| 释义 |
yester-year
[Coined by D. G. Rossetti to render F. antan (:—L. ante annum) in François Villon's Grand Testament, Ball. i.]
Last year.
1870Rossetti Three Transl. fr. Villon i, But where are the snows of yester-year? 1871R. Buchanan in St. Paul's Mag. Apr. 88 No crime of yesterday or yesteryear. 1888Mrs. H. Ward R. Elsmere xxxi, Where had the crude pretty child of yester-year departed to? 1893Daily Chron. 13 Sept. 3/1 The vogue of ‘Ernest Maltravers’ has gone with the snows of yesteryear. |