| 单词 | of long ago |
| 释义 | > as lemmasof long ago 1. of long ago: of the distant past; that existed or happened a long time ago.In quot. 1518: since a long time ago, for a long time. ΚΠ c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1879) l. 2241 Ȝit lestyth the venym of so longe ago That it enfectyth hym that wele be-holde The storye of Therius.] 1518 H. Watson tr. Hystorye Olyuer of Castylle l. sig. lviv He knewe it well of longe ago that she was to yonge for to slepe with the men. 1578 T. White Serm. Pawles Crosse 9 Dec. 1576 57 Parris is a pattern not of long ago, and Antwerp an example but of yesterday. 1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend i. 12 The shapes of joy and woe, The airy crowds of long-ago. 1930 Manitoba Free Press 11 Oct. 3/5 His small boy days of long ago in quiet England. 1963 Life 31 May 52/4 A royal look of long ago ennobles this life-size copper portrait of a Persian. 2005 G. M. Flynn Currach Race & Other Stories vi. 39 Past the corry lakes on the left where the glacier of long ago left some of its jewels. < as lemmas |
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