sally: [16] To sally is etymologically to ‘jump’. For the word comes ultimately from Latin salīre ‘jump’, source also of English assail, insult, salient, etc. It passed into Old French as salir, which later became saillir. From this was derived a noun saillie ‘jump’, hence ‘sudden breaking out from a defended position to attack’, which English took over and soon turned into a verb. (The name Sally, incidentally, is an alteration of Sarah, by the same phonetic process that produced Del, Hal, Moll, and Tel from Derek, Harry, Mary, and Terence.) => salient
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.
雙語例句
1. A tap on the door interrupted him and Sally Pierce came in.
敲門聲打斷了他，薩莉·皮爾斯走了進來。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Not content with rescuing one theatre, Sally Green has taken on another.
薩莉·格林不滿足于挽救一家劇院，她又接手了另外一家。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Giles had not reckoned with the strength of Sally's feelings for him.
賈爾思沒有料想到薩利對他的感情如此強烈。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Sally spun round, a feigned look of surprise on her face.
薩莉急轉(zhuǎn)過身來，臉上裝出一副吃驚的表情。
來自柯林斯例句
5. They had a huge row and Sally moved out of the house.