| 单词 | momentarily |
| 释义 | momentarily (once / 1424 pages) adv Use the adverb momentarily to mean "very soon." A waiter might say to a hungry customer, "Your food will be ready momentarily." When something is just about to happen, it will happen momentarily. Just before a concert begins, an announcer will often tell the audience it's starting momentarily, and minutes before your friend arrives at your house, she might call you and say, "I'll be there momentarily." The original meaning of momentarily, from the 1650's, was "lasting for a moment." It wasn't used to mean "at any moment" until the 1920's. WORD FAMILYmomentary: momentarily+/moment: momentaneous, momentary, momentous, moments/momentous: momentously, momentousness USAGE EXAMPLESHe lost the turtle momentarily, then circled back. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) And that created what was a momentarily awkward and uncomfortable scene as Reed pushed Clark and then Clark pushed back before teammates intervened. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) The extra second will occur as clocks strike midnight and a time of 23:59:60 will be recorded, delaying 2017 momentarily. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) 1adv for an instant or moment we paused momentarily before proceeding Syn momently 2adv at any moment Syn momently |
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