| 单词 | at short intervals |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat short intervals a. Of a period of time, of a process, state or action considered as extending over a period of time: Having little extent in duration, lasting but little time, brief. Also said of duration. at short intervals: at times separated by brief intervals. in short order: see order n. Phrases 2c. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [adjective] shortc888 littleOE shortlya1050 briefc1400 momentlya1425 small?a1439 momentany1447 momentaneous?a1450 stunta1450 momentaryc1485 momentane1510 hourlya1535 sudden1561 momentaneala1581 span-long1593 momentaneana1599 momental1606 narrow1611 timeless1657 concise1785 succinct1796 ultra-short1962 the world > time > frequency > [adverb] unseldea950 oftOE thickOE ylomeOE oftsithec1175 oftsithesc1175 lomec1200 oftlya1225 oft-stounds1303 continuallyc1305 oftena1325 rifely1357 oft-timesc1384 oft-timec1387 oftentimesa1393 oftentimec1395 fele-sitha1400 lightlya1400 oftentide?a1400 rifea1400 seresitha1400 many a foldc1400 often sithec1405 hauntinglyc1440 by many a foldc1450 fele-syss1489 frequently1531 feltymesc1540 oftens1567 oftenly1574 frequent1614 repeatedlya1647 (as) often as not1723 more often (or oftener) than not1723 not uncommonly1747 not infrequently1779 (at) every whip-stitch1824 oftenwhilesa1850 at short intervals1859 c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iv Þu þe ðam winterdagum selest scorte tida & þæs sumeres dahum langran. c1055 Byrhtferth's Handboc in Anglia (1885) 8 306 Forþam he [sc. February] ys scyrtest ealra monða. c1200 Vices & Virtues 9 Al swo we forlieseð ðis scorte lif ðurh unhersumness. c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 38 Men be nowe of lesse wittis & schortere tyme & feblere of complexion. c1381 G. Chaucer Parl. Foules 1 The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne. 14.. in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 318 The xij day of December ys the shortest day of the yere. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 112 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 98 That ye wald cry apon crist..To schape me a schand bird in a schort space. 1539 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) II. 213 The kinges maiestes will is that ye shal make the shortiest abode there ye can. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost i. i. 178 Three yeeres is but short . View more context for this quotation 1684 J. Norris Poems & Disc. 21 Like Angels visits, short and bright. 1696 W. Whiston New Theory of Earth ii. 134 I shall shew..that the Antediluvian Year was different from, nay shorter than the present Year. 1743 R. Blair Grave 31 Its Visits Like those of Angels short, and far between. 1745 J. Swift Direct. to Servants 63 Live a short Life and a merry one. 1751 J. Jortin Serm. (1771) I. ii. 17 The death of Isaac would be only a short sleep. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker III. 163 The short intervals betwixt every heave he employed in crying for mercy. 1807 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 17 143 The fever is of shorter duration. 1842 C. M. Kirkland Forest Life II. xxxi. 19 The short remainder of his stay at Mr. Hay's saw him eat his meals like a Trappist. 1859 Habits Good Society xiv. 348 Ices handed at short intervals throughout the evening. 1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ At Bay vii. 106 Is it possible that on so short an acquaintance you were so severely hit? 1895 Law Times 99 499/2 Days are considerably shorter at this time of year [Oct.]. < as lemmas |
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