单词 | after other |
释义 | > as lemmasafter other (also others) c. Without determiner. The preceding one in an implied or specified sequence. after other (also others): in turn, in succession. Now Scottish. Sc. National Dict. (1960) records use in northern and eastern Scotland in 1958. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > preceding or following in order > [noun] > preceding in order > each preceding one (in turn) otherOE OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) iv. xxvii. 298 On þære ylcan ændebyrdnesse hi forðferdon ælc æfter oðrum, emne swa hi ær genemde & awritene wæron. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1104 Ætwydan feower circulas to þam mid dæge onbutan þære sunnan hwites hiwes, ælc under oðran gebroiden. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) 10338 Bruttene leoden þene wude al bileien and an are halfe hine feolden fulle seoue milen, treo uppen oðer [c1300 Otho treo vppe treo]. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 5032 (MED) Ac þo vel he in siknesse & sorwe vpen oþer. a1400 Siege Jerusalem (Laud) (1932) 598 (MED) Þe fals Jewes in þe felde fallen so þicke As hail froward heuen, hepe ouer [v.rr. eche hepid from, eche vp-on, ilkone on] oþer. c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. ix. 108 (MED) Þouȝt & I þus þre dayes we ȝeden, Disputyng on dowel day aftir oþer. ?c1425 Crafte Nombrynge in R. Steele Earliest Arithm. in Eng. (1922) 29 (MED) Haue alle þe ylke cifers togedur in þi mynde, a-rowe, ychon aftur other. 1558 Q. Kennedy Compendius Tractiue xviii. sig. Hiii Our Salueour thryse efter vther commendit his floke to S. Peter. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iv. iv. 1 Euery Letter he hath writ, hath disuouch'd other . View more context for this quotation 1660 R. Sharrock Hist. Propagation & Improvem. Veg. 17 The nature of young tulip roots is to runne down deeper into the ground, every year more then other. a1694 J. Tillotson Serm. cx, in Wks. (1742) VI. 1793 Controversy, which I am less fond of every day than other. 1728 in Sc. National Dict. (1960) V. 303/3 I past to the mercate cross of [Edinburgh], pear and shoar of Leith respective and successive ane after others. 1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. x. 109 I am uncommonly fond of ducks..and it is a fine sight to behold them walk, poddling one after other. 1897 G. A. Mackay Where Heather Grows 165 Ane efter ither, the lads I kent tak' their ain wye. < as lemmas |
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