单词 | from way back |
释义 | > as lemmasfrom way back 2. Long ago. from way back: from long ago; since long ago; (in extended use) through and through. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > [adverb] > long ago yorec900 for longOE langer1303 long agoc1350 far1362 for yorea1375 of yore ago(ne)a1375 long time1376 of olda1393 anciently1502 langsyne?a1513 oldlya1513 in old season1582 old1609 antiquely1652 then-a-days1688 (the) year one1754 way back1870 in yore1876 way back when1921 1870 T. F. Vaill tr. Virgil Free & Independent Transl. of First & Fourth Bks. of Æneid 20 I dined and wined and toasted him from way back. 1889 ‘M. Twain’ Connecticut Yankee xxxi. 401 He thinks he's a Sheol of a farmer; thinks he's old Grayback from Wayback. 1892 ‘M. Twain’ Amer. Claimant 167 I tell you, he's an artist from way back! 1923 J. H. Cook Fifty Years on Old Frontier iii. 227 This occurred ‘way back’, when the Indians had no horses. 1948 Sporting Mirror 19 Nov. 6/2 Way back in September I said that Norwich City have got what it takes and would be a power this season. 1990 Flying May 121/1 This was back, way back, when the world was still flat. 2006 G. M. Eberhart Whole Libr. Handbk. IV. v. 346 Librarians are master networkers from way back. 2012 D. Park Light of Amsterdam xiv. 300 ‘What are you wearing?’ ‘It's a T-shirt from way back. I thought I'd give it an outing’. < as lemmas |
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