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单词 everwhen
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everwhenconj.

Brit. /ˈɛvəwɛn/, U.S. /ˈɛvərˌwɛn/
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: whenever conj.
Etymology: < whenever conj., with reversal of the two elements. Compare earlier everywhen adv. Compare also everwhat pron., everwhich adj., everwho pron.Compare use of ever when as an unfixed collocation: see for example quot. c1450 at ever adv. 2, and also quot. 1942 at ever adv. 2.
U.S. regional and colloquial.
At whatever time that; on any or each occasion that; (also) as soon as. Cf. whenever conj.
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1891 Alabama Tribune 1 Oct. 1/3 Everwhen he does open up there'll be music in the woods.
1920 A. Wilson Key to Revelation 179 The bonedrys had said all along that 90 per cent of crime and unrest would cease everwhen they got their law established.
1959 C. M. Wilson Bodacious Ozarks xix. 234 The rest of my young'uns, everwhen that bull takes after 'em, can easy outrun hit.
1998 B. Kingsolver Poisonwood Bible (1999) ii. 153 And the little babies don't wear a speck of clothes so they can just squat down and pee-pee ever-when they take a mind to.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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