| 释义 |
seldomness|ˈsɛldəmnɪs|
[f. seldom a. + -ness.]
Infrequency, rareness.
1561T. Hoby tr. Castiglione's Courtyer ii. L iv b, The sildomenesse of suche as are seen to attain to that point. 1682Sir T. Browne Chr. Mor. ii. i. (1716) 44 The strength of delight is in its seldomness or rarity. 1792A. Seward Lett. (1811) III. 172 Suffer the length of my letters to attone for their seldomness. 1861Ld. Palmerston Sp. in Times 9 Jan. 6/4 In proportion to the seldomness of those occasions..is the gratification which they afford. |