英语词汇“it's getting late”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. Far on in the course of the day; esp. well on into the evening or night. Frequently in predicative use, with non-referential it as subject, as it's late, it's getting late, etc.

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the world > time > day and night > [adjective] > late in the day or night

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a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 1433 (MED) Now es arly, now es late, Now es day, now es nyght.

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 5051 (MED) Þar logis he fra þe late niȝt till efte þe liȝt schewis.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vii. 236 It wes weill lat of nycht be then.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vii. i. 34 In silence, al the lait nycht [L. sera sub nocte] rummesand.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. ccxl To se..how late it was in the nyght yer the footemen coulde get ouer London brydge.

1641 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 37 I took leave of..Antwerp, as late as it was, embarking for Brussels.

1695 W. Congreve Love for Love iii. i. 54 Mrs. F. I believe it's late. B... An you think so, you had best go to Bed.

1706 R. Estcourt Fair Example iv. i. 51 Well, my dear, it begins to grow late, and it's time I shou'd leave you.

1776 Trial Maha Rajah Nundocomar for Forgery 2/1 It being late, the Court adjourned till the next morning at seven o'clock.

1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. iii. 98 It wears late, and gets dark.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Vision of Sin in Poems (new ed.) II. 213 I had a vision when the night was late.

1881 Washington Post 13 Mar. 3/5 Often when it is found that a performance is dragging out its weary length to an intolerably late hour, the actors are requested to ‘come down to cues’.

1902 Munsey's Mag. 24 851/2 Well, I must be stepping... It's getting late.

1968 B. Dylan All Along Watchtower (song) in Lyrics 1962–85 (1987) 224 So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late.

1997 K. O'Riordan Boy in Moon i. 7 It's late. You should be asleep. We've a long day ahead of us tomorrow.

单词	it's getting late
释义	> as lemmas it's getting late b. Far on in the course of the day; esp. well on into the evening or night. Frequently in predicative use, with non-referential it as subject, as it's late, it's getting late, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > [adjective] > late in the day or night latea1425 a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 1433 (MED) Now es arly, now es late, Now es day, now es nyght. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 5051 (MED) Þar logis he fra þe late niȝt till efte þe liȝt schewis. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vii. 236 It wes weill lat of nycht be then. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vii. i. 34 In silence, al the lait nycht [L. sera sub nocte] rummesand. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. ccxl To se..how late it was in the nyght yer the footemen coulde get ouer London brydge. 1641 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 37 I took leave of..Antwerp, as late as it was, embarking for Brussels. 1695 W. Congreve Love for Love iii. i. 54 Mrs. F. I believe it's late. B... An you think so, you had best go to Bed. 1706 R. Estcourt Fair Example iv. i. 51 Well, my dear, it begins to grow late, and it's time I shou'd leave you. 1776 Trial Maha Rajah Nundocomar for Forgery 2/1 It being late, the Court adjourned till the next morning at seven o'clock. 1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. iii. 98 It wears late, and gets dark. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Vision of Sin in Poems (new ed.) II. 213 I had a vision when the night was late. 1881 Washington Post 13 Mar. 3/5 Often when it is found that a performance is dragging out its weary length to an intolerably late hour, the actors are requested to ‘come down to cues’. 1902 Munsey's Mag. 24 851/2 Well, I must be stepping... It's getting late. 1968 B. Dylan All Along Watchtower (song) in Lyrics 1962–85 (1987) 224 So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late. 1997 K. O'Riordan Boy in Moon i. 7 It's late. You should be asleep. We've a long day ahead of us tomorrow. extracted from lateadj.¹ < as lemmas
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