| 单词 | just now |
| 释义 | > as lemmasjust now Phrases P1. just now. a. Only a very short time ago.See also now adv. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > recency > [adverb] neweneOE newlyeOE unyoreeOE noweOE newOE lateOE yesterdaya1300 freshlya1387 of newa1393 anewa1425 newlingsa1425 latewardc1434 the other dayc1450 lately?c1475 erst1480 latewards1484 sith late1484 alatea1500 recently1509 even now1511 late-whiles1561 late ygo1579 formerly1590 just now1591 lastly1592 just1605 low1610 this moment1696 latewardly1721 shortsyne1768 sometime1779 latterly1821 1591 A. Fraunce Countesse of Pembrokes Yuychurch i. iii. i. sig. D4 That beastly Satyre..Stood with lusting rage, and raging fury before her, And now, eu'n iust now had left of fully to bynde her. 1633 J. Ford 'Tis Pitty shee's Whore i. sig. C2 v My Barber told me iust now that there is a fellow come to Towne. 1671 R. Head & F. Kirkman Eng. Rogue IV. viii. 126 Master,..you were talking just now of the Devil owing you a shame, pray tell me what it was. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 106. ¶6 The good Man whom I have just now mentioned? 1785 J. O'Keeffe Peeping Tom of Coventry i. iv. 13 You little rogue, how nicely you gave me the slip just now! 1828 H. Angelo Reminisc. I. 492 If the lout who was pointed out to me just now, be he, I never beheld..such a scarecrow. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 296 As you were saying just now. 1918 B. Tarkington Magnificent Ambersons xvi. 234 He was inclined to melancholy this morning, but seemed jolly enough just now. 2000 Kenyon Rev. Summer 28 Look here, sweetheart,..I didn't mean to make an ass of myself with your friend just now. b. Directly, immediately, very soon (now chiefly English regional). Also (South African): in a while, later. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > immediacy > [adverb] soonc825 ratheeOE rathelyeOE rekeneOE rekenlyOE thereright971 anonOE forth ona1000 coflyc1000 ferlyc1000 radlyOE swiftlyc1000 unyoreOE yareOE at the forme (also first) wordOE nowOE shortlya1050 rightOE here-rightlOE right anonlOE anonc1175 forthrightc1175 forthwithalc1175 skeetc1175 swithc1175 with and withc1175 anon-rightc1225 anon-rights?c1225 belivec1225 lightly?c1225 quickly?c1225 tidelyc1225 fastlyc1275 hastilyc1275 i-radlichec1275 as soon asc1290 aright1297 bedenea1300 in little wevea1300 withoute(n dwella1300 alrightc1300 as fast (as)c1300 at firstc1300 in placec1300 in the placec1300 mididonec1300 outrightc1300 prestc1300 streck13.. titec1300 without delayc1300 that stounds1303 rada1325 readya1325 apacec1325 albedenec1330 as (also also) titec1330 as blivec1330 as line rightc1330 as straight as linec1330 in anec1330 in presentc1330 newlyc1330 suddenlyc1330 titelyc1330 yernec1330 as soon1340 prestly1340 streckly1340 swithly?1370 evenlya1375 redelya1375 redlya1375 rifelya1375 yeplya1375 at one blastc1380 fresha1382 ripelyc1384 presentc1385 presently1385 without arrestc1385 readilyc1390 in the twinkling of a looka1393 derflya1400 forwhya1400 skeetlya1400 straighta1400 swifta1400 maintenantc1400 out of handc1400 wightc1400 at a startc1405 immediately1420 incontinent1425 there and then1428 onenec1429 forwithc1430 downright?a1439 agatec1440 at a tricec1440 right forth1440 withouten wonec1440 whipc1460 forthwith1461 undelayed1470 incessantly1472 at a momentc1475 right nowc1475 synec1475 incontinently1484 promptly1490 in the nonce?a1500 uncontinent1506 on (upon, in) the instant1509 in short1513 at a clap1519 by and by1526 straightway1526 at a twitch1528 at the first chop1528 maintenantly1528 on a tricea1529 with a tricec1530 at once1531 belively1532 straightwaysa1533 short days1533 undelayedly1534 fro hand1535 indelayedly1535 straight forth1536 betimesc1540 livelyc1540 upononc1540 suddenly1544 at one (or a) dash?1550 at (the) first dash?1550 instantly1552 forth of hand1564 upon the nines1568 on the nail1569 at (also in, with) a thoughtc1572 