单词 | erelong |
释义 | erelongadv. Before long; before the lapse of much time; soon. Of future time; also (archaic) of past. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > [adverb] > soon or quickly soonc825 cofeOE erec1175 rada1325 soonlyc1475 hastilyc1550 hastyc1550 erelong1577 before long1585 bumbye1727 the world > time > relative time > different time > [adverb] > imminently or in the near future ratheeOE rathelyeOE soonc900 shortlya1050 newenc1175 newlya1225 nunonc1225 newenlyc1275 fast byc1300 tomorrowa1382 brieflyc1460 anonc1475 soonlyc1475 of newa1500 suddenlya1500 by and by1526 soon1545 imminently1548 short1556 erelong1577 eminently1646 bimeby1722 directly1851 1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1878) iii. viii. ii. 52 Whereby he receiued a wound that yer long killed him altogither. 1590 Sir P. Sidney Covntesse of Pembrokes Arcadia ii. x. f. 146v Ere long he had not only gotten pitie, but pardon. 1714 H. Grove Spectator No. 635. ⁋4 I..shall e'er long shoot away with the Swiftness of Imagination. 1770 H. Brooke Fool of Quality V. xvi. 63 Perhaps we may meet e'er long. 1777 W. Jones Palace of Fortune 31 Erelong the damsel reach'd her native vale. 1809 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 2 60 English..will probably ere long be..blended with their language. 1813 R. Southey Life Nelson II. 196 Let us hope that these islands may, ere long, be made free and independent. 1850 E. B. Browning Poems (new ed.) I. 331 Erelong Ye brake off in the middle of that song. 1872 A. C. Swinburne in Fortn. Rev. Sept. 249 The terror and ignorance which ere long were to impel them to the conception and perpetration of even greater crimes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1577 |
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