单词 | late coming |
释义 | > as lemmaslate coming C1. With agent or verbal nouns, as late learner, late coming, etc.These combinations are based on the use of late as an adverb modifying the verb from which the agent or verbal noun is derived, e.g. late sleeper from to sleep late. ΚΠ 1509 Longe Paruula (de Worde) sig. A.iij The mayster rebuked his scolers for theyr late comynge to scole to daye. 1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke ii. 105 The olde proverbe is true; that as soone sowing sometime deceaveth, so late sowing is alway naught. 1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 160 For it is true that late learners cannot so well take the plie. 1737 J. Campbell tr. J. Dumont Mil. Hist. Prince of Savoy & Duke of Marlborough II. 308 The Misfortunes..were entirely owing to the late coming of his Troops into the Field. 1804 T. Trotter Ess. Drunkenness (ed. 2) p. xxx Pernicious fashions such as tight-laced corsets, late rising, lack of exercise and so forth. 1844 M. Howitt My Own Story x. 101 The old squire was a late lier in bed. 1971 L. Beckwith About my Father's Business (1973) xiii. 153 The street was quiet again save perhaps for the swift patter of leather-soled shoes as some late sleeper raced to beat the factory clock. 1993 Times 17 Sept. 27 We apologise for the late running of this service due to a shortage of platforms at Liverpool Street. < as lemmas |
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