单词 | twice or thrice |
释义 | > as lemmastwice or thrice d. once or twice, twice or thrice, used indefinitely: a few times. ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > [phrase] > more than once once and again?c1225 once or twice?c1225 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 57 Forto ondsweren ed hire þurl eanes oðer twiȝen. c1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. xix. 58 Do noght þat ofte, but twyes or thryes yn þe ȝeer. c1440 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) xxv. 261 Ones or twyes in the Woke. c1450 ( G. Chaucer Bk. Duchess 665 But God wolde I had oones or twyes Ykoud and knowe the jeupardyes. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. MMMvi Nat onely ones or twyse he hath hurted me. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 120. ¶1 He has caught me twice or thrice looking after a Bird's Nest. 1753 T. Gray Long Story in Six Poems 22 He once or twice had pen'd a sonnet. < as lemmas |
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