1
- or rather; and more than that (used to emphasize a more appropriate word than one just used)［用以对已使用的言辞作更恰当的补充 ］说得更确切一点, 不止如此：
it will take months, nay years.
这会花上几个月乃至几年的时间。
2
- archaic or dialect no〈古或方〉不：
nay, I must not think thus.
不, 我可不能那样想。
- a negative answer否定的回答：
the cabinet sits to give the final yea or nay to policies.
内阁开会对政策给予最终的肯定或否定的回答。
词源
Middle English (in sense 2)： from Old Norse nei, from ne 'not' + ei 'ever' （compare with AYE2）.