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单词 nonces
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nonce1 /nons/

noun
  1. (almost confined to the phrase for the nonce, which in ME is sometimes a mere tag for rhyme's sake) the occasion
  2. The moment, time being
  3. The particular or express purpose (Shakespeare)
adjective

(of a word or expression) occurring, adopted or coined for a particular occasion only

ORIGIN: From for the nones, ie for then ones for the once, then being the dative (OE tham) of the and ones the genitive (OE ānes) of one substituted for the dative

nonce2 /nons/ (prison sl)

noun

A sex offender, esp one convicted of assaulting children

ORIGIN: Ety uncertain
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