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单词 once in a while
释义

once /wons or wuns/

adverb
  1. A single time
  2. On one occasion
  3. At a former time
  4. At any time
  5. At some time in the future (rare)
  6. Firstly (obsolete)
  7. In short (obsolete)
noun

One time

adjective

Former

conjunction
  1. When once
  2. As soon as
ORIGIN: OE ānes, orig genitive of ān one, used as adv

oncˈer noun

  1. A £1 note (slang)
  2. Someone who or something that does a particular thing only once
  3. An MP who is considered likely to serve only one term (Aust)
  4. Someone who goes to church once on Sunday (church sl)

once-accentˈed adjective (music)

Marked with one accent, applied to the octave beginning with middle C

onceˈ-errand see errand

once-for-allˈ adjective

Done, etc, once and for all

once-oˈver noun

  1. A single comprehensive survey
  2. A quick (sometimes casual) examination
  3. A violent beating

all at once

  1. Suddenly
  2. All at the same time, simultaneously

at once

  1. Without delay
  2. Alike
  3. At the same time

for once

On one occasion only

once again or once more

One more time, as before

once and again

  1. More than once
  2. Now and then

once (or once and) for all

Once only and not again

once in a way or while

  1. Occasionally
  2. Rarely

once or twice

A few times

once upon a time

At a certain time in the past, the usual formula for beginning a fairy tale

while /(h)wīl/

noun
  1. A space of time
  2. Time and trouble spent
conjunction
  1. (also whilst /wīlst or hwīlst/) during the time that
  2. At the same time that
  3. As long as
  4. Whereas
  5. Although
  6. Notwithstanding the admitted fact that
  7. Until (Scot and N Eng dialect)
preposition (Shakespeare; Scot and N Eng dialect)

Until

transitive verb

To pass (time) in a leisurely or undemanding way (with away)

ORIGIN: OE hwīl; Gothic hweila, Ger Weile

whiles conjunction (Bible)

  1. While, at the same time that
  2. Until (Shakespeare)
adverb (Scot)

At times (orig genitive of OE hwīl)

while-ere or whilere /wī-lārˈ or hwī-lārˈ/ adverb (archaic)

A little while ago, formerly

whilevˈer conjunction (chiefly Aust)

For as long as

all the while

During all the time (that)

in between whiles

During the intervals

make it worth someone's while (informal)

To pay someone well for his or her trouble

once (or every once) in a while

Now and then

the while (Shakespeare)

At the present time, in the meantime

the whilst (obsolete)

  1. While
  2. In the meantime

worth (one's) while

Worth taking time and trouble over
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