats for one, and I thought I might address it to him as a kind of open letter.