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dey

/dey/US // deɪ //UK // (deɪ) //

诶,诶呀,诶诶诶

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the title of the governor of Algiers before the French conquest in 1830.
    • : a title sometimes used by the former rulers of Tunis and Tripoli.

Examples

  • Perhaps he holds up a manila folder and declares “I is all done wit me quahtahly repahts boss, and dey is IRIE!”

  • Yis, all alone, sept de two tousand Caffres ob de kraal; but dey is nobody—only black beasts.

  • She's done got a pow'ful quick tempah, my Miss Betty has, same's all my Somerset family had, bein' fust quality folks lak dey was.

  • Dey's squar little towels what you holds in yer lap to wipe yer fingers on when you've done eatin'.

  • She couldn't larn, an' de Lord took her whar dey don't ask what you knows,—only dis: does you lub de Lord?

  • But dey can't hang me, no sah, dey can't, 'cause mah man croak two weeks later.