单词 | at after |
释义 | at afterprep.adv. Now English regional (chiefly northern). A. prep. At a later time than; subsequent to; later than; after.In quot. a1393 perhaps a use of at combined with after meat at meat n. 3. For similar constructions in the Middle English period, see at after-dinner at after-dinner n., at afternoon at afternoon n., adv., and int. Phrases 1, at after-supper at after-supper n. 1.In some quots. not as a fixed collocation. ΚΠ a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. l. 1181 (MED) At after mete Nero..The men let come in his presence. c1400 in J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words (1852) 103 (MED) I trust to see you att after Estur. a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xxiii. sig. i.i At after matyns she vsed contemplacyon. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xiiii Lode out his donge before noone, & to lode hay or corne at after noone. 1655 J. Harrison Glimpse of Divine Light sig. A2 At after ten dayes tedious attendance, I had the favour to be called in. 1798 J. Wentworth Compl. Syst. Pleading VIII. 442 A much less price or sum than the same [wheat] would have been appraised, sold, and disposed of at after the gathering. 1868 E. Waugh Sneck-bant 14 Ay, it is a bonny necht, for sure, at-after this storm. 1890 Leeds Mercury 1 Dec. 13 It's my turn at-after thee. a1919 W. B. Kendall Forness Word Bk. (Cumbria County Archives, Barrow) (transcript of MS) At efter, after. ‘at efter dark’. 1952 T. Armstrong Adam Brunskill vii. 208 I'd tapped t'claret all right, and he didn't ask for any more at after that. B. adv. = afterwards adv. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adverb] > after, afterwards, or later sitheneOE aftereOE sithOE eftOE latterOE aftOE sithencea1170 sithrec1175 thereup?c1225 baftc1275 furtherc1290 eftsoon1297 therewithala1300 afterwardc1300 afterwardsc1300 soc1300 therewithc1369 eftersoonsa1400 suingly?a1425 at after1425 followingly?c1425 afterhand1438 syne1489 by posteriority1523 in sequel1524 still1526 later1527 subsequently1537 senthis?1553 lately1565 subsequent1568 behindc1600 sequelarly1600 posterior1628 in prosecutiona1641 subsequentiallya1683 artera1746 posteriorly1799 ulteriorly1818 later on1829 1425 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Apr. 1425 §38. m. 13 Yife a pore man kake ony on peny of his tythynges, at aftyr when he shuld be housyld and resceive his sacrament, his housyll and his sacrament shall be denyed hym. 1429 in Norfolk Archaeol. (1904) 15 156 (MED) Item at after moked oure hors and mendyd oure carte. 1638 Earl of Strafford Let. 15 Feb. (1739) II. 287 Let Shame cover me at after as a Cloak. 1676 J. Brydall Camera Regis 11 As you shall understand at after. 1848 E. C. Gaskell Mary Barton I. viii. 127 In th' Infirmary..there be good chaps there to a man,..whate'er they may be about cutting him up at after. 1863 J. C. Atkinson Whitby Gloss. (at cited word) Ploughing first, sowing at after. 1888 ‘P. Cushing’ Blacksmith of Voe II. ix. 235 I towd him at after o' th' tale Luke had set agoin'. 1952 T. Armstrong Adam Brunskill vi. 182 And at after we'd have a slap-up spread at either t'Grafton Arms or the Royal Oak, whichever you'd prefer. 1980 P. Wright Yorkshireman's Dict. (1981) At-after, afterwards. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < prep.adv.a1393 |
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