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quondam

/kwon-duhm, -dam/US // ˈkwɒn dəm, -dæm //UK // (ˈkwɒndæm) //

夸父,夸大其词,狴犴,夸大

Related Words

bygone昔日的,逝去的,昔日,逝者如斯夫erstwhile以前的,以前,以前的时候,以前是onetime一次性,一次性的,一次,一次过past过去,过去的,过去的事情,过去的事preceding前面的,前面提到的,前面,前面的例子sometime某时,某一时期,某一时刻,有时间

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : former; onetime: his quondam partner.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.former
Synonyms
bygone昔日的,逝去的,昔日,逝者如斯夫erstwhile以前的,以前,以前的时候,以前是onetime一次性,一次性的,一次,一次过past过去,过去的,过去的事情,过去的事preceding前面的,前面提到的,前面,前面的例子sometime某时,某一时期,某一时刻,有时间

Examples

  • Amongst all my fellow clerks I remember one only who resembled as a borrower some of my quondam associates at Derby.

  • The quondam midwife, with tears in her eyes, looked at her, and blessed the moment she had done a generous act.

  • I walked with his lordship and Count Gamba to examine them, speculating philosophically on their quondam contents.

  • O that the peasants in the country, My quondam fellows, but saw me as I am, How they would admire and worship me!

  • So great was the transformation that at the first glance we failed to recognize our quondam pupil and friend.

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