ou
ou — 名詞
1. in Scottish English, a term used for any male person, from a young boy to an adu
男子；少年
蘇格蘭方言中指任何年齡的男性
in Scottish English, a term used for any male person, from a young boy to an adult man.
Tariq heard an old ou at the pub tell stories about fishing in the lochs.
Tariq 在酒吧聽到一位老先生講述在湖泊釣魚的故事。
collocation: old ou (old man, dialectal)
Ada's grandfather still uses the word ou for the men on the farm.
Ada 的祖父至今仍用 ou 來稱呼農場裡一起工作的男人們。
The young ou from the next village walked ten miles to sell his wool.
隔壁村莊的少年走了十英里的路到市集賣羊毛。
Linh heard her Scottish neighbour call a stranger 'that ou' in the pub.
Linh 聽到她的蘇格蘭鄰居在酒吧裡對一個陌生人喊「那個 ou」。
In Burns' poem the speaker calls himself a poor ou with nothing but pride.
在 Burns 的詩中，說話者自稱是個一無所有、只剩自尊的可憐男子。
文法句型
the ou
young ou
old ou
用法筆記
This word is mainly found in traditional Scots dialects and older Scottish literature. It is rarely used in modern urban Scottish English. Learners will most often encounter it in the works of Robert Burns or in historical Scottish fiction.