英语词汇“now-a-day”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	now-a-day
释义	now-a-day, adv. [f. now adv. Cf. next and aday.] = next. 1390Gower Conf. II. 89 Ther ben full manye now aday, That knowen litel what thei meene.a1425Cursor M. 702 (Trin.), Þe sonne was þat tyme we say Seuen siþe briȝtere þen now aday.1530Hickscorner in Hazl. Dodsley I. 174 We all may say well-a-way for sin that is now-a-day. 1799E. Du Bois Piece Family Biog. II. 94 Χρυσεα χαλχειων won't do now-a-day.1801tr. Gabrielli's Myst. Husb. III. 47 To be sure great folks now-a-day look out for grand fortunes!1837Whittock Bk. Trades (1842) 411 A very humble..branch of manufactures, receives several names, now a-day, according to the means used. b. attrib. 1630H. R. Mythomystes 13 The sore of our now-a-day Poets.1819W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. XLVII. 118 Horace addicted himself to verse-making (like our now-a-day rimesters).1866Lyndesay's Monarche (E.E.T.S.) 157 Now-a-day saints compared with those of old.1898Baring-Gould Old Eng. Home iv. 84, I do not know much about the cupboards of nowaday folk. c. As n. The present time. 1886J. R. Rees Divers. Bookworm iii. 83 His delightful stand-still is refreshing if only to think of, in the bustling nowaday.
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