单词 | in meantime |
释义 | > as lemmasin (that, this, which, etc.) meantime a. During or within the time intervening between a particular period or event and a subsequent one; while or until a (specified) period or event occurs; cf. sense B. 1. Also †in (that, this, which, etc.) meantime. †in the meantime of: during (obsolete). Cf. in the mesne time at mesne adj. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > time > [adverb] > meanwhile all the whilec888 to whilec950 the whilec960 amongOE emethena1300 to whilesa1300 therewhilesc1320 that whilesc1330 i-whilesa1340 in (that, this, which, etc.) meantime1340 in the meanwhilea1375 (all) the (also this, that) meantimea1382 in the mean season (also space)a1382 the mean seasona1382 the meanwhilea1382 in the meantimec1384 for the meanwhilec1390 in the mean(s) whilesc1390 the whilesa1400 the whilsta1400 whilsta1400 (in) the meanwhile that?1418 therewhilec1430 mesne1439 meanwhile1440 for the meantime1480 while1508 in the while1542 in the mean1565 in the mean way1569 interim1580 in (that, this, which, etc.) meanwhilea1593 meantimea1593 this while1594 mean space1600 among-hands?1609 between (betwixt obsolete or archaic) whiles1647 ad interim1701 per interim1724 interimistically1890 the world > time > [adverb] > during or in the course of (a certain time) asOE in the meantime of1447 wherein1535 therein1539 for long, for a or the time1564 in the course of1653 inside of1839 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 36 Hi [sc. hire bestes] sterueþ ine mene-time; do oþre ine hare stede ase moche worþ. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) 1 Macc. ix. 1 In the mene tyme [L. interea]. 1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) 652 (MED) In the mene tyme of hyr preyer, They rent hyr flesh on euery syde. c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 946 In thys mene tyme whyle [etc.]. 1502 in Lett. Rich. III & Hen. VII (Rolls) II. 108 In the moyne time he wold commune with the lord Nasso. ?1520 A. Barclay tr. Sallust Cron. Warre agaynst Iugurth xxvi. f. 35 Wherfore (in meane tyme whyle they were counselling) he [etc.]. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Dvv In the whiche meane tyme, nat one of them all miscaryed. 1575–6 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 479 Eftir the committing of the foirsaidis oppressionis in the menetyme of his being at the said Lord Regent complening thairupoun. 1638 H. Spelman Let. 28 Sept. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) 155 In the mean tyme you would applie your self to the antientest Authors. 1681 London Gaz. No. 1628/1 In the mean time, the Admiral who had been beaten off, filled and laid them Aboard the second time. 1706 Boston News-let. 1 July 4/2 In the mean time the remaining Forces are taking care to cover the Husbandry of all the Frontiers. 1740 tr. C. de F. de Mouhy Fortunate Country Maid I. 110 In the mean time the People, surpris'd at what had happened, crowded to the Altar. 1804 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. IV. 282 The uses..which only take place in the mean time, and until the appointment, such new uses precede them. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iv. 467 In the meantime the king would be an object of aversion and suspicion to his people. 1885 O. Wilde Let. 14 Nov. in More Lett. (1985) 59 Life is long and we will see each other often. In the meantime we can write. 1936 E. S. Gardner Case of Sleepwalker's Niece x. 73 In the meantime I want to put in a telephone call. You hold the fort. 1988 M. Spark Far Cry from Kensington i. 15 We thought..we would soon have to find another job. In the meantime we got on with the job we had. < as lemmas |
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