单词 | this evening |
释义 | > as lemmasthis evening P3. this evening: the evening of today. Chiefly in adverbial use: during the evening of today. ΚΠ 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. f. lv/2 Yf we were good men of armes we shulde drinke this euenynge with the frenche lordes. 1553 Duke of Northumberland in W. B. Scoones Four Cent. Eng. Lett. (1880) 22 Wofull was the newes I receyved this evenynge. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iii. vi. 73 Ber. But you must not now slumber in it. Par. Ile about it this euening. 1666 S. Pepys Diary 24 Dec. (1972) VII. 420 I this evening did buy me a pair of green spectacles, to see whether they will help my eyes or no. 1711 J. Swift Lett. (1767) III. 151 It rained so this evening again, that I thought I should hardly be able to get a dry hour to walk home in. 1769 J. Woodforde Diary 5 Dec. (1924) I. 94 A strange man was found this evening in my father's little house. 1823 E. James Acct. Exped. Rocky Mts. I. 188 Several Canadians..came this evening to dance and sing before us..in celebration of the termination of the year. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda II. iv. xxxiii. 346 This evening is the Sabbath..and I go to the Shool. 1918 W. Owen Let. 19 Aug. (1967) 569 I rushed off a note in time for this evening's post. 1921 Judge (N.Y.) 22 Oct. 25/3 ‘We have several famous movie stars dining with us this evening,’ whispered the waiter. 1979 M. Matshoba Call me not Man (1987) 120 By the way, Thandi. I didn't tell you we're having a get-together here this evening. 2003 C. N. Adichie Purple Hibiscus (2004) 152 I called Doctor Nduoma before I left, though, and he said he will come by this evening. < as lemmas |
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