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somewhile

/suhm-hwahyl, -wahyl/US // ˈsʌmˌʰwaɪl, -ˌwaɪl //

有一天,某时,顺便说一下,同时

Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1

    Archaic.

    • : at some former time.
    • : at one time or another; sometime.
    • : at times; sometimes.
    • : for some time.

Examples

  • Somewhile later came King Svein to the encounter with the Danish host, and to him was a tale of three hundred ships.

  • After that they steered east to Osel, and lay there somewhile under a ness.

  • She had somewhile suffered with a weak Heart, and this sudden and extreme cold paralysed what vitality it had.

  • Somewhile before dawn the rain ceased, the sky brightened, and here and there a star showed.

  • Somewhile after I was called to Prestongrange, where he was sitting in his bedgown and nightcap, with his letters round him.