| 单词 | the other day |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe other day c. the other day: two, or a few days ago; on a day in the recent past; not long ago. Cf. other adj. 3b. [Compare French l'autre jour (15th cent. or earlier).] See also similar constructions treated at other adj. 3a, 3c. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > recency > [adverb] neweneOE newlyeOE unyoreeOE noweOE newOE lateOE yesterdaya1300 freshlya1387 of newa1393 anewa1425 newlingsa1425 latewardc1434 the other dayc1450 lately?c1475 erst1480 latewards1484 sith late1484 alatea1500 recently1509 even now1511 late-whiles1561 late ygo1579 formerly1590 just now1591 lastly1592 just1605 low1610 this moment1696 latewardly1721 shortsyne1768 sometime1779 latterly1821 c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 112 (MED) The oþer day, I told ȝou a parcell of þe wose in sleuthe. 1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. f. 71 When I first viewed thee, the other daie..loue attached me in suche wise, as neuer woman loued manne, as I dooe thee. 1663 S. Pepys Diary 16 Feb. (1971) IV. 44 A priest was taken in his vests officiating somewhere in Holborne the other day. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 552. ⁋1 I was tumbling about the town the other day in a hackney-coach. 1810 A. Argus Juvenile Spectator 43 Miss Louise run a pin hinto my fingers the other day, becaus hi did not ear when she ringed the Bell. 1890 J. Fiske Let. 9 May (1940) 578 Met Sarah Hall the other day and found it difficult to get away from her: what a bag of gabble that old woman is! 1915 J. Turner Let. 15 July in C. Warren Somewhere in France (2019) 17 The other day we had a long march to form a guard of honour. 1979 ‘W. Allen’ & M. Brickman Manhattan in Four Films W. Allen (1982) 270 Guess what? I turned eighteen the other day. 2012 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 19 Feb. (Review section) 1/1 The other day it occurred to me that I needed more exercise and should take up skipping. < as lemmas |
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