had-beenn.adv.

Brit.

/ˈhadbiːn/, U.S.

/ˈhædˌbɪn/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English had , have v., been , be v.

Etymology: < had, past tense of have v. + been, past participle of be v. Compare earlier has-been n. and have-been n.

A. n.

A person whose best days are over; a has-been. Also: a person, thing, or event of the past.Chiefly used in narratives or reported speech using the past tense.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > [noun] > a thing of the past

have-been1737

had-beenc1748

tale1780

bygone1857

the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [noun] > one who or that which is unsuccessful > one who is a failure > one who is past his peak

has-been1702

have-been1737

had-beenc1748

used-to-be1852

extinct volcano1865

wasser1924

yesterday's man1966

c1748 S. Richardson Corr. (1804) III. 314 Miss Banks..had been so many seasons here, that she obtained but a faint and languid attention; so that the smarts began to put her down in their list of had-beens!

1844 Columbian Mag. Feb. 80/2 An old lady, who..had been a great beauty in her day..until, having become one of the ‘Had beens’, as she expressed it, according to my recollection, she turned her attention to matrimony.

1894 Railroad Trainmen's Jrnl. June 490/1 With but two exceptions all the officers elected were ‘had-beens or willing-to-be's’ in the other organizations.

1903 Sat. Rev. 30 May 680/1 Early last century Verdi was born into the land of glorious had-beens. Italy was crowded with memories of its past.

1914 I. A. R. Wylie Five Yrs. to find Out xx. 256 He entered diffidently. Here also was devastation—only the faded patches on the delicate wallpapers testified to the had-beens.

2013 D. Henry & J. Henry Furious Cool p. xix A wide-open river town peopled by street-corner storytellers, hustlers, pimps, prostitutes, vaudeville had-beens, high-minded church folk, [etc.].

†B. adv.

That once was; formerly. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > [adverb]

erea822

fernOE

whileOE

erera1000

whilereOE

onceOE

somewhile1154

whilomc1175

herebeforec1200

somewhilesa1250

yorea1250

orc1275

rather?a1300

erewhilec1305

sometimea1325

sometimec1330

at or in sometime1340

in arrear1340

heretoforea1375

fernyear1377

once upon a timec1380

behinds1382

beforetimea1393

of olda1393

erenow1393

umquhilea1400

erst14..

fornec1400

yore whilec1400

of before1402

late1423

abefore1431

beforetimes1449

whilesc1480

sometime1490

aforrow?a1513

behind1526

quondamc1540

in foretime(s?c1550

erstwhile1569

erstwhiles1569

aleare1581

erewhiles1584

sometimes1597

formerly1599

anciently1624

olim1645

somewhile since1652

quondamly1663

forepassed1664

sometimea1684

backward1691

historically1753

time back1812

had-been1835

when1962

1835 N. P. Willis Pencillings I. xii. 93 A had-been beautiful woman.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	had-been
释义	had-beenn.adv. Brit. /ˈhadbiːn/, U.S. /ˈhædˌbɪn/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English had , have v., been , be v. Etymology: < had, past tense of have v. + been, past participle of be v. Compare earlier has-been n. and have-been n. A. n. A person whose best days are over; a has-been. Also: a person, thing, or event of the past.Chiefly used in narratives or reported speech using the past tense. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > [noun] > a thing of the past have-been1737 had-beenc1748 tale1780 bygone1857 the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [noun] > one who or that which is unsuccessful > one who is a failure > one who is past his peak has-been1702 have-been1737 had-beenc1748 used-to-be1852 extinct volcano1865 wasser1924 yesterday's man1966 c1748 S. Richardson Corr. (1804) III. 314 Miss Banks..had been so many seasons here, that she obtained but a faint and languid attention; so that the smarts began to put her down in their list of had-beens! 1844 Columbian Mag. Feb. 80/2 An old lady, who..had been a great beauty in her day..until, having become one of the ‘Had beens’, as she expressed it, according to my recollection, she turned her attention to matrimony. 1894 Railroad Trainmen's Jrnl. June 490/1 With but two exceptions all the officers elected were ‘had-beens or willing-to-be's’ in the other organizations. 1903 Sat. Rev. 30 May 680/1 Early last century Verdi was born into the land of glorious had-beens. Italy was crowded with memories of its past. 1914 I. A. R. Wylie Five Yrs. to find Out xx. 256 He entered diffidently. Here also was devastation—only the faded patches on the delicate wallpapers testified to the had-beens. 2013 D. Henry & J. Henry Furious Cool p. xix A wide-open river town peopled by street-corner storytellers, hustlers, pimps, prostitutes, vaudeville had-beens, high-minded church folk, [etc.]. †B. adv. That once was; formerly. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > [adverb] erea822 fernOE whileOE erera1000 whilereOE onceOE somewhile1154 whilomc1175 herebeforec1200 somewhilesa1250 yorea1250 orc1275 rather?a1300 erewhilec1305 sometimea1325 sometimec1330 at or in sometime1340 in arrear1340 heretoforea1375 fernyear1377 once upon a timec1380 behinds1382 beforetimea1393 of olda1393 erenow1393 umquhilea1400 erst14.. fornec1400 yore whilec1400 of before1402 late1423 abefore1431 beforetimes1449 whilesc1480 sometime1490 aforrow?a1513 behind1526 quondamc1540 in foretime(s?c1550 erstwhile1569 erstwhiles1569 aleare1581 erewhiles1584 sometimes1597 formerly1599 anciently1624 olim1645 somewhile since1652 quondamly1663 forepassed1664 sometimea1684 backward1691 historically1753 time back1812 had-been1835 when1962 1835 N. P. Willis Pencillings I. xii. 93 A had-been beautiful woman. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adv.c1748
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