单词 | belated |
释义 | belated —belatedly, adv. —belatedness, n. /bi lay"tid/, adj. 1. coming or being after the customary, useful, or expected time: belated birthday greetings. 2. late, delayed, or detained: We started the meeting without the belated representative. 3. Archaic. obsolete; old-fashioned; out-of-date: a belated view of world politics. 4. Archaic. overtaken by darkness or night. [1610-20; belate to delay (BE- + LATE) + -ED2] |
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