langsyne
/lang-zahyn, -sahyn/US // ˌlæŋˈzaɪn, -ˈsaɪn //UK // (ˌlæŋˈsəɪn, -ˈsaɪn) Scot //
兰西恩,兰斯恩
Definitions
adv.副词 adverb
- 1
- : long since; long ago.
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : time long past.
Examples
I have spoken of the phrase "Auld langsyne," and of other words, which may be compared in their Anglican and Scottish form.
In Norroway, langsyne, there lived a certain lady, and she had three dochters.
See her again, for auld langsyne, at ony rate, and gie her it yersel.
The very stones prate of Neptune's whereabouts in days of langsyne.
I am no gaun to let the bonny bit young thing that I hae cherished like my ain dochter mak' the same mistake as I made langsyne.
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