| 单词 | one while | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasone while  c.   a while (also rarely  one while): 		 (a) as noun phrase, a time, esp. a short or moderate time (chiefly with the prepositions after, for, in, †within); sometimes mistakenly written as one word, under the influence of awhile adv.   Contextually: = a considerable time, some time, as in  quite a while (colloquial).		 (b) as adverbial phr. = for a (short or moderate) time (see also awhile adv.).once in a while: see once adv., conj., adj., and n. Phrases 9. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > 			[adverb]		 short whilec897 littleOE awhileOE littlec1175 a litel wanc1200 a while1297 while?a1505 till soona1529 for a moment1593 for a moment1611 short1611 for a flash1625 momentally1646 momentarily1655 for a sudden1688 shortly1809 momently1827 the world > time > duration > 			[noun]		 > long duration or lasting through time > a long time seven daysOE a while1297 dreichc1440 dreightc1450 yearsa1470 age1577 week1597 montha1616 patriarch's age1693 length1697 eternity1700 a month of Sundays1759 a week of Sundays1822 a week of Saturdays1831 dog's age1833 forever1833 while1836 aeon1880 donkey's years1916 light year1929 yonks1968 (a)(b)1297    R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 2352  				He sede he moste wende a wule out of þis lond.a1300    Cursor Mundi 1309  				Quen seth a quil had loked in, He sagh..mikel welth and win.a1400						 (a1325)						    Cursor Mundi 		(Vesp.)	 l. 3622  				A wyel sco hir vmbithogt.1423    Kingis Quair ii  				I..toke a boke to rede apon a quhile.1569    R. Grafton Chron. II. 97  				The sayde league continued but a while.1667    J. Milton Paradise Lost  ii. 918  				The warie fiend Stood on the brink of Hell and look'd a while, Pondering his  Voyage.       View more context for this quotation1734    H. Fielding Don Quixote in Eng.  ii. xiv. 37  				My Landlord and the Coachman won't overtake them one while, I warrant.1781    S. Johnson Fenton in  Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VI. 3  				He was a while secretary to Charles earl of Orrery.1816    J. Wilson City of Plague  ii. ii  				I will sit down a while.1873    H. Spencer Study Sociol. 		(1877)	 vii. 148  				The Smallpox epidemic, which a while since so unaccountably spread. c950    Lindisf. Gosp. Luke iv. 5  				In momento temporis, in huil tides.]			 a1300    Havelok 722  				Ne were neuere but ane hwile Þat it ne gan a wind to rise. c1380    Sir Ferumbras 		(1879)	 l. 4573  				Wyþinne a wyle þer wer y-dyȝt, Mo þan ten þousant of Sarzyns wyȝt. c1400						 (?c1380)						    Cleanness l. 1620  				Þe burne byfore baltazar was broȝt in a whyle. 1470–85    T. Malory Morte d'Arthur  vii. x. 226  				Within a whyle they sawe a toure as whyte as ony snowe. 1489    W. Caxton tr.  C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes  i. xxiii. 72  				It was doon but awhyle agoon. 1513    G. Douglas tr.  Virgil Æneid  iv. iv. 29  				Quhen Apollo list..leif the flude Exanthus, for a quhile, To vesy Delos. c1515    Ld. Berners tr.  Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux 		(1882–7)	 lxi. 213  				They were within a whyell far fro ye londes of ye .ii. admyralles sarazyns. 1526    Bible 		(Tyndale)	 John xvi. f. cxlv  				After awhyle ye shall nott se me, and agayne after a whyle ye shall se me. 1561    T. Hoby tr.  B. Castiglione Courtyer  iv. sig. Tt.i  				After a whiles silence. 1621    M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania 218  				Pleasantly they passed a while together. 1718    F. Hutchinson Hist. Ess. conc. Witchcraft xv. 185  				After a while's Practice. 1847    J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II. (at cited word)  				A while's work, work requiring a certain time. 1853    C. Dickens Bleak House xliv. 430  				It is to be forgotten now; to be forgotten for a while. 1870    E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest 		(ed. 2)	 I. App. 700  				So Eadwig escapes, at least for one while. 1882    ‘Ouida’ Bimbi 44  				After awhile they seemed to pacify each other. 1900    Longman's Mag. Mar. 450  				She..rather enjoyed getting wet through once in a while. 1905    E. Glyn Vicissitudes Evangeline 149  				It was quite a while before he elicited the facts from me. one while  b.   one while (adv.phr. ): 		 †(a) at one time, on one occasion, in one case (usually opposed to  another while, sometimes to then, again, anon); also rarely = on some future occasion, ‘some time’ (Obsolete);		 (b) U.S. a long time. ΘΚΠ 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 1470–85    T. Malory Morte d'Arthur  xvi. xvii. 688  				Soo wente they douneward in the see one whyle bakward another whyle forward. 1575    W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle  ii. iii. sig. Ci  				One whyle his tonge it ran and paltered of a Cat, Another whyle he stamered styll vppon a Rat. 1605    J. Sylvester tr.  G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks.  ii. i. 342  				One-while the Boulime, then the Anorexie, Then the Dog-hunger. 1694    R. South 12 Serm. II. 98  				Those, who are one while courteous..and obliging,..but within a small time after, are so supercilious, sharp, [etc.]. 1744    E. Haywood Female Spectator 		(1748)	 I. v. 262  				One while we are transmogrified into milk-maids—then into a kind of Amazonians. 1815    W. Kirby  & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. I. iii. 75  				One while a silky fluid should be secreted, at another none. 1836    T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 		(1837)	 1st Ser. xvi. 136  				You'll search one while..afore you'll find a man that..is equal to one of your free and enlightened citizens. 1852    H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. xi. 159  				I'd mark him..so that he'd carry it one while. 1897    ‘M. Twain’ Following Equator liii. 511  				If India knows about nothing else American, she knows about those, and will keep them in mind one while. < as lemmas | 
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