indilately1572 summarily1578 at one (a) chop1581 amain1587 straightwise1588 extempore1593 presto1598 upon the place1600 directly1604 instant1604 just now1606 with a siserary1607 promiscuously1609 at (in) one (an) instant1611 on (also upon) the momenta1616 at (formerly also on or upon) sight1617 hand to fist1634 fastisha1650 nextly1657 to rights1663 straightaway1663 slap1672 at first bolt1676 point-blank1679 in point1680 offhand1686 instanter1688 sonica1688 flush1701 like a thought1720 in a crack1725 momentary1725 bumbye1727 clacka1734 plumba1734 right away1734 momentarily1739 momentaneously1753 in a snap1768 right off1771 straight an end1778 abruptedly1784 in a whistle1784 slap-bang1785 bang?1795 right off the reel1798 in a whiff1800 in a flash1801 like a shot1809 momently1812 in a brace or couple of shakes1816 in a gird1825 (all) in a rush1829 in (also at, on) short (also quick) order1830 straightly1830 toot sweetc1830 in two twos1838 rectly1843 quick-stick1844 short metre1848 right1849 at the drop of a (occasionally the) hat1854 off the hooks1860 quicksticks1860 straight off1873 bang off1886 away1887 in quick sticks (also in a quick stick)1890 ek dum1895 tout de suite1895 bung1899 one time1899 prompt1910 yesterday1911 in two ups1934 presto changeo1946 now-now1966 presto change1987 1606 T. Hutton 2nd Pt. Reasons for Refusall vii. 44 It is..in other places before deliuered in termes, as if it were iust now to be done, and that Christ on this very day were to be borne. 1682 T. D'Urfey Butler's Ghost i. 75 That I will, Cries he. But (quoth the Squire) just now T'must be. 1765 H. Brooke Fool of Quality (Dublin ed.) I. v. 163 But, Harry, says he, I am going just now to leave this Country; will you and your Man Neddy come along with me? 1845 Graham's Mag. Nov. 203/1 I am sorry, Mr. Davenport, that your cousin, Miss Fanshaw, is coming just now. 1879 A. Trollope Thackeray ix. 187 I will give one or two instances just now. 1902 Eng. Dial. Dict. III. 394/1 [Cumberland] I'll come just now. [ N.E.D. noted: So in most local dialects.] 1939 ‘D. Rame’ Wine of Good Hope i. iii. 40 ‘Well, eat then,’ said Lowell. ‘I'll come just now.’ 1953 N. Gordimer Lying Days ii. ix. 92 ‘Well,’ I said, ‘I'll open it just now—.’ 1966 A. Sachs Jail Diary xvi. 143 ‘Would you mind switching off the light after you lock up.’ ‘The men on cell duty will do that just now.’ 2018 www.702.co.za (S. Afr.) 8 Aug. (radio station website, accessed 16 Aug. 2018) You don't wait around like a dumb idiot when somebody says they'll help you ‘just now’ because you now know it will be nowhere close to now. c. Exactly at this point of time; at this moment; right now. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the present (time) > [adverb] > precisely at present or just now as nowc1390 instantlyc1485 just now?1615 of the hour1887 ?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xix. 297 Lord Vlysses liu'd, and stood iust now On his returne for home. 1686 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II II. vii. 945 The Prince of Devils is just now mustering up all his Legions against me. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia IV. vii. ii. 30 This is all vastly true; but I have no time to hear any more of it just now. 1823 Repository of Arts 1 Jan. 57/1 Tight-bodied dresses are just now the only ones adopted for the promenade. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. v. 394 Just now he did nothing to check the panic. 1923 Humorist 17 Nov. 407/1 ‘Is there another taxi about?’ I asked him. ‘'Fraid not, sir—not just now.’ 1956 M. Dickens Angel in Corner ix. 169 ‘Want one’ he asked, holding up the bottle. ‘Not just now.’ 2005 J. Hawes Speak for Eng. 87 Sorry, I don't really want to hear about your exciting career just now. P2. just yet: (in negative constructions) at this precise moment. ΚΠ 1794 Lady's Mag. Dec. 657/1 I'll be in a good humour presently—but not just yet. 1816 A. Lefanu Strathallan III. i. 17 They should not come out of the egg-shell just yet, till they have had a little finishing. 