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单词 erelong
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erelongadv.

/ɛːˈlɒŋ/
Etymology: < ere adv.1 + long adv.1; sometimes written as two words.
Before long; before the lapse of much time; soon. Of future time; also (archaic) of past.
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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).
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