单词 | mint-while |
释义 | † mint-whilen. Obsolete. rare. The duration of a minute. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > minute > [noun] minutea1393 mint-whilec1400 minute tide1492 min1588 scruple of an hour1603 M1670 c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. xiii. 217 (MED) An vnredy reue þi residue shal spene, That menye mothþe was [maister] ynne in a mynte-while. c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. xx. 192 Isykles in euesynges thorgh hete of þe sonne Melteþ in a mynt while [c1400 B text mynut while] to myst and to water. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1400 |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。