ta-ta

['tæ'tɑ:]
  • int. 回头见;再见

英文词源


ta-ta
also tata, "good-bye," familiar salutation in parting, 1823, a word first recorded as infant's speech. Abbreviation T.T.F.N., "ta-ta for now," popularized 1941 by BBC radio program "ITMA," where it was the characteristic parting of the cockney cleaning woman character Mrs. Mopp, voiced by Dorothy Summers.

实用场景例句


Ta-ta for now!
回头见!

牛津词典

Okay John. See you again. Ta-ta...
好了,约翰,回见,再会。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Ta-ta for now.
回头见。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

And then , besides, we shall see God , ta , ta, ta!
还会看见上帝, 等等, 等等.

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