单词 | along about |
释义 | > as lemmasalong about b. North American (originally U.S.). Preceding a prepositional phrase: around or near the specified time, amount, place, etc.; approximately. Frequently in along about: around about. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > closeness to accuracy > [adverb] much1560 nearly1594 muchwhat1619 nigh about1632 closely1682 roughly1768 close1833 approximatively1835 proximately1839 in the rough1841 approximately1845 along1852 nearbouta1857 in a sort of (sorta) way1868 in the (right) ballpark1945 grosso modo1952 1852 F. L. Olmsted Walks & Talks of Amer. Farmer in Eng. ii. 17 The wind hauled round ahead..so that along about sunset they found themselves coming well to windward of her [sc. an English frigate]. 1859 Rep. Comm. House of Representatives (25th congr., 2nd sess.) III. No. 188. 400 I cannot be positive about it; but it was along in January, or perhaps, at the time of the Christmas holidays. 1870 ‘M. Twain’ More Distinction in Sketches New & Old (1872) 282 In the one case, you start out with a friend along about eleven o'clock. 1931 D. Runyon Guys & Dolls (1932) iii. 53 There are very seldom any customers in Good Time Charley's until along about five o'clock in the morning. c1960 Wilson Coll. in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1985) I. 51/1 Along in May I'm going to buy me a horse. 1987 J. Hersey Fling in Fling (1990) 41 Oh, I can see him cheerfully flipping up the drawing-room berth along about Elizabeth, New Jersey. 2009 K. Cain in W. L. Montell Tales from Kentucky Sheriffs (2011) i. 21 Along about that time, I began thinking there was something else I could give back to law enforcement. < as lemmas |
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