| 单词 | once on a time |
| 释义 | > as lemmasonce on a time b. once upon a time: at some time in the past (frequently as a conventional opening of a narrative), esp. a long time ago. Also as n. and attributive. Also †once on a time, †once upon a day. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > [adverb] erea822 fernOE whileOE erera1000 whilereOE onceOE somewhile1154 whilomc1175 herebeforec1200 somewhilesa1250 yorea1250 orc1275 rather?a1300 erewhilec1305 sometimea1325 sometimec1330 at or in sometime1340 in arrear1340 heretoforea1375 fernyear1377 once upon a timec1380 behinds1382 beforetimea1393 of olda1393 erenow1393 umquhilea1400 erst14.. fornec1400 yore whilec1400 of before1402 late1423 abefore1431 beforetimes1449 whilesc1480 sometime1490 aforrow?a1513 behind1526 quondamc1540 in foretime(s?c1550 erstwhile1569 erstwhiles1569 aleare1581 erewhiles1584 sometimes1597 formerly1599 anciently1624 olim1645 somewhile since1652 quondamly1663 forepassed1664 sometimea1684 backward1691 historically1753 time back1812 had-been1835 when1962 the world > time > relative time > the past > [adverb] > once or at some former time yetOE oncec1175 somewhilec1200 sometime1297 once upon a timec1380 one while1470 sometimes1563 sometimes1577 c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) 418 (MED) Onys..oppon a day..he slow kynges three. c1385 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 2388 Thee ones on a tyme mysfille, Whan Vulcanus had caught thee in his laas. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 478 þen tyd it anes on a tym a lytill terme. 1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall x. Once on a tyme, a Greke poeme I dreamed to indite. 1591 A. Fraunce Countesse of Pembrokes Yuychurch i. i. ii. sig. C Once on a time when Nymphs and Pastors chaunc't to be sporting, [etc.] 1595 G. Peele Old Wiues Tale sig. B1v Once vppon a time there was a King or a Lord, or a Duke. a1632 T. Dekker Wonder of Kingdome (1636) iii. i Cannot you begin a tale to her, with once upon a time there was a loving couple [etc.] 1671 A. Behn Amorous Prince 'Twas such another Damsel As this, that sav'd me 500 pound once upon a time. 1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. ii. 37 The Modesty of Mythology deserves to be commended... 'Tis once upon a time, in the Days of Yore, and in the Land of Vtopia. 1710 J. Swift On Little House by Churchyard 6 Once on a time a western blast, At least twelve inches over~cast. 1786 R. Burns Twa Dogs i, in Poems 9 Twa Dogs..Forgather'd ance upon a time. 1843 C. Dickens Christmas Carol i. 5 Once upon a time—of all the good days in the year, on Christmas Eve—old Scrooge sat busy in his counting-house. 1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country ii. 24 Man worked here Once on a time. 1876 R. E. Francillon in Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 423 There is all the difference between ‘Daniel Deronda’ and ‘The Mill on the Floss’ that lies between Now and Once upon a Time. 1927 S. Southwold (title) Once upon a time stories. 1959 Listener 22 Jan. 164/2 The horse-drawn chaises of once upon a time. 1974 J. Wainwright Hard Hit 173 The talk between two middle-aged has-beens about once-upon-a-time days. 2002 Oldie June 41/3 Once upon a time hobby was a generic name for an Irish-bred horse. < as lemmas |
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