| 单词 | of the hour |
| 释义 | > as lemmasof the hour a. A definite time in general; an appointed time; an occasion. spec. of the hour: of the present hour, of the very time that is now with us; as in ‘the question of the hour’. ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > [noun] > an appointed or fixed time, day, or date tidea900 stemOE stevena1225 term?c1225 dayc1300 term dayc1300 stagea1325 hourc1380 setnessa1400 tryst1488 journeyc1500 big day1827 trysting day1842 the world > time > relative time > the present (time) > [adverb] > precisely at present or just now as nowc1390 instantlyc1485 just now?1615 of the hour1887 c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 222 Seiþ Poul here þat our is now to rise fro sleep. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4665 His nam þai chaunged, fra þat our. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos lii. 147 The ladyes..cursed turnus and the owre in whiche he bigan first the bataylle. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) John ii. f. cxxj Myne houre is not yett come. 1544 Letanie in Exhort. vnto Prayer sig. Bvi In the houre of deth, in the day of iugement, Good lord delyuer vs. 1553 T. Wilson Arte Rhetorique (1580) 150 Sir Thomas More..whose witte even at this hower, is a wonder to all the worlde. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. ii. 16 Shee's very neere her howre . View more context for this quotation 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 373 Twelve Ships were sent to the bottom, in a well-chosen hour. 1751 T. Gray Elegy ix. 7 The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r..Awaits alike th' inevitable hour. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 173 To hasten the hour of his own return. 1887 A. Jessopp Arcady v. 136 The subject of the hour..[is] the housing of the working classes. < as lemmas |
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