1880 E. Lynn Linton Rebel of Family III. vii. 144 He had no intention of marrying and ranging himself just yet. 1943 ‘C. Dickson’ She died Lady x. 114 I led her over and sat her down on an overcushioned ottoman. ‘She's in no shape to walk just yet, Superintendent.’ 1990 Amiga Computing Dec. 114/4 It would be very unwise to adopt standards just yet. 2000 Tuam (County Galway) Herald & Western Advertiser 8 July 9/3 The half-way house was for those who would eventually make their own way in life but not just yet. P3. just as well: see well adj. 2c. P4. just a minute (also second, moment, etc.): used to ask someone to stop, wait, or pay attention for a short amount of time; also used to express puzzlement, realization, outrage, etc. ΚΠ 1824 E. H. McLeod Principle! III. 253 Stop! just a moment—stop! 1898 Stenographer Nov. 265/1 ‘Just a minute, please!’ interrupted Atalanta. Atalanta was plainly in trouble. Yet the young man had only jogged along in his dictation at a rate of about eighty words a minute. 1930 Oxf. Ann. Girls 22/2 Just a tick! I'm coming! 1934 J. M. Cain Postman always rings Twice x. 115 Just a few minutes, sarge. 1972 I. Levin Stepford Wives ii. 132 Now just a second; just hear me out please. 1977 M. Frayn Donkeys' Years ii, in Plays: One (1985) 119 Just a moment—if old Birkett's shoved off, we could break into the Buttery and steal that beer. 1982 P. Redmond Brookside (Mersey TV shooting script) (O.E.D. Archive) Episode 1. 58 Aye Aye. Just a minute pal. Where d'you think you're going? 1998 R. Stone Damascus Gate ii. lii. 379 ‘Just a mo, Dmitri,’ she said. 2005 R. Anderson Little Fugue (2006) 264 Now, just a minute, no one's saying that you're not a great poet in your own right. P5. colloquial. just it: precisely the issue or point in question. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adverb] > so as to match truth, exactly > as spoken just it1825 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > topic, subject-matter > [noun] > essential part pointc1385 pithc1425 issue1553 extract1570 catch1600 hinge1638 punctuma1680 resa1732 jet1748 gist1820 bottom line1830 just it1862 crux1888 1825 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 24 Sept. 792 Brick. We want..to hear of his attacks on you, and not, just now, of yours on him. Bolt. Why, that's just it. 1862 Mrs. H. Wood Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles II. iii. 28 ‘You have eaten it all the season.’ ‘That's just it’, answered Herbert. ‘I have eaten so much of it that I am sick of it.’ 1916 Cosmopolitan July 218/1 ‘You see, this is just it,’ she said solemnly: ‘You think you have the right to know everything about me.’ 1955 R. Galton & A. Simpson Hancock's Half-hour (1987) 39 That's just it. We're the only house down our street that hasn't got one [sc. a television set]. 2010 J. McGregor Even Dogs (2011) iv. 140 But that's just it Rob mate,..nothing's normal for them is it, nothing's good enough. P6. colloquial. just about: almost, very nearly. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adverb] > almost or nearly nigheOE well-nigheOE forneanc1000 well-nearc1175 almostc1261 nighwhatc1300 nearhandc1350 nigh handa1375 nigh handsa1375 as good asc1390 into (right) littlea1413 unto litea1420 nigh byc1430 nearbyc1485 near handsa1500 as near as1517 mosta1538 next door1542 wellmost1548 all but1590 anewst1590 uneath1590 next to1611 nearlya1616 thereaboutsa1616 welly1615 thereabout1664 within (an) ames-ace ofa1670 anear1675 pretty much1682 three parts1711 newsta1728 only not1779 partly1781 in all but name1824 just about1836 nentes1854 near1855 nar1859 just1860 not-quite1870 nearabouta1878 effectively1884 nigh on1887 1836 Spirit of Times 15 Oct. 278/1 Just about the most interesting race ever witnessed. 