| 单词 | at evening |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat (also †in, †on, before, till, etc.) evening P1. In prepositional phrases (without article), as at (also †in, †on, before, till, etc.) evening. ΚΠ OE Ælfric De Temporibus Anni (Cambr. Gg.3.28) (2009) iii. 80 Þonne seo sunne gæð on æfnunge under ðyssere eorðan, þonne bið þære eorðan bradnys betwux us & ðære sunnan. OE Ælfric Homily (Hatton 114) in J. C. Pope Homilies of Ælfric (1968) II. 741 Hwæt þa on æfninge com Godes engel mid leohte to Alexandre, and gelædde hine to Ermen. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6385 (MED) It come at morn and euening. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) ii. l. 7588 On mornes long to lie, surfeyte in euenyng & luf of licchorie..þe Bretons..forsoke suilk party. 1531 Prymer of Salysbury Use f. lxxiii. I paye vnto the thys lytell tribute on mornynge & on euenynge. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 587 According as the said stars begin either to shine out or bee hidden..at evening after the Sunne is set, they..are named Matutine or Vespertine. a1640 J. Ball Power of Godlines (1657) 366 Thus it is noted of Isaac, that in evening he went forth to pray or meditate. 1722 J. Bingham Origines Ecclesiasticæ IX. xxi. i. 242 Victorinus Petavionensis..speaks of several Sorts of Fasts observed among Christians, some of which were only till the Ninth Hour, some till Evening. 1881 W. W. Greener Gun & its Devel. 535 Mr. Campbell..succeeded in bagging 220 grouse by evening. 1925 D. Grayson Adv. in Understanding x. 210 We are blessed with an open square or common, which sometimes at evening,..has a sweetness that reminds me of the country. 1990 Star-Ledger (Newark) 28 Oct. v. 19/4 Capt. Jim Hull hung in until evening when a mate hooked a tuna on baitcasting tackle. 2014 Leicester Mercury (Nexis) 3 Feb. 16 Keyham is normal before evening, but what happens next comes down to a simple question: do you believe in the impossible wonder that is ghosts? < as lemmas |
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