| 单词 | time and oft |
| 释义 | > as lemmastime(s) and oft (also often) c. time(s) and oft (also often): = many a time and oft at Phrases 5a(b). Now rare. ΚΠ 1791 W. Taylor tr. G. E. Lessing Nathan the Wise (1805) iii. 130 And have not I too said so, times and oft. 1798 Musical Banquet 122 Time and oft, dress'd lamb fashion, I zeed an old ewe. 1808 E. Sleath Bristol Heiress III. 94 The fine handsome young officer, who has been here times and often. 1862 M. E. Braddon Lady Audley's Secret II. xiii. 303 Luke knows this, and the landlord has warned him of it times and often. 1920 S. Graham Children of Slaves 174 Premature greetings have been given time and oft to new Negro culture and responsibility. 1972 P. M. Fraser Ptolemaic Alexandria I. x. 658 A floating islet..which sailors from the Cyclades and the Saronic Gulf saw time and oft in the waters of the northern Aegean. < as lemmas |
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