| 单词 | the year dot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe year dot the year dot n. (occasionally also year dot) colloquial (originally and chiefly British) a time in the distant past, a very long time ago. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > [noun] > time long past or long ago fern-daysOE yesterdayOE antiquityc1375 ancienty1489 eldc1540 father-age1633 auld lang syne1666 (the) year one1754 ancientry1755 aforetime1803 good (also bad) old days1828 long-ago1831 eld-time1845 the year dot1857 old times1898 1857 H. A. Murray Land of Slaves & Free 47 Our ancestors adopted this system in the year dot, before one was invented. 1873 Ipswich Jrnl. 25 Mar. 1/3 Some of the liveries I think, to use a homely phrase, were made in the year dot. 1928 E. Wallace Again Sanders v. 109 He was constantly rediscovering obvious things, or revivifying theories that had been decently interred in the year dot. 2003 Smut Summer Special 36/1 The old git has been a season ticket holder and has sat in the same seat since the year dot. < as lemmas |
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