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eftsoons的意思

eftsoons

[eft'su:n]
  • adv.
    • [古语]
      • 不久
      • 即刻,随即
    • [废语]经常,常常,屡
    • [废语]又,再,亦

eftsoons

英文词源


eftsoons (adv.)
obsolete or archaic way of saying "soon afterward," from Old English eftsona "a second time, repeatedly, soon after, again," from eft "afterward, again, a second time" (from Proto-Germanic *aftiz, from PIE root *apo- "off, away;" see apo-) + sona "immediately" (see soon). With adverbial genitive. Not in living use since 17c.