单词 | elsewhere |
释义 | elsewhereadv. 1. At some other point; in some other place. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [adverb] > elsewhere elsewhereOE otherwherea1400 allwhere1439 another gatea1450 somewhere elsec1450 again1555 otherwheres1563 alibi1639 OE Beowulf 138 Elles hwær. a1200 Moral Ode 331 in Trin. Coll. Hom. 230 Hwu litle hwile we bieð her . hwu longe elles hware. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xxii. 189 To bynde and vnbynde · both here and elleswher. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) 12485 Lere him quare þou wil ellis-quare. 1495 Act 2 Hen. VII c. 37 Preamb. In the Countie of Lancaster or elliswhere in England. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vii. ix. 93 The dyne was hard eik ellis quhair full far. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxiv. 409 God was not knowne and worshipped elswhere than among the people of Israell. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. i. iii. ii. 49 The parties, which shall be more opportunely spoken of els-where. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 261. ¶8 As I have elsewhere observed. 1790 W. Paley Horæ Paulinæ Rom. i. 9 Inquire whether we can find these circumstances elsewhere. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ix, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 231 I can speak with you here as well as elsewhere. 1872 E. A. Freeman Gen. Sketch European Hist. (1874) xiii. §2. 238 In England and elsewhere many men had been burned as heretics. 2. To some other point; = elsewhither adv. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [adverb] > to or towards some thing or place > in another direction > to or towards another place elseOE elsewhitherc1000 otherwherec1480 elsewhere1513 otherwhither1585 somewhither else1623 elsewardsa1882 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xi. vii. 68 Bot gif so be that thai lyst ellisquhair To othir costis or pepill for to wend. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. vii. 106 If used ill in our dealings with one man we..go elsewhere. 1863 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighb. (1878) xxv. 436 Many of them went elsewhere to church. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.OE |
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