| 单词 | some of these days |
| 释义 | > as lemmassome of these days (b) some of these days: = one of these days at Phrases 4b(b). Now chiefly U.S.Often implying a more proximate or immediate future than the equivalent use of some day (see sense Phrases 4d(a)(ii)). ΚΠ 1692 T. Southerne Wives Excuse iii. 33 Some of these days, we'll be very witty together: But now I am your Servant. 1764 T. Jefferson Let. 23 Jan. in Papers (1950) I. 15 I will send you some of these days Shelton's Tachygraphical Alphabet, and directions. ?1856 F. E. Smedley Harry Coverdale's Courtship xxxv. 245 Some of these days I shall be obliged to give him a lesson. 1940 R. Wright Native Son i. 8 Some of these days you going to wish you had made something out of yourself, instead of just a tramp. But it'll be too late then. 2005 Alton (Illinois) Tel. 11 Sept. a4/2 I just wondered if some of these days somebody is going to do something about it. some of these (..) days c. In the phrase some of these (..) days, some day soon; before very long. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > different time > [adverb] > at some future time or one day yeteOE hereafter1154 hereafterwardc1386 sometimec1386 oncea1393 whiloma1400 rather or latera1450 one of these daysa1470 one day1477 umquhile1489 in timea1500 with time?1531 sooner or later1577 odd shortly1681 some summer's day1697 first or last1700 some of these (‥) days1831 someday1898 down the road (also track)1924 1831 in W. I. Knapp Life G. Borrow (1899) I. 142 Young Simpson will be wanting an able assistant some of these days. 1848 J. H. Newman Loss & Gain i. xiv. 107 ‘We shall have you a papist some of these fine days,’ said he. 1851 G. Borrow Lavengro lxxiii I should not be surprised if he were to come back some of these days. < as lemmas |
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