| 单词 | ten till |
| 释义 | > as lemmasten till b. esp. of the hour of the day: originally ten hours, ten of the clock: see of the clock at clock n.1 and adv. Phrases 1a.Also with ellipsis of ‘minutes’ in ten past or ten to or (U.S.) ten till, ten minutes after or before the hour; to take ten (U.S.): see take v. Phrases 3n. ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > [adjective] > of the time of day > of specific times tenc1386 seven?c1425 twoc1485 six1600 twelve-hour1791 undecimarian1874 undeciman1883 the world > time > particular time > [adjective] > of the time of day > minutes before or after the hour half past one1750 ten1852 thirty1870 c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Prol. 5 Ten of the clokke it was tho as I gesse. 1427 Sc. Acts Jas. I c. 118 Fra ten houres to twa efter nune. c1600 Hist. & Life James VI (1825) 71 At ten houris in the morning. 1681 T. White in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 55 Yesterday about tenne in the morning. 1713 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 27 Jan. (1948) II. 609 He went away at 10. 1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea II. xliv. 291 There is admittance till ten, for a toll of one stiver each person. 1795 tr. K. P. Moritz Trav. Eng. (1886) ii. 17 It might be about ten or eleven o'clock. 1810 W. Scott Let. 30 Jan. (1932) II. 291 The play..exceeded the usual length (lasting till half-past ten). 1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain III. ii. 16 About ten at night, Maria Diaz..arrived with her son. 1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour i. vi. 27 ‘We shall be late. See, it's only ten to, now,’ continued he, pointing to the timepiece above the fire. 1897 Daily News 18 Nov. 8/5 ‘You are the ten o'clock man’, meaning that he came on duty at that time. 1937 ‘P. Wentworth’ Case is Closed ix. 95 Then it couldn't have been later than ten past eight when you heard that shot? 1960 S. Barstow Kind of Loving i. ii. 53 Nobody ever arranges to meet somebody at ten to and so she must either be late or not coming. 1962 M. Gordon & G. Gordon Journey with Stranger (1963) iv. 36 ‘Ten till,’ he said... ‘I'll go in first.’ 1979 ‘J. le Carré’ Smiley's People xxiii. 265 The time was ten to eleven. < as lemmas |
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