| 单词 | by days |
| 释义 | > as lemmasby days (b) by days: during the day; in the daytime; esp. usually or habitually during the day. Cf. by nights at night n. and int. Phrases 2c(b). ΚΠ lOE St. Giles (Corpus Cambr. 303) (1980) 102 Soðlice, þry dagas hi wunodon togædere and geornlice andledon godes lof betweoxan heom be dæges and be nihte. ?a1160 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1137 Þa namen hi þa men.., bathe be nihtes & be dæies, carlmen & wimmen, & diden heom in prisun. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 11332 Heold crist hiss fasste..Bi daȝhess. & bi nahhtess. c1300 St. Leonard (Laud) l. 14 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 457 Þe king of Fraunce him bi-souȝhte ȝeorne ope al is miȝhte Þat he scholde with him beo, bi dayes and bi nyȝhte. c1390 Talkyng of Love of God (Vernon) (1950) 34 Louely Ihesu..þat al my feblesse maiȝt strengþen.., bi niȝtes and bi dayes aȝeyn my wiþerwines. c1425 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 4 (MED) Aftir the labourous and swetyng that he had by dayes, his body with reste he wolde refresshe. ?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 360 (MED) Wachith me be dayes and nythis. 1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos iv. sig. I.iv All night she wakes, nor slomber sweete doth take, nor neuer slepes, By daies on houses tops she sittes. 1669 G. Miege Relation of Three Embassies 37 The Advantage of Travailing by nights, as well as by days. 1700 Satyr against Marriage 11 Her Slave by Night, her very Ape by days. 1906 Friend Nov. 8/2 He is president of a prosperous steel chain company by days. 2003 J. Berardinelli Reel Views 424/2 By days, she toils as a receptionist at a travel agency. < as lemmas |
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