单词 | before that |
释义 | > as lemmasbefore that (a) Referring to a time just mentioned, or an act or event in relation to the time of its occurrence (e.g. after that ‘after that time’, ‘after that happened’). Chiefly in after that, before that. See also by that at by prep. 21b, with that at with prep. 16a(b). upon that: immediately after that time.In Old English only with prepositions taking the accusative. Phrases showing the reflexes of other case forms survive in early Middle English; cf. than pron., thy pron.In quot. c1175 with complementary clause introduced by a second that. Cf. fro than that at fro prep., conj., and adv. Phrases 1a. ΘΠ the world > time > relative time > different time > [adverb] > by that time thatOE the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > succession [conjunction] > when, after, or after the time that aftereOE afterOE thatOE aftertime1443 afterward1483 artera1746 the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > succeeding, following, or after [preposition] > at which an event occurs thatOE atc1230 OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) ii. ii. 103 Þonne æfter þæt on þære smyltan ylde þæs modes, þonne seo hæte þære costunge onweg gewiteð, hi beoð þara fata hyrdas. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 14428 Fra þatt tatt adam shapenn wass. Anan till noþess time. c1275 Kentish Serm. in J. Hall Select. Early Middle Eng. (1920) I. 215 Þo nicht efter þet aperede an ongel of heuene in here slepe ine metinge. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 403 (MED) Cisterciens..singeþ prime; After þat þey gooþ to þe hondwerk þat þey doon by day. c1460 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Laud) l. 14360 Ffro that forth..There folowid Ihesu folk full fele. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts xxvii. 33 In the meane tyme, bitwixt that and daye. a1555 H. Latimer Frutefull Serm. (1572) ii. f. 210 First he is a childe, afterward he becommeth a ladde, then a yong man, and after that a perfect man. 1636 W. Prynne Unbishoping of Timothy & Titus 107 Before that hee went up to the Apostles his Antecessors. a1681 J. Lacy Sr. Hercules Buffoon (1684) v. i. 40 Upon that they all fell a laughing at him ready to split. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 278 A proclamation was upon that issued out. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 20 Some Time after that..they were..agreeably surpriz'd. 1775 in Narragansett Hist. Reg. (1885) Apr. 263 A man that was in company there the evening before that cut up a caper. 1802 T. Jefferson Let. 15 July in Wks. (1905) IX. 390 Probably on the 24th, or within 2. or 3. days of that. 1833 T. Hook Parson's Daughter III. i. 5 My young mistress went to bed about eleven and the Count went to bed before that. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xiii. 223 The same men..shut down their valve, as soon as the conversation approaches the English church. After that, you talk with a box-turtle. 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations II. xiv. 224 I requested a waiter..to show us to a private sitting-room. Upon that, he pulled out a napkin, as if it were a magic clue without which he couldn't find the way up-stairs. 1928 C. S. Whitehead & C. A. Hoff Ethical Sex Relations (new ed.) i. iv. 135 A birth of the fœtus six weeks after the conception, was called a miscarriage; between that and six months, an abortion; and between that and nine months, premature labor. 1963 S. Fitzgerald Early Successes (1968) 228 Over on a dark peninsula a piano was playing the songs of last summer and of summers before that. 2002 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 11 Apr. a18/5 In the city's continuation schools..the school day ends in the early afternoon. After that, students are often on their own. < as lemmas |
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