英语词汇“after”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	after
释义	af·ter I. \ˈaftə(r), ˈaa-, ˈai-, ˈȧ-, +V sometimes -ftr as in ˈaftrim for “after him”\ adverb Etymology: Middle English after, efter, from Old English æfter; akin to Old High German aftar after, Old Norse eptir after, aptr back, Gothic aftaro from behind, aftra backwards, and perhaps to Sanskrit apataram farther away, Old Persian, elsewhere, and perhaps to Old English of of, from, off — more at of : following in time or place : afterward, behind < we arrived shortly after > < in Chaucer's day and for long after — G.M.Trevelyan > < along came a fox with the hounds following after > II. preposition Etymology: Middle English after, efter, from Old English æfter, from æfter, adverb 1. — used as a function word to indicate the object or goal of a stated or implied action < my soul thirsteth after thee — Ps 143:6 (Authorized Version) > < women go after causes harder than men do — Paul Engle > < he was too greedy after the treasures — Van Wyck Brooks > < it's serious work I'm after — Maurice Hewlett > 2. a. : behind in place or time < men in line one after another > < wave after wave beat on the shore > < the rains continued day after day > b. : below in rank : next in order to < the richest and most splendid church in England after Westminster Abbey — Henry Riddell > < after money, the biggest problem is personnel — Time > 3. a. (1) : later than a particular time or period of time : following the expiration of < 20 minutes after 4 > < at a quarter after 8 > < it's half after 6 > < events occurring after 1940 > < after three days > < condition of roads after the snow storm > (2) : immediately following but not necessarily including the day, period, or date of event named < thirty days after April 1 > < two months after July > < ten days after sight of a draft > b. (1) : subsequent to and in consequence of < after what you have told me, I'll be careful > < net income after taxes > (2) : subsequent to and notwithstanding < even after the policeman's warning, the driver continued to speed > 4. : so as to resemble in some respect: a. : in accordance with < make me after thy will — Adelaide Pollard > < his ways are not after our expectations — Gilbert Kilpack > < Napoleon himself she admired as a man after her own heart — G.H.Genzmer > b. obsolete (1) : with reference to : in correspondence to : in proportion to (2) : at the rate of c. : with the name of or by a name derived from that of < John was named after his father > < called poinsettia after Joel R. Poinsett > d. : in imitation of : in the characteristic manner of : on the pattern of < a great military power after the Western pattern — Ruth Benedict > < portrait of Charles I after Van Dyck — S.P.B.Mais > < he was built after his father — Conrad Richter > e. : derived from and shaped like < malachite is a pseudomorph after cuprite > 5. chiefly Irish : having just : in the act of : at the point of : given to — used with gerund < it's a queer thing you wouldn't care to be hearing it and them girls after walking four miles to be listening to me now — J.M.Synge > < a pot of water they were after boiling potatoes in — Augusta Gregory > < you won't be after putting curses on people — Lucy M. Montgomery > • - after a fashion III. conjunction Etymology: Middle English, short for after that, from after, preposition + that, conjunction 1. : subsequently to the time when < after arrangements are made, we will follow > 2. obsolete : in proportion as : just as IV. adjective Etymology: after (I) 1. : next : later in time : subsequent, succeeding < in after years > < during his after life > 2. [Middle English, probably from afte aft + -er] : hinder : nearer the rear : toward the stern of a ship or tail of an aircraft — used especially of any object abaft midships < after cabin > < after hatchway > V. noun (-s) Etymology: by shortening : afternoon
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