| 单词 | while that |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhile (that) a. while (that): during the time that. (Now expressed by while alone: cf. that conj. 6)Often with ellipsis before a participle or other predicative word or phrase, e.g. while walking, while at rest, while an infant. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > duration [conjunction] > during the time that while (that)1154 tillc1330 to1357 while as1563 1154 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1137 Ðet lastede þa .xix. wintre wile Stephne was king. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 2393 Whil þatt ȝho wass. Wiþþ hire kinn att hame. c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) (1963) l. 7421 Þat we solle hatie wile þat we libbeþ [c1275 Calig. þa while þa we luuien]. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2537 While men hunted after hem þai han a-wai schaped. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 6088 Ne hones noght quile ȝe er etand. c1400 Pilgr. Sowle (1859) ii. lvii. 55 While that thou and I were coupled to geders, thou madest me to lede a ful vnthryfty lyf. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid i. v. 71 Quhill that of Troy and Ilion stude the ring. 1611 W. Mure Misc. Poems ii. 67 Quhil in this weak estait, all meanes I soght To be aweng'd on him. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) i. ii. 178 While [1600 whilste] that the Armed hand doth fight abroad, Th' aduised head defends it selfe at home. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 977 While thus he spake, th' Angelic Squadron bright Turnd fierie red. View more context for this quotation 1779 Mirror No. 32. ⁋6 While we were sitting together, talking of old stories,..John entered. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 662 Cornish was arrested while transacting business on the Exchange. 1882 W. Besant All Sorts of Men II. xv. 15 While he was laughing the door opened. < as lemmas |
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