单词 | but now |
释义 | > as lemmasbut now P4. but now: just now, only this moment. Now rare. ΚΠ a1450 (?c1421) J. Lydgate Siege Thebes (Arun.) (1911) l. 1575 (MED) Ȝe weren brouȝt..Both tweyn But now this last nyght. 1532 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. II. 24 We can do no lesse but now uppon the Kyngs revenue into his owne realme to gyve..thanks to Almightie God..for his prosperous..revenue. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 248 He is heere (Sir) about the house, I saw him but now. 1669 Earl of Orrery Black Prince in Two New Trag. v. 61 Sir, and I but now did hear, That with this Gentleman you Angry were. 1712 T. Ellwood Davideis iv. i. 192 He, who but now was over Hot and Bold, Is now become to Her exceeding Cold. 1762 S. Foote Orators ii. 56 Was it yourself that was happing about here but now. 1823 W. Scott Peveril I. iv. 123 I attach thee of the crime of which thou hast but now made thy boast. 1859 W. Barnes Rhymes Dorset Dial. II. 7 Back here, but now, the jobber John Come by. 1948 L. MacNeice Holes in Sky 49 He is separate too, who had but now ascended Into the panarchy of created things Wearing his halo cocked. 1955 P. Sherwood St. Maximus the Confessor Intro. 29 Yet such an answer would completely evade the question that has but now been asked. < as lemmas |
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