| 单词 | for a moment |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfor a moment c. for a moment. extracted from momentn. (a) Adverbially: during a moment; for the duration of a moment. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [adverb] short whilec897 littleOE awhileOE littlec1175 a litel wanc1200 a while1297 while?a1505 till soona1529 for a moment1593 for a moment1611 short1611 for a flash1625 momentally1646 momentarily1655 for a sudden1688 shortly1809 momently1827 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. xi. 82 Sith possession of blisse, though it should be but for a moment, were an aboundant retribution. 1739 D. Hume Treat. Human Nature I. i. 14 This circumstance seems to me remarkable, and engages my attention for a moment. 1878 Ld. Tennyson Revenge ii You fly them for a moment to fight with them again. 1985 P. Ackroyd Hawksmoor viii. 152 For a moment he did not know in what house, or what place, or what year, he had woken. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [adverb] short whilec897 littleOE awhileOE littlec1175 a litel wanc1200 a while1297 while?a1505 till soona1529 for a moment1593 for a moment1611 short1611 for a flash1625 momentally1646 momentarily1655 for a sudden1688 shortly1809 momently1827 1611 Bible (King James) Prov. xii. 19 The lippe of trueth shall bee established for euer: but a lying tongue is but for a moment . View more context for this quotation 1763 F. Brooke Hist. Lady Julia Mandeville II. 160 That I bear this dreadful stroke with patience, is owing to the certainty I shall not long survive him, that our separation is but for a moment. 1892 S. Baring-Gould In Roar of Sea II. xxvii. 100 That stress-point is but for a moment, then the weight of the water overbalances the strain, and whirr! round plunges the wheel. < as lemmas |
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