单词 | laten |
释义 | latenv. 1. intransitive. To become or grow late. ΚΠ 1855 W. G. Simms Forayers xlv. 532 ‘But, captain, the hour latens.’ ‘Latens! By what right do you use that word?’ ‘It's a good word, captain.’ ‘So it is; but I never heard it used before.’ 1880 R. Broughton Second Thoughts II. iii. v. 195 Meanwhile the rich summer latens. 1953 R. Bradbury in Manhunt Sept. 108/2 As the hour latened, more people streamed into town from every road and path. 1989 J. D. Wright Addr. Unknown i. 13 The day latens. Where will you sleep tonight? 2. transitive. To make late or later. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (transitive)] forslowc888 eldc897 forsita940 gele971 lengOE drilla1300 delayc1300 onfrestc1300 tarryc1320 jornc1330 dretchc1380 defer1382 forbida1387 to put offa1387 to put (also set) (something) in (or on) delaya1393 dilate1399 fordrawa1400 to put overc1410 latch?c1422 adjournc1425 prolongc1425 proloynec1425 rejournc1425 to put in respite1428 sleuthc1430 respitea1450 prorogue1453 refer1466 sleep1470 supersede1482 respectc1487 postpone1496 overseta1500 respett1500 enjourna1513 relong1523 retract1524 tarde1524 track1524 to fode forth1525 tract1527 protract1528 further1529 to make stay of1530 surcease1530 prorogate1534 to fay upon longc1540 linger1543 retard?1543 slake1544 procrastine1548 reprieve1548 remit1550 suspense1556 leave1559 shiftc1562 suspend1566 procrastinate1569 dally1574 post1577 to hold off1580 drift1584 loiter1589 postpose1598 to take one's (own) timea1602 flag1602 slug1605 elong1610 belay1613 demur1613 tardya1616 to hang up1623 frist1637 disjourn1642 future1642 off1642 waive1653 superannuate1655 perendinate1656 stave1664 detard1675 remora1686 to put back1718 withhold1726 protract1737 to keep over1847 to hold over1853 laten1860 to lay over1885 hold1891 back-burner1975 1860 Ohio Cultivator 1 Dec. 355/2 The third objection made by J. I. is, latening the harvest. 1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 Nov. 2/1 The first numbers of the new daily will have to go to press as early as 11 p.m., latening the hour by degrees. 2011 Southeast Farm Press (Nexis) 28 Oct. A tactic to limit tomato spotted wilt infections has had the side effect of latening the flue-cured crop in Georgia. Derivatives ˈlatening n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [noun] > lateness or being advanced in time > becoming later latening1887 the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [adjective] > coming to an end expiring1609 terminating1610 closing1850 latening1887 determining1893 1887 Athenæum 19 Feb. 252/2 The..calculation of fifty minutes' latening [of the moon] every day. 1890 Temple Bar Aug. 474 At this latening season. 1936 W. de la Mare Wind blows Over 38 During the last voyage of this very ship, in the latening dusk. 1966 Jrnl. Theoret. Biol. 12 28 The early rise in fertility has been postponed by about one and a half years, presumably due to an overall latening of marriage. 1999 S. King Girl who loved Tom Gordon v. 92 The latening moon peered in at him. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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