| 释义 |
ˈoftentime, adv. (a.) rare.
[f. often adv. + time, as an extended form of oft-time.]
= next. (In quot. 1876 as adj. Frequent.)
c1400Mandeville (1839) ii. 14, I haue often tyme seen it. c1450Sir Beues (MS. C) 155/3335 Ȝe wot alle..That often tyme Saber þe hore Hath me greuyd full sore. 1853Trench Proverbs ii. 28 Oftentime the proverb in its more popular form is so greatly superior to the same in this its Latin..dress. 1876Mrs. Whitney Sights & Ins. II. xviii. 475 Where Cosmo of the Medici had his oftentime habitation. |