| 释义 |
whilie Sc. dial.|ˈhwaɪlɪ|
Also whiley, whyllie.
[f. while n. + -ie.]
A short time.
1819J. Burness Plays 29 Master Clinton is out a whyllie syne. 1908Old-Lore Misc. I. iv. 183 After it was burned a whiley. 1920J. L. Waugh Heroes 18 When ye've been a whilie here. 1951N. M. Gunn Well at World's End xxiv. 214 ‘Be quiet!’ she said... ‘I just came for a whilie to see them.’ 1981G. Hammond Revenge Game vi. 55 The inspector's house..was let to a retired couple for a whilie, but they moved away up to Inverness. |