1895 C. King Fort Frayne xx. 290 Farrar was..just about the happiest fellow that wore the army blue. 1927 C. A. Lindbergh ‘We’ v. 74 He was just about capable of flying anything on wings. 1985 D. Lucie Hard Feelings ii. iv. 83/1 Viv... D'you get everything?.. Annie Just about. Took hours getting through the checkout. 2013 E. K. Moore Supremes at Earl's All-you-can-eat i. 8 I have had just about all I can take from you. Categories » P7. colloquial. just too bad: see bad adj., n.2, and adv. Phrases 4. P8. colloquial. just like that: suddenly, without warning. ΚΠ 1888 H. James in Eng. Illustr. Mag. Sept. 778/1 In love with me in six days, just like that? 1905 Baroness Orczy Scarlet Pimpernel (1907) vi. 50 Anyway, Marguerite St Just married Sir Percy Blakeney one fine day, just like that, without any warning to her friends. 1935 I. Gershwin That Moment of Moments in Compl. Lyrics (1993) 254/1 So I got my hat And I went to the door. When just like that—A dream came through the door; And as I stared—I cared and cared and cared! 1961 J. Heller Catch-22 (1962) v. 42 He called me a wise guy and punched me in the nose..knocked me flat on my ass. Pow! Just like that. 2003 A. McCall Smith Portuguese Irregular Verbs (2004) 43 Ten years passed—just like that—pouf! P9. just as good (as): (in commercial transactions) used to designate a recommended substitute for a patent medicine, other branded article, etc. Now rare. ΚΠ 1892 N.-Y. Evangelist 17 Mar. 7/4 (advt.) When you ask your druggist for Scott's Emulsion of cod-liver oil, if he is honest, he will not try to sell you something ‘just as good’. 1900 Southern Planter June 356 The farmer..knows what it is to buy a ‘just as good’ plow that wears in soft spots and will not scour; a ‘just as good’ corn-planter that drops anywhere from nothing to a dozen grains in a hill; [etc.]. 1908 Life 2 Jan. 10/1 When I would buy a cake of soap that's suited to my mind I much resent the man who keeps the ‘just-as-good-as’ kind. 1920 J. A. De Haas Business Organization & Admin. 320 There is always a great temptation on the part of middlemen to substitute just-as-good articles. 1922 Manch. Guardian 31 July 6/4 The modern trick of finding substitutes for many of the necessaries and luxuries of life and labelling these ‘just as good’. 1955 Pittsburgh Courier 14 May a10 Resist sales pressure to sell you an item said to be ‘just as good’ and ‘much cheaper’ than the popular make which attracted you. P10. North American colloquial. just (plain) folk(s): ordinary, down-to-earth, unpretentious people. Frequently in predicative use (often with singular subject). Also attributive, esp. designating attitudes, behaviour, etc., considered to be characteristic of such people.In earlier use probably not a fixed collocation.In quot. 1894 with reference to E. Stillman Doubleday's 1894 novel Just Plain Folks: a Story of Lost Opportunities. ΚΠ 1894 Arena Nov. (Bks. of Day section) It is almost within the memory of this generation when a book dealing with just plain folks would be considered inartistic and commonplace. 1918 House & Garden Apr. 24/2 We went into this war so that these ‘just folks’ could keep on being ‘just folks’, so that they could live in peace and plenty. 1934 Times 27 Dec. 12/4 He prided himself all his life on being ‘just plain folks’. 1958 R. N. Berkes & M. S. Bedi Diplomacy of India iii. 97 India has revealed an abiding faith in what might be called, without disrespect, a ‘just folks’ approach to resolving international tension. 1972 Newsday 3 Dec. (Sports section) 8/2 He's a master at giving the impression he's just plain folk, gullible and ready to be had. 1999 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 10 Mar. f6 Former guest stars and just plain folk chat about the personal impact of the Sunday night drama series. 2004 T. Wolfe I am Charlotte Simmons xxvii. 536 He was a good-natured man who always acted like Just Folks. P11. just in case: see in case adv. 4. < as lemmas |
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