单词 | it wants of one |
释义 | > as lemmasit wants of one (two, etc.) b. intransitive. it wants of one (two, etc.): it is not quite one o'clock (two o'clock, etc.). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > [phrase] > it is not quite six it wants of one (two, etc.)1710 1652 C. Manuche Loyal Lovers iv. 34 Letes. 'Tis more then two of clock. Clarath. By none but Lovers clocks; I know it wants of two. 1678 T. D'Urfey Fool turn'd Critick iii. i. 26 At 6 a Clock, and now it wants of 5, well, I'le first go dispatch a small affair, and then have at him. 1710 D. Manley Mem. Europe II. 132 The Prince was true to his Letter, it wanted of six, when in my Man's Apparel I got to the Grotto, but found Endymion in Possession of it. < as lemmas |
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