单词 | temps perdu |
释义 | temps perdun. The past, contemplated with nostalgia and a sense of irretrievability. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > [noun] preteritea1425 past1589 then-time1606 preter1618 heretofore1824 foretime1853 bygone1872 temps perdu1932 1932 S. O'Faoláin Midsummer Night Madness 75 Life is too pitiful in these recapturings of the temps perdu, these brief intervals of reality. 1942 E. Partridge Usage & Abusage 95/2 One may question whether peace and prosperity will return with or without this word.. the ‘Sesame’ of le temps perdu. 1962 John o' London's 20 Sept. 287/3 A nostalgic atmosphere, an old-timers' temps perdu. 1969 Listener 22 May 734/2 The wizened wordsmith..was on the scent of temps perdu: in particular those heady years of the early Thirties. 1975 A. Price Our Man in Camelot vi. 111 It's a natural human feeling to yearn for the good old days, le temps perdu. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1932 |
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