| 单词 | once in a while |
| 释义 | > as lemmasonce in a while P9. once in a while (occasionally once and a while): from time to time; very occasionally (see also every adj. and pron. Phrases 3c). once in a way: see way n.1 and int.1 Phrases 2e(j). ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adverb] seldom-whenc888 seldomc897 seld-whenc897 seldoma1000 seldc1000 seldom-timec1386 seld-timec1386 seld-whilea1387 seld-where1390 thinc1405 rare?1440 sendle?a1500 daintilya1513 thinlyc1545 rarely1546 once in a moon1547 out-takingly1549 seldomly1549 for once and away1583 sparingly1590 scarce1596 unfrequently1646 unoften1654 infrequently1673 once in a while1765 sporadically1765 sparselya1871 seldom-while1876 (for) once in a way1891 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 1765 J. Otis Vindic. Brit. Colonies 4 The picture is very well charged with shade and thick darkness..and once in a while is heard a little rumbling thunder. 1781 J. Witherspoon in Pennsylvania Jrnl. 23 May 1/3 He will once in a while, i.e. sometimes, get drunk. [Used in] the middle states. 1815 J. H. Payne Trial without Jury in America's Lost Plays (1940) V. 10 It does me good to bustle and fly into a rage once and a while. It keeps me in exercise. 1869 H. B. Stowe Oldtown Folks x. 116 If he could come down here once and a while after work-hours. 1877 C. H. Spurgeon Serm. XXIII. 653 Hadst thou gone into the royal presence once in a while to intercede for some special cases. 1913 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 Feb. 45/2 Once in a while he also meets some New Yorker who has been as far inland as Trenton, New Jersey. 1956 Life 2 Apr. 12 (advt.) The little luxuries that every family likes to indulge in once in a while. 1983 J. Kosinski Being There ii. 21 Once in a while she would sit with me in the garden. 2001 Contact May 17/3 I guess that means you can start sleeping again soon..maybe even get to go home once in a while? < as lemmas |
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