【say音标】 英[seɪ] 美[seɪ]
【单词释义】 say是什么意思：
vi.说，讲；表明，宣称；表达；假设；约莫
vt.表明；念；说明；比方说
n.[U]发言权，决定权；说话；要说的话
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[第三人称单数] says
[单词现在分词] saying
[单词过去式] said
[单词过去分词] said
【say形近词/近似词】
ray n.射线；光线 vt.放射；照射
hay n.干草，草料；少量的钱 v.割草晒干；用干草喂
nay adv. 不但如此，而且；不，否 n. 反对票；否定的回答
pay v. 支付；付款；偿还；缴纳；付酬 n.[U]工资；薪水
bay n.湾，海湾
gay adj.快乐的，愉快的；同性恋的 n.同性恋者（尤指男性）
way n.方式；方法；手段；道路
lay vt.放置；铺放；产卵
day n.[U]白天；[C]一天
【常用短语】
I dare say 我想(=I daresay)
that is to say 就是；即；换言之
to say the least 毫不夸张地说
【单词例句】
◇ One day her mother said to her, "Come Little Red Cap. Here is a piece of cake and a bottle of wine. Take them to your grandmother. She is sick and weak, and they will do her well.
一天，妈妈对小红帽说：“来，小红帽，这里有一块蛋糕和一瓶葡萄酒，快给奶奶送去，奶奶生病了，身子很虚弱，吃了这些就会好一些的。
---- Little Red Cap
◇ So he flew into the water and swam towards the stately swans. They saw him and darted toward him with ruffled feathers. “Kill me, oh, kill me.” said the poor creature. And bowing his head towards the water, he awaited his death.
于是他飞到水里，向这些高贵优雅的天鹅游去：这些动物看到他，马上就竖起羽毛向他游来。“请你们弄死我吧！”这只可怜的家伙说。他把头低低地垂到水上，只等待着死。
---- The Ugly Duckling
◇ One of the slippers she could not find, and a boy seized upon the other and ran away with it, saying that he could use it as a cradle, when he had children of his own.
一只怎么也找不到了，另一只被一个小男孩抢跑了，并说等将来他有了孩子要为他做摇篮。
◇ There was nothing really strange about seeing a rabbit.And Alice was not very surprised when the Rabbit said,'Oh dear!Oh dear!I shall be late!'(Perhaps it was a little strange, Alice thought later,but at the time she was not surprised.)
看到一只兔子真没有什么可奇怪的。兔子说话时爱丽丝居然也不觉得太奇怪。兔子说，“噢，天哪！噢，天哪！我要迟到了！”（后来爱丽丝想起这事觉得有点儿奇怪，但当时她并不觉得有什么奇怪。）
---- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1)
◇ The Queen was making a coat for a little child. She said, "I want my child to be white as this cloth, white as the snow. And I shall call her Snow-white."
王后正在为小孩做一件上衣，她说:“我想我的孩子能够像这布一样白，想雪一样白，我要叫她'白雪公主'。”
---- Snow White
◇ "Lots of patients understand that what they need to do is remove food remnants," says Josefine Hirschfeld, associate professor and specialist in restorative dentistry at the University of Birmingham in the UK. "That is only partially true. It's much more important to remove bacteria from the teeth."
英国伯明翰大学副教授、修复牙科学专家约瑟芬·赫希菲尔德说：“很多患者知道刷牙需要清除食物残渣。他们只说对了一半。事实上，清除牙齿上的细菌要重要得多。”
---- How to properly brush your teeth
◇ The butterfly did not like to take too much trouble, so he flew off on a visit to the daisies. The French call this flower "Marguerite,"and they say that the little daisy can prophesy.
蝴蝶不愿意招来麻烦，因此就飞到雏菊那儿去。法国人把这种小花叫做“玛加丽特”（註：原文是“Margreth”，这个字是“雏菊”的意思；欧美有许多女子用这个字作为名字。）。他们知道，她能作出预言。
---- The Butterfly
◇ One day the king said to his wife, "If our thirteenth child, which you are soon going to bring into the world, is a girl, then the twelve others shall die, so that her wealth may be great, and so that she alone may inherit the kingdom."
一天，国王对王后说：“你快要生第十三个孩子了。要是这个孩子是个女孩，我就下令杀掉那十二个男孩，好让她得到更多的财产，并且让她继承王位。”
---- The Twelve Brothers
◇ Then she cried aloud, and began to weep. Soon she heard a voice. It said, "Why are you weeping, princess? Your tears can melt even the stones!"
这时她大声喊叫，开始哭了起来。不久她听到一个声音说：“你为什么哭呢，公主？你的眼泪甚至能把石头溶化掉。”
---- The Frog Prince
◇ Since then, people have learned to make the food which became known as "dumpling". Today there is still a saying that goes "Eat dumplings on Start of Winter Day, or your ears will be frostbitten".
从那以后，人们学会了制作这种食物，也就是后来俗称的“饺子”。时至今日仍然有“立冬不端饺子碗，冻掉耳朵没人管”的说法。
---- Start of Winter