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单词 yesteryear
释义

yesteryear

[ yes-ter-yeer, -yeer ]
/ ˈyɛs tərˈyɪər, -ˌyɪər /
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noun

last year.
the recent years; time not long past.

adverb

during time not long past.

Origin of yesteryear

yester- + year; apparently introduced by D.G. Rossetti (1870) to render Middle French antan (Villon)

Words nearby yesteryear

yestermorning, yestern, yesternight, yesternoon, yesterweek, yesteryear, yestreen, Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, yet, yeti, yett
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British Dictionary definitions for yesteryear

yesteryear
/ (ˈjɛstəˌjɪə) formal, or literary /

noun

last year or the past in general

adverb

during last year or the past in general
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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