| 释义 |
erelong, adv.|ɛəˈlɒŋ|
[f. ere prep. + long adv.; sometimes written as two words.]
Before long; before the lapse of much time; soon. Of future time; also (arch.) of past.
1577Harrison England iii. viii. (1878) ii. 52 Whereby he receiued a wound that yer long killed him altogither. a1586Sidney (J.), Erelong he had not only gotten pity but pardon. 1714H. Grove Spect. No. 635 ⁋4, I..shall e'er long shoot away with the Swiftness of Imagination. 1777Sir W. Jones Pal. Fortune 31 Erelong the damsel reach'd her native vale. 1809Southey in Q. Rev. II. 60 English..will probably ere long be..blended with their language. 1850Mrs. Browning Poems I. 331 Erelong Ye brake off in the middle of that song. |