| 单词 | at somewhile |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat somewhile a. At some (unspecified) time; at one time or other; at times, sometimes. Also †at somewhile. ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > [adverb] > at some time somewhilea1240 somewhilec1250 somewhen1297 sometime1600 first and last1719 one of these fine days1762 some fine day1762 somewhere along the line1962 c1250 Owl & Night. 6 Þat playd wes..starc & strong, Sum hwile softe & lud among. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 367 I have herd sein..That thei som while here cause ladden Be merci. 1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 11427 What ys the cause..That a swerd burnysshed cler, Somwhyle rusteth? c1456 R. Pecock Bk. Faith (Trin. Cambr.) (1909) 252 Peraventure he schal have nede at sumwhile. 1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Tresilian f. ii To serue kings in al pointes men must sum while breke rules. 1562 P. Whitehorne tr. N. Machiavelli Arte of Warre i. f. ixv Some while it hapned, that in one self time there were manie Emperours. 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. May 126 Tho vnder colour of shepeheards, somewhile There crept in Wolues, ful of fraude and guile. 1629 J. Gaule Practique Theories Christs Predict. 109 An vniuersall King does not onely some-while fore-goe, but some-what resemble the King Eternall. 1629 in Bradford Plymouth Plant. (1856) 246 These now sente..must, some while, be chargable to you & us. 1855 J. Nichol in Mem. (1896) iii. 130 The ‘beautiful vision’ with which all lives worth living have been somewhile brightened. < as lemmas |
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