| 单词 | a day's warning |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa day's warning a. Previous notice of an event whether good or bad. †in warning: by way of warning. Also, time allowed for preparation, interval between the notice and the event (e.g. in long warning, short warning, a day's warning, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > intimation or making known > intimate or make known [phrase] to warn beforec1275 in warningc1370 to warn custos1558 to give (also to have) notice1582 to give warning of1611 the world > time > [noun] > stretch, period, or portion of time > period of time between events or interval > between notice and event warningc1370 society > communication > information > intimation or making known > [noun] > previous notice (of an event (good or bad)) prewarning1603 warninga1616 pre-noticea1680 pre-notification1765 pre-intimation1770 advance notice1859 c1370 Kyne Roberd of Cysille 464 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 286 The aungelle gaf hym in warnynge Of the tyme of hys levynge. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 21879 He sends us þis all in warning, For to be warr of his cuming. ?1471 in C. L. Kingsford Stonor Lett. & Papers (1919) I. 117 A pryve seall..was delivered to him on Munday..which as your maystership knoweth well was right shorte warnyng. 1560 F. Allen in Lodge Illustr. Brit. Hist. (1791) I. 345 The Quene's Mate hathe sworne that the daye and tyme shall be kepte secrete to herself,..so as the very tyme..will be so shorte and sodeyne that men are like to have small warninge of the matter. c1590 C. Marlowe Faustus 391 Thou art at an houres warning whensoeuer or wheresoeuer the diuell shall fetch thee. 1607 Statutes in M. H. Peacock Hist. Free Gram. School Wakefield (1892) 59 Lawfull warninge of the daye of the election. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. iv. 59 The worst is this,—that at so slender warning, You are like to haue a thin and slender pittance. View more context for this quotation 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 44 The truce..was then concluded..till the Calends of May, except either of them should give fourteen daies warning of their purpose to breake the same. 1640 J. Fletcher & J. Shirley Night-walker iv. sig. H2 But this will be reveng'd in a short warning. a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 103 Where an Angel gave the Blessed Virgin three days warning of her Death. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iv. 479 At a moment's warning the Sheriff adjourned the poll to Newport Pagnell. < as lemmas |
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