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单词 yester-even
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yester-evenadv.n.

Brit. /ˈjɛstəriːvn/, U.S. /ˈjɛstərˌiv(ə)n/
Forms:

α. Middle English ȝhistrewyn, Middle English ȝistreuen, Middle English yistreven, Middle English yistrevyn; Scottish pre-1700 ȝestrewen, pre-1700 ȝestrewine, pre-1700 ȝystrewen, pre-1700 ȝystrewine.

β. late Middle English ȝister-euen, late Middle English ȝister-evyn, late Middle English ȝistir-euyne, late Middle English ȝistur-euyn, late Middle English ȝustur-euyn, late Middle English yister-euen, late Middle English yster-even, late Middle English 1700s– yester-even, 1500s yester-euen; also Scottish 1500s ȝister-evin, 1600s yester-evin.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: yestern eve adv.
Etymology: A variant or alteration of yestern eve adv. (compare the α. forms at that entry).In the α. forms chiefly (by the 15th cent.) in northern Middle English and Older Scots; compare yestreen adv. With some later uses (in β. forms) perhaps compare yester- comb. form and the discussion at that entry.
Chiefly poetic (archaic and regional in later use).
A. adv.
In or during the evening of yesterday; yesterday evening, last night; = yester-evening adv. Now rare. Cf. yestreen adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the past > yesterday > [adverb] > yesterday afternoon or last night
yesternightOE
yestern eveOE
tonightc1275
yester-evenc1330
yesterday evening1490
yestreena1500
this hinder nighta1549
yester-eve1565
yester-even1578
yester-evening1598
α.
c1330 (?a1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) p. 548 (MED) Ȝistreuen we wer deled ato.
a1425 (?c1300) Northern Passion (Cambr. Gg.5.31) l. 1489 Ȝhistrewyn when þe day was gane.
c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 245 Yone gude liberall monke, your hostley, servid me yistrevyn at my supper wurthelie.
c1480 (a1400) Seven Sleepers 229 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 432 Ȝystrewine wele lat.
β. a1450 Partonope of Blois (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1912) l. 10025 These twyn that yster-even full late Caught the last stroke.c1475 (?c1425) Avowing of King Arthur (1984) l. 655 Ȝistureuyn I þe king hiȝte To cumme to my mete.a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xii. 172 Yester even ye sente for vs, and I am now come.?1572 T. Paynell tr. Treasurie Amadis of Fraunce x. xxxii. 257 The great cheere that ye made yester euen.1661 in Sc. Antiquary (1896) 11 252 If you haid not been at such worke yesterevin as you was at.1788 S. Rowson Poems on Various Subjects 38 Yester even' From our poor cottage was my father driv'n.1822 Ld. Byron Werner iii. iv. 119 The myrmidons..who were Dogging him yester-even.1880 E. Marshall Mem. Troublous Times 295 I did stop yestereven when, in a rage, I was going to strike Lily, for breaking the toy gun James Ellis bought for me.1948 Sci. News Let. 24 Apr. 270/1 Yestereven they were not here; this morning they are all over the lawn.
B. n.
The evening of yesterday; = yester-evening n. Cf. yestreen n. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the past > yesterday > [noun] > yesterday night
yesternighta1522
yester-even1578
yester-evening1694
yestreen1776
the world > time > relative time > the past > yesterday > [adverb] > yesterday afternoon or last night
yesternightOE
yestern eveOE
tonightc1275
yester-evenc1330
yesterday evening1490
yestreena1500
this hinder nighta1549
yester-eve1565
yester-even1578
yester-evening1598
1578 H. Wotton tr. J. Yver Courtlie Controuersie 203 Let vs returne then vnto our yester euen lecture.
1788 H. Cowley Fate of Sparta iii. 42 May th' event Be happier, Prince! than that of yester even.
1820 W. Scott Abbot III. v. 117 To endure the cruel disappointment of yester even.
1888 R. L. Stevenson Black Arrow iv. iv. 228 Thy swinishness of yestereven.
1909 Abilene (Texas) Daily Reporter 25 May 6/1 The Coyotes on yestereven heard for the first time the crack of the bat in anger.
1921 A. W. Mair tr. Callimachus in Callimachus & Lycophron 57 Undying evermore is thy fire, nor ever doth the ash feed about the coals of yester-even.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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