单词 | far days |
释义 | > as lemmasfar days c. in time. †With genitive, far days, far nights: late in the day or night (cf. Greek πόρρω τῆς ἡμέρας, τῆς νυκτός); in later use also far-day, far-night (cf. Compounds 2). ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > night > [adverb] > late in the day far daysa1400 far nights1561 nightward1621 a1400–50 Alexander 3900 Be þai had fyneschid þis fiȝt was ferre in with euyn. c1440 Generydes 66 A man right ferre in age. a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 45 She happed to abide so longe on a sonday that it was fer dayes. 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) i. 135 He wes waik, and fer run in yeris. 1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer sig. K.iijv It was farre in nighte. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 1148/2 It is far nights. 1602 2nd Pt. Returne from Pernassus (Arb.) iii. ii. 42 But the day is farre spent, M. Recorder. 1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd viii. 98 O how farre daies is it? 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 278 It was far-night ere we got away. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. ii. xxvi. 151 The day being now far spent. 1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh III. 2 Far gone as the day was. 1885 Manch. Examiner 10 Sept. 5/5 A heavy downpour which continued far into the night. < as lemmas |
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