释义 |
belate, v.|bɪˈleɪt| [f. be- 5 + late a.] trans. To make late, detain beyond the usual time, delay.
1642H. More Song of Soul i. i. xxxi, Night..quick to work the fate Of murd'red travellers, when they themselves belate. 1669Penn No Cross Wks. 1726 I. 273 Wilt thou then for such a World, be-late thyself, over-stay the Time of thy salvation? 1805Southey Madoc in W. x. Wks. V. 79 A little while to old remembrance given Will not belate us. |