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单词 awhile
释义

awhile

[ uh-hwahyl, uh-wahyl ]
/ əˈʰwaɪl, əˈwaɪl /
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adverb

for a short time or period: Stay awhile.

Origin of awhile

before 1000; Middle English; Old English āne hwīle (dative); see a1, while

usage note for awhile

The adverb awhile is spelled as a single word: After stopping in Hadley awhile, we drove to Deerfield. As the object of a preposition, the noun phrase a while is used, especially in edited writing, but the single-word form is becoming increasingly common: We rested for a while (or awhile ).

Words nearby awhile

aweto, awful, awfully, awhato, awheel, awhile, a while back, awhirl, whole new ballgame, a, awkward, awkward age
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awhile
/ (əˈwaɪl) /

adverb

for a brief period
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