单词 | now , now |
释义 | > as lemmasnow (one thing), now (another) a. now (one thing), now (another): (used to introduce antithetical clauses, phrases, or words) at one moment one thing, at the next, another; alternately one thing and another. ΚΠ ?c1335 in W. Heuser Kildare-Gedichte (1904) 93 (MED) Man is lif nis bot a schade; Nov he is, and nov he nis. c1390 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 160 (MED) Hit fareþ as a foules fliht; Now is hit henne, now is hit here. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) Prol. 569 (MED) Now hier, now ther, now to, now fro, Now up, now down, this world goth so. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 24545 (MED) Nu i lig and no i stand, Bunden þus in balful band. 1493 Chastysing Goddes Chyldern (de Worde) viii. sig. Biij/2 Her thoughtes ben full chaungable. now here, now there, now so, now thus, like to wynde. a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 108 (MED) Þou shalt be founden now glad, now sory, now plesid, now troublid, now deuoute, now indeuoute. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Sam. xi. 25 The swerde consumeth now one now another. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 79 It is now abiding vpon the earth now in the waters. 1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 258 Now vsed in this sence, now in that. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 101 The flying Chariot kindles in the Course: And now aloft; and now alow they fly. View more context for this quotation 1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. 21 In this Quandary, now considering, now crying, and not knowing what to do, I pass'd the Time. 1808 W. Scott Marmion vi. xxviii. 357 Now low, now high, The pennon sunk and rose. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Silverado Squatters 9 A great variety of oaks stood, now severally, now in a becoming grove. 1936 A. Ransome Pigeon Post viii. 45 The distant figure was moving fast, now across bare rock, now knee-deep in bracken, now working along the sheep tracks through the heather. 1986 D. Nabokov tr. V. Nabokov Enchanter (1987) vi. 72 We shall live far away, now in the hills, now by the sea. < as lemmas |
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