| 单词 | it is seldom when |
| 释义 | > as lemmasit is seldom when d. it is seldom that… (Cf. it is (very) rarely that at rarely adv. Phrases 1.) Also †it is seldom when… (Cf. seldom-when adv. at Compounds 2.) ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > infrequency > infrequently or it rarely happens [phrase] it is seldom that1390 it is seldom when1600 (for) once in a way1759 blue moon1821 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 30 Ful selden is that welthe Can soffre his oghne astat in helthe. c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) ii. lviii. 98 Seelden it was þat j sih hire. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iv. iii. 79 Tis seldome when the bee doth leaue her comb, In the dead carion. View more context for this quotation 1812 S. T. Coleridge Lett. (1895) 599 It is seldom that want of leisure can be fairly stated as an excuse for not writing. a1859 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1861) V. xxiv. 229 It was seldom indeed that a white freeman..was employed in severe bodily labour. < as lemmas |
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