| 单词 | once and future |
| 释义 | > as lemmasonce and future b. once and future [probably after quot. 1958] : designating a person who or thing which is eternal, everlasting, or constant; existing always and forever. ΚΠ 1958 T. H. White Once & Future King ii. x. 295 Do you know what is going to be written on your tombstone? Hic jacet Arthurus Rex quondam Rexque futurus. Do you remember your Latin? It means, the once and future king.] 1975 N. Austin Archery at Dark of Moon 220 Never has Odysseus been more awake than when discussing himself with his once and future wife. 1994 Denver Post 16 Jan. b10/1 The once and future monarchs of freestyle mogul skating. 2002 Pantagraph (Bloomington, Il.) (Nexis) 26 July d5 Bigelow reconfirms her status as Hollywood's once and future queen of action cinema. < as lemmas |
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