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单词
yesteryear
释义
yesteryear
yes‧ter‧year
/
ˈjestəjɪə, -jɜː
$
ˈjestərjɪr
/
noun
Word Origin
WORD ORIGIN
yesteryear
Origin:
1800-1900
yesterday
+
year
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Forget the promotional toasters and blenders of
yesteryear
.
Joiners of
yesteryear
had their names stamped on their wooden planes and saw handles.
Operating rooms come equipped with lasers and computers, not just the scalpels and saws of
yesteryear
.
Snow from the mountains were used to make the sherbets of
yesteryear
, but nowadays we have freezers.
The records of
yesteryear
and some older memories suggest Colin Booth was also a quite exceptional golfer.
Today the parliaments of the Arab states seem to take themselves for the caliphal palaces of
yesteryear
.
We are often told that the politicians of
yesteryear
were greater figures than the politicians of today.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
►
of yesteryear
The magnificent big boats of
yesteryear
have virtually vanished.
of yesteryear
literary
existing in the past
:
the steam trains of yesteryear
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lubrication
lubricious
lubriciously
Lucan, Lord
Lucas, George
Lucas, Henry Lee
lucid
lucidity
lucidly
Lucifer
luck
luckily
luckless
lucky
Lucky Charms
lucky dip
Lucky Jim
Lucozade
lucrative
lucre
Lucretius
Lucy Show, The
Luddite
ludicrous
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