| 单词 | on or upon a sudden |
| 释义 | > as lemmason or upon a (or the) sudden (a) on or upon a (or the) sudden (also †on sudden, o' the sudden). archaic. Very common c1560–1700. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > immediacy > [adjective] ferlyc893 cofc1000 swiftc1000 smarta1325 suddenc1390 undelayed1439 wightlaykec1450 short1480 present1489 indelayed1523 on or upon a (or the) sudden1558 immediate1569 instant1598 momentaneous1657 abrupt1725 presto1767 summary1771 momentary1799 pistolgraph1859 fast1863 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > suddenness > [adverb] feringc1000 ferlyc1000 suddenlyc1290 feringlya1300 in a braida1400 sudden?1404 of (a) suddentyc1440 at a braid1549–62 on or upon a (or the) sudden1558 at a (orthe) sudden1562 in a sudden1562 abruptly1565 on or upon (a) suddenty?1567 of a sudden1570 upon a very great sudden1572 in or on a great, in sic a suddenty1587 plump1594 unaware1667 surprisedly1680 a-start1721 abruptedly1784 with a bump1872 just so1971 the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [adverb] > suddenly in a widden-dreamOE a sursaut1338 at a wapa1400 in a swing1487 on or upon a (or the) sudden1558 at a (orthe) sudden1562 in a sudden1562 of a sudden1570 short1579 overshort1587 on the starta1616 slap1672 swap1672 bob1673 souse1680 sharply1828 sharp1836 a-sudden1871 1558 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 17 To be..done..for more reasonable hier in hope of present payment then can be had or done upon the soden. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Subitarius Subitarij milites, souldiours mustred..vpon a sodayne. 1581 T. Howell His Deuises sig. G.iij Who running well, at first, on sodaine slakes. 1611 Bible (King James) Ecclus. xi. 21 It is an easie thing in the sight of the Lord, on the sudden to make a poore man rich. View more context for this quotation 1630 W. Laud Let. in R. Parr Life J. Usher (1686) Coll. clxvi. 449 For the Bargain which you mention of Ancient Coins,..I cannot upon the sudden say any thing; for my own Purse is too shallow. c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 170 It pleas'd God on the suddaine..to appease the Wind. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 12 He did not upon the Suddain comprehend the consequences. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 136 My Crop promis'd very well, when on a sudden I found I was in Danger of losing it all again. 1825 W. Scott Talisman xii, in Tales Crusaders III. 294 At length, and upon a sudden, the gallant stag-hound bayed furiously. 1843 F. E. Paget Warden of Berkingholt 118 He became on the sudden, moody, sullen and reckless. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 152 On a sudden a gleam of hope appeared. 1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. III. ix. 236 O' the sudden, as good gifts are wont befall. < as lemmas |
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