sally
sally 英 [ˈsæli] 美 [ˈsæli]
n. 突围；[军] 出击；（感情等）迸发；俏皮话；远足 vt. 突围；出发；动身，外出
名词复数:sallies
- A sally is a military action, a sudden charge in the direction of the enemy. A sally sometimes has the advantage of taking the opposing army by surprise.
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- n. 突围；[军] 出击；（感情等）迸发；俏皮话；远足
- vt. 突围；出发；动身，外出
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1. sally:Can I go with you?
莎莉：我能和你一起去吗？
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2. Felicity (to sally): I guess what I’m saying is this might all be a colossal mistake, as my dad would say, but on the other hand it may…maybe it’ll save my life or something.
费利西蒂(对莎莉说): 我猜我想要说的这个可能是个巨大的错误，如同我爸爸说的那样，但是另一方面也许……也许它可拯救我的生命或者别的什么。
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3. But watch out for a duck I call sally.
不过请注意一只被我叫做萨莉的鸭子。
- Sally 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.
- sally (n.) 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.)). Sally-port "gate or passage in a fortification to afford free egress to troops in making a sally" is from 1640s.
- sally (v.) 1540s, from sally (n.). Related: Sallied; sallying.
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