请输入您要查询的单词:

 

单词 momently
释义

momently

English

Etymology

From Middle English momently, equivalent to moment + -ly.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈməʊməntli/

Adverb

momently (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) From moment to moment; continually. [from 16th c.]
    • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, II.188:
      The silent Ocean, and the starlight bay, / The twilight glow, which momently grew less, / The voiceless sands, and dropping caves, that lay / Around them, made them to each other press [...].
    • 1835, Edgar Allan Poe, ‘King Pest’:
      Huge stones and beams falling momently from the decaying roofs above them, gave evidence, by their sullen and heavy descent, of the vast height of the surrounding houses […].
  2. (now literary) Momentarily; for a moment. [from 19th c.]
随便看

 

国际大辞典收录了7408809条英语、德语、日语等多语种在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词及词组的翻译及用法,是外语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2023 idict.net All Rights Reserved
京ICP备2021023879号 更新时间:2024/9/9 11:53:26