| 单词 | every now and then |
| 释义 | > as lemmasevery now and then (also again) a. every now and then (also again): from time to time, at intervals. [Probably an alteration of ever now and then at ever adv. and adj. Phrases 2d.] ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adverb] > sometimes or occasionally whiloma900 whilea1000 stoundmealc1000 stundumOE otherwhileOE umquhile1154 with and withc1175 by stoundsa1225 otherwhilesc1225 umbestound?c1225 umbewhilec1230 then and thenc1275 sometime…sometime1297 umstounda1300 by while13.. over while13.. sometime1340 umbe throwea1350 at timesa1382 now and again (also anon, eft, now)a1393 umbwhile1393 eftsoona1398 sometimea1400 by sithesc1400 umbestoundsc1400 from time to (formerly unto) time1423 now and (also or) then1445 ever now and nowa1470 when and whenc1470 occasionallya1475 in timesa1500 whiles?a1500 whilomsa1500 sometimes1526 somewhiles1528 at whiles1540 ever now and then1542 a-whiles1546 somewhiles…, somewhiles1547 at sometimes1548 now and thenc1550 ever and anon1558 by occasions1562 on (also upon) occasion1562 as soon…as soon1581 every now and then (also again)1642 by a time1721 once and a while1765 ever and again1788 periodically1825 in spots1851 1642 J. Taylor Heads of All Fashions 6 Honest men Are often cheated every now and then. 1684 E. Ravenscroft Dame Dobson iv. ii. 45 Every now and then fancying a Noise, she'd say—Oh we are undone! 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 326. ¶2 I shall every now and then have a saucy Rascal ride by reconnoitring (as I think you call it) under my windows. 1769 E. Burke Observ. Late State Nation 3 It is piteously doleful, nodding every now and then towards dulness. 1802 T. Beddoes Hygëia I. ii. 42 A sentence which we physicians are doomed, every now and then, to hear. 1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate I. ix. 213 I will come up every now and again. 1868 F. E. Paget Lucretia 216 Still, except every now and then, at rare intervals, it was polished. 1899 K. Chopin Awakening xx. 155 But a man needed occasional relaxation, he informed Mrs. Pontellier, and every now and again he drummed up a pretext to bring him to the city. 1957 J. Braine Room at Top (1960) 137 Every now and again, sharp as toothache, the loneliness, the torment of needing the one person I didn't want to need. 1992 Guardian 2 Jan. 29/2 Every now and then, between the chalking of cues and the snicks and pocks of colliding balls, are bursts of applause. 2015 P. Hawkins Girl on Train 94 Every now and again it does strike me that she's alive and well. < as lemmas |
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