| 单词 | in an evil hour |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin an evil (also ill, etc.) hour b. in a good (also happy, etc.) hour [partly = French à la bonne heure] : at a fortunate time; happily, fortunately: so in an evil (also ill, etc.) hour. †in good hour [French de bonne heure] : in good time, early; so †in due hour (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [adverb] in (earlier on) untimec897 untimelyc1200 out of timea1325 in unseasona1400 importunelyc1425 in an evil (also ill, etc.) hour1490 importunatelya1492 at ungaina1500 untimeously1513 intempestively1548 out of season1548 timeless1586 unseasonably1586 inopportunely1609 unseasonablea1634 unopportunely1651 timelessly1673 unseasonally1941 the world > action or operation > prosperity > in prosperous condition [phrase] > fortunately in a good (also happy, etc.) hour1490 well1577 as well1649 the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > unfortunately [phrase] > at an unfortunate time in the wanianda1352 in an evil (also ill, etc.) hour1490 the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > [adverb] > early or in good time soon?a1366 timelyc1390 in good timea1440 in good hour1603 timelily1608 in due hour1689 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) i. 38 In an euyll oure was he put to deth. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xx. 340 Arthur..thought that in goode houre were he born that it myght conquere. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1294 As if a man should say, In good houre and happily may this or that come. 1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes 2nd Pt. Don Quixote iv. xvi. 198 He resumes his Musick..In a good Hour, quoth Donna Clara, and then because she herself would not hear him, she stoppd her Ears with her Fingers. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 126 In a happy houre, the king..tooke notice of him. 1685 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) IV. 474 The next morning [we] set out for Gildford where we arived in good houre. 1689 J. Evelyn Let. in Diary & Corr. (1959) IV. 310 Retiring in due hour. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 7 In an ill Hour..I went on Board. 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. iv. 67 In an evil hour, I..changed my lodgings. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。