| 单词 | now and then |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto now and then (something) transitive. In to now and then (something): to place (something) in the context of both the present and the past.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 49 Good Casuists would case it, and case it,..now it, and then it, punctually. now and (also †or) then b. now and (also †or) then: occasionally, intermittently, at intervals.ever now and then: see ever adv. and adj. Phrases 2d. every now and then: see every adj. and pron. Phrases 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adverb] > sometimes or occasionally whiloma900 whilea1000 stoundmealc1000 stundumOE otherwhileOE umquhile1154 with and withc1175 by stoundsa1225 otherwhilesc1225 umbestound?c1225 umbewhilec1230 then and thenc1275 sometime…sometime1297 umstounda1300 by while13.. over while13.. sometime1340 umbe throwea1350 at timesa1382 now and again (also anon, eft, now)a1393 umbwhile1393 eftsoona1398 sometimea1400 by sithesc1400 umbestoundsc1400 from time to (formerly unto) time1423 now and (also or) then1445 ever now and nowa1470 when and whenc1470 occasionallya1475 in timesa1500 whiles?a1500 whilomsa1500 sometimes1526 somewhiles1528 at whiles1540 ever now and then1542 a-whiles1546 somewhiles…, somewhiles1547 at sometimes1548 now and thenc1550 ever and anon1558 by occasions1562 on (also upon) occasion1562 as soon…as soon1581 every now and then (also again)1642 by a time1721 once and a while1765 ever and again1788 periodically1825 in spots1851 1445 tr. Claudian's De Consulatu Stilichonis in Anglia (1905) 28 273 (MED) Now and than [L. passim] men the to touche and to speke yivest leve. a1516 H. Medwall Godely Interlude Fulgens sig. Biiiv Nore maydens be dissayued now and than So greate dyssemblynge now a daye There is conuayed vnder wordes gaye. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. O.viij Sometyme on the daie, and nowe and than by nyght, they would walke abrode. 1576 A. Fleming Panoplie Epist. 211 (margin) Familiar friends vse ieasting nowe and then, in their letters. 1621 I. C. in T. Bedford's Sin unto Death A j The Apothecaries Glasse or Gally-pot..being emptied by now and then of a little. 1623 N. Byfield Expos. Epist. Coloss. ii. v. 16 Tis not enough to doe good now or then, by flashes. 1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders sig. g2v This manual doth both now and then proffer a word or two to cherish the Readers patience. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 130. ¶3 These Gypsies now and then foretold very strange things. 1761 F. Sheridan Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph I. 12 The strictness of her notions..now and then gave a tincture of severity to her actions. 1802 W. Wordsworth When I have Borne in Poet. Wks. (1849–50) III. i. xvii What wonder if a Poet now and then..Felt for thee as a lover or a child! 1890 Spectator 11 Oct. 474/2 She never took up, except by moments now and then, the legitimate side. 1955 ‘N. Shute’ Requiem for Wren (1956) 203 If I could take her out into the country now and then I think she'd like it. 1988 G. Greene Captain & Enemy viii. 123 I've been able to help him now and then. He's had his difficulties. now and then 2. now and then, †then and then (obsolete), at one time and at another, at various times, at intervals, occasionally (cf. here and there at here adv. 9). now..then.., at one time..at another time. (See also now adv. 7b.) ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adverb] > sometimes or occasionally whiloma900 whilea1000 stoundmealc1000 stundumOE otherwhileOE umquhile1154 with and withc1175 by stoundsa1225 otherwhilesc1225 umbestound?c1225 umbewhilec1230 then and thenc1275 sometime…sometime1297 umstounda1300 by while13.. over while13.. sometime1340 umbe throwea1350 at timesa1382 now and again (also anon, eft, now)a1393 umbwhile1393 eftsoona1398 sometimea1400 by sithesc1400 umbestoundsc1400 from time to (formerly unto) time1423 now and (also or) then1445 ever now and nowa1470 when and whenc1470 occasionallya1475 in timesa1500 whiles?a1500 whilomsa1500 sometimes1526 somewhiles1528 at whiles1540 ever now and then1542 a-whiles1546 somewhiles…, somewhiles1547 at sometimes1548 now and thenc1550 ever and anon1558 by occasions1562 on (also upon) occasion1562 as soon…as soon1581 every now and then (also again)1642 by a time1721 once and a while1765 ever and again1788 periodically1825 in spots1851 c1275 [see δ. forms]. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xi. vii. lf. 108 b/2 It [rain]..comeþ doune thanne and thanne. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 1848 Þai..wende ay þan and þan to droun. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 1467 He walde it tell' þan and þan. c1550 R. Bieston Bayte Fortune B iij The ryche peraduenture oppresseth nowe and than. a1555 J. Philpot tr. C. S. Curione Def. Authority Christ's Church in R. Eden Exam. & Writings J. Philpot (1842) (modernized text) 334 If that those at any time, then and then, be deceived. 1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 26 Now and then in an Age, one miraculously, beyond all hopes, proves learned. 1763 C. Johnstone Reverie (new ed.) II. 239 She listened to him.., asking him every now and then such questions as should [etc.]. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Than.. loses the aspirate in one phrase only, ‘now and tan’ for ‘now and then’. 1894 S. Baring-Gould Deserts S. France II. 245 Restive, now sullen, then in boisterous revolt. < as lemmas |
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