by and by

adv. After a while; soon.

by and by

adv presently or eventually n US and Canadian a future time or occasion

Thesaurus

Adv.

1.by and by - at some eventual time in the future; "By and by he'll understand"; "I'll see you later"later

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(bai) preposition1. next to; near; at the side of. by the door; He sat by his sister.在...旁2. past. going by the house.经过...旁边3. through; along; across. We came by the main road. 穿过，沿着，越过 4. used (in the passive voice) to show the person or thing which performs an action. struck by a stone. （用在被动语态）表示使为者 5. using. He's going to contact us by letter; We travelled by train.用6. from; through the means of. I met her by chance; by post.通过7. (of time) not later than. by 6 o'clock. （表示时间）不迟于 8. during the time of. 在...时候9. to the extent of. taller by ten centimetres. （表示程度）...左右 10. used to give measurements etc. 4 metres by 2 metres. （用于乘除运算）乘 11. in quantities of. fruit sold by the kilo. （表示数量）按 12. in respect of. a teacher by profession.就...来说 adverb1. near. They stood by and watched.在近旁2. past. A dog ran by.经过3. aside; away. money put by for an emergency. （搁）在一边 ˈbygones: let bygones be bygones to forgive and forget past causes of ill-feeling. 过去的事就让它过去吧，既往不咎 ˈbypass noun a road which avoids an obstruction or a busy area. Take the bypass round the city.旁道 verb to avoid (a place) by taking such a road. 绕过ˈby-product noun something obtained or formed during the making of something else. Coal tar is a by-product of the process of obtaining gas from coal.副产品ˈbystander noun a person who watches but does not take part. 旁观者by and by after a short time. By and by, everyone went home.不久以后by and large mostly; all things considered. Things are going quite well, by and large. 总的来说，大体上，基本上 by oneself1. alone. He was standing by himself at the bus-stop.单独2. without anyone else's help. He did the job (all) by himself.独力by the way incidentally. By the way, have you a moment to spare?顺便说

by is used for forms of transport: by train ; by aeroplane ; by land ; by sea

by and by

1. adverb After a short and/or undetermined period of time. The rain poured down in a torrent, but by and by, the clouds thinned and the sun eventually came out again.2. noun The unknown future, especially heaven or the afterlife (often preceded by "sweet"). Usually hyphenated. I miss your grandmother too, but I know I'll see her again in the sweet by-and-by.See also: and, by

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at some time in the future; as time passes. The weather's sure to clear up by and by. You may think your heart is broken, but you'll feel better by and by.See also: and, by

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After a while, soon, as in She'll be along by and by. The expression probably relies on the meaning of by as a succession of quantities (as in "two by two"). This adverbial phrase came to be used as a noun, denoting either procrastination or the future. William Camden so used it for the former ( Remains, 1605): "Two anons and a by and by is an hour and a half." And W.S. Gilbert used it in the latter sense when Lady Jane sings plaintively that little will be left of her "in the coming by and by," that is, as she grows old ( Patience, 1881). [Early 1500s] See also: and, by

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(old-fashioned) after a little time; soon: Things will be better by and by.See also: and, by

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adv at some eventual time in the future

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