单词 | a space |
释义 | > as lemmas(for) a space a. (for) a space: for a short period of time; for a while. Cf. sense 5a. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [adverb] > for a time (for) a spacec1405 for a long, short, etc. season1465 a whilst1595 for a spell1745 c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 2118 Theseus abiden hath a space Er any word cam from his wise brest. a1450 York Plays (1885) 115 A starne to be schynyng a space. c1530 A. Barclay Egloges iii. sig. N Ellys must he ryse and walke hymselfe a space. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. ccxxxviiiv She with all the Ladyes entered the tentes, and there warmed them a space. 1574 J. Higgins 1st Pt. Mirour for Magistrates Cordila f. 50v If I departed for a space withall. 1655 in W. B. Cook Stirling Antiquary (1900) II. 18 The session..suspends the sd William from his eldership for a space. ?1690 T. Watson in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1886) VII. Ps. cxxxvii. 1 The other leaves..for a space hang down their heads. 1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad V. xviii. 389 Yet a space I stay, Then swift pursue thee on the darksome way. 1767 H. Hartson Countess of Salisbury v. 64 I wou'd have fled, but horror for a space Suspended every power. 1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles v. xxxiii. 216 He paused a space, his brow he cross'd. 1877 ‘H. A. Page’ T. De Quincey: Life & Writings I. ii. 26 Meantime deep peace fell for a space on the family. 1883 Longman's Mag. July 270 Knights!..leave him lying here a space. 1930 Africa 3 216 I have made a trial of them and waited a space and thought it over. 1972 Times Lit. Suppl. 22 Dec. 1561/5 There they simmer down for a space, forget their mundane cares. < as lemmas |
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