| 单词 |
earlyish |
| 释义 |
earlyish, a. and adv.|ˈɜːlɪɪʃ| [f. early a. + -ish1 3.] Somewhat early; at an early hour; = early on.
1838Mrs. Gaskell Let. 17 July (1966) 18 We set off earlyish 4 o'clock say. 1927W. Deeping Kitty xxviii. 352 It was earlyish, and the big room—empty and noiseless—..seemed to envelope old Jermyn with velvet arms. 1950in K. Jackson Lang. & Hist. Early Brit. (1953) ii. xi. 294 Its epigraphy..is earlyish. 1963Times 23 Jan. 12/7 The wheels of their cars, in which they hoped to make an earlyish get-away, were already jammed with ice. 1968H. R. F. Keating Inspector Ghote hunts Peacock ix. 116 ‘It was early,’ he said. ‘Quite earlyish. Say about seven..give or take five minutes either side.’ |

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