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erewhile

/air-hwahyl, -wahyl/US // ɛərˈʰwaɪl, -ˈwaɪl //UK // (ɛəˈwaɪl) //

蹉跎岁月,趁此机会,趁着这个时候

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Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1

    Archaic.

    • : a while before; formerly.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as informerly

Examples

  • The gods erewhile created these far-shining forms, wisely sparing the fields and fertile corn-bearing plain.

  • For the last, It ne'er is cancell'd if not kept: and hence I spake erewhile so strictly of its force.

  • Therefore, not singly, I erewhile rehears'd That blessedness we tell of in the day: But near me none beside his accent rais'd.

  • The green talons grasp The land, that stood erewhile the proof so long, And pil'd in bloody heap the host of France.

  • Then they were razed, cleared away and flower-beds laid out, where grand halls erewhile had stood.