| 单词 | sometime |
| 释义 | sometime /sum"tuym'/, adv. 1. at some indefinite or indeterminate point of time: He will arrive sometime next week. 2. at an indefinite future time: Come to see me sometime. 3. Archaic. sometimes; on some occasions. 4. Archaic. at one time; formerly. adj. 5. having been formerly; former: The diplomat was a sometime professor of history at Oxford. 6. being so only at times or to some extent: Traveling so much, he could never be more than a sometime husband. 7. that cannot be depended upon regarding affections or loyalties: He was well rid of his sometime girlfriend. [1250-1300; ME; see SOME, TIME] Usage. The adverb SOMETIME is written as one word: He promised to paint the garage sometime soon. The two-word form SOME TIME means "an unspecified interval or period of time": It will take some time for the wounds to heal. |
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