单词 | anotherwhile |
释义 | † anotherwhileadv. Obsolete. At another time. Often paired with onewhile adv. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > [adverb] > at another time otherwhilec1225 elsec1400 elsewhen1418 anotherwhilea1425 otherwhiles?a1425 othertimes1447 othersome time1585 othersome whiles1606 a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 4356 Fortune..whilom wole on folk smyle And glowmbe on hem another while. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 67v One while they keepe in the brode ayre: anotherwhile in the water, and earth as the Crocodile. 1648 E. Symmons Vindic. King Charles (new ed.) vii. 74 The poor innocent Bells..must be..turned into Guns, that they may be another while instruments of destruction. 1705 F. Fuller Medicina Gymnastica sig. dv One while Incrassating Medicines, anotherwhile attenuating ones. a1799 G. L. Way tr. P. J.-B. Legrand d'Aussy Fabliaux (1800) II. 169 In guise a bishop now, anotherwhile A sleek archdeacon. 1868 J. Chalmers tr. Laozi Speculations 32 When the middling scholar hears Tau, he one while keeps it, another while loses it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < |
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