单词 | in good time |
释义 | > as lemmasin good time (b) in good time. extracted from timen.int.conj. (i) At the right moment; at a fortunate or opportune moment; luckily. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > [adverb] in timea1325 in good timec1325 in seasonc1330 tidefullya1340 tidily1340 betimesc1380 betimec1385 opportunelyc1425 at one's leisure1481 maturely1531 seasonably1532 timeously1538 timefully1614 tempestively1628 patly1632 opportune1667 the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > [adverb] > at the proper time or in due course timelya1225 in good timec1325 by revolutionc1425 dulya1513 accordingly1555 due-timely1606 fitly1611 fit, due, proper, just season1686 c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 7254 Þat was mold þe gode quene þat in gode time was ybore. c1390 in F. J. Furnivall Minor Poems Vernon MS (1901) ii. 543 (MED) In good tyme he was boren, I-wis, Þat preisable is and not preised is. c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. lviv/2 Blessed bee thoos pepul and yn good tyme borne that ressayveth thes graces & wel kepith them. ?1569 T. Underdowne tr. Heliodorus Æthiopian Hist. x. f. 142 Hidaspes..takinge him by the right hande, saide: My Sonne you come in good time. 1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. K2, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) If it please you then to returne by him those parcels.., they will now come in very good time. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) ii. ii. 65 Learne to iest in good time, there's a time for all things. View more context for this quotation 1639 S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 7 This came in good time to keepe this poore family from necessity. (ii) Soon, early; promptly; quickly, expeditiously. In early use also †in hasty time. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > [adverb] > early or in good time soon?a1366 timelyc1390 in good timea1440 in good hour1603 timelily1608 in due hour1689 a1440 Let. in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1940) 55 643 (MED) The whiche mees for defaute of reparacion is full ruynus..in ffull short tyme but iff hit be repareld & amendud in hasty tyme. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Merlin (1913) II. l. 9985 Forth on his message he gan to gon, And dyde his message al in good tyme. c1450 ( Nightingale (Calig.) l. 80 in O. Glauning Minor Poems J. Lydgate (1900) 4 But, doun descendyng, she sayde in hasti tyme: ‘My lyfe be kynde endure shall not longe’. 1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xxv. sig. PPy.ii Pietro..made therin such expedition, as he arriued in good tyme to Verona, taking order for all thinges that were commaunded him. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. xxii. 60 [They] come home againe in good time without the knowledge..of their husbands. 1694 W. Penn Acct. Travails Holland & Germany 281 The day following we took our journey for London, came there in good time that Evening. 1710 W. Nicolson London Diaries 8 Dec. (1985) 520 To London, 28 miles, in good time..supper over at my brother's. 1756 W. Toldervy Hist. Two Orphans III. 12 Our company reassumed their march; and..arrived in good time. 1806 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. VI. 257 So that my executrix shall pay in good time all lawful debts. 1872 Punch 19 Oct. 158/1 My aunt wants to be back in good time. 1928 D. H. Lawrence Lady Chatterley's Lover xvi. 286 Hilda arrived in good time on Thursday morning, in a nimble two-seater car. 1966 U. Schwarz & L. Hadik Strategic Terminol. 130 To prevent the enemy from making gains..he might make without resorting to war if not forcibly opposed in good time. 2000 A. Sayle Barcelona Plates 31 Indicating left and sliding gently into the inside lane in good time Alice turned her little red car..off the hurtling traffic of the southbound M1 motorway. (iii) Used as an interjection or rhetorical question, expressing surprise or implicitly requesting confirmation of what has just been said: really?, indeed? In later use more commonly used ironically to express scepticism, disbelief, or ridicule: to be sure!, indeed!, forsooth! Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > expressions of disbelief [interjection] to go toc1275 in good timea1470 Walker1811 to get off1818 this beats my grandmother1819 to go on1835 your granny!1837 to get away1847 I ask you1855 great guns!1875 sure1907 oh yeah1927 Aunt Fanny1928 go 'long1974 to sod off1976 a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) III. 1146 ‘His name ys sir Urre of the Mounte.’ ‘In good tyme’, seyde the kynge. 1529 T. More Dyaloge Dyuers Maters v. f. xiv/2 Nay syr sayd he..I rehersyd you what I haue hard som other saye. In good tyme q[uod] I. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. i. 100 Sowing the kernels of it [sc. an island]..bring forth more Islands... Why in good time. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. vi. 149 There..even at this day, are shewed the ruines of those three tabernacles built according to Peters desire. In very good time no doubt. 1665 R. Howard Committee ii, in Four New Plays 87 Abel. When the weather is not good, we hold a fast. Arb. And then it alters. Abel. Assuredly. Arb. In good time. 1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France II. 50 Bonducci..calls him emulous of Milton, in good time! 1819 H. L. Piozzi Let. June in Piozzi Lett. (2002) VI. 283 [He] begs my good Wishes now he is grown a Man—in good Time! (iv) When the proper or appropriate time has arrived; after the lapse of a suitable period of time; in due course. Frequently in all in good time. ΚΠ 1602 W. Burton 10 Serm. iv. 47 We are comming: all in good time: the Sermon is not begunne yet. 1621 T. W. tr. S. Goulart Wise Vieillard vi. 43 The wise old man..thanketh the Ancient of dayes, who in good time will crowne him with the gifts of a better life in his celestiall Palace. 1698 T. Gipps Remarks on Remarks ii. 26 They who would excuse the Jews for Corrupting the Seventy only, and not the Hebrew, in good time will defend the Corrupting the English Version only, and not the Original Greek. 1730 J. Wesley Let. 12 Dec. (1931) I. 67 He will in His good time ‘quell the raging of this sea’. 1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure II. 235 For respects I should in good time acquaint him with. a1816 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal (rev. ed.) iv. i in Wks. (1821) II. 96 I shall be rich and splenetic, all in good time. 1883 J. Gilmour Among Mongols xvii. 206 Every true-hearted follower shall, in good time, arrive at the desired goal. 1931 A. Christie Sittaford Myst. vi. 51 ‘All in good time,’ said Narracott to himself. ‘Now isn't the moment to rub him up the wrong way.’ 1986 E. W. Whittaker Mainland Haole v. 193 No doubt, in good time, other Hawaiis will emerge to join those already created. 2004 J. Winspear Maisie Dobbs (2005) i. 4 Clearly there were some things that needed to be changed, but all in good time. < as lemmas |
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