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
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.
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