| 单词 | nine of the clock |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnine of the clock a. The time of nine hours after midnight or midday, esp. as indicated by a clock, watch, etc. Frequently in nine o'clock (formerly †nine of the clock).Also used with reference to the horizontal position of the hour-hand of a clock at that time. ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > [noun] > the time or time of day > specific times of day nooneOE undernc1122 ninec1425 one1435 three o'clockc1460 twelve?1482 twelve hours?a1513 four o'clock?1578 six o'clock1693 quarter1871 kissing time1875 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. 3204 (MED) Vpon þe hour whan þe cloke is nyne. a1450 (?c1421) J. Lydgate Siege Thebes (Arun.) (1911) 1050 (MED) By my chilyndre I gan anon to se..Of þe clok that it drogh to nyne. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 161 Hit was nyne of the clok. a1525 Coventry Leet Bk. 25 We commaund that no fyscher..by no maner of fysche on Thursday over-nyght by way of regratry, ne on Fryday aftur till hit be nyne of the Cloke. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. i. 158 But new stroke nine . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iii. v. 44 Come to her, betweene eight and nine . View more context for this quotation 1647 J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. ii. i. 35 Nine a clock, and no clyents come Yet, sure thou dost not set up bills enough. 1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 673 Sometimes the Courses, Seams or Rakes..lie at Nine a Clock, and sometimes are perpendicular, which they call..Twelve a Clock. 1709 in B. Jarrett Eng. Dominions (1921) ix. 186 From foure a clocke in the Morning till nine at night. 1765 Ann. Reg. i. 135 About nine at night an extraordinary phænomenon was seen. 1793 C. Smith Old Manor House I. viii. 192 She said, that if Monimia did go, she must be back by nine o'clock at the very latest. 1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain I. vii. 130 I started at nine next morning. 1861 M. Pattison in Westm. Rev. Apr. 415 The gates were closed at nine o'clock. 1922 ‘R. Crompton’ More William (1924) x. 157 They promised to be here by nine. 1987 B. Moore Colour of Blood i. 1 The car..entered Proclamation Square sometime between nine and nine fifteen. < as lemmas |
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