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early 音标拼音: ['ɚli] ad. 早,在初期
a. 早的,早期的,及早的 早,在初期早的,早期的,及早的 early早期 early adv 1: during an early stage; " early on in her career" [ synonym: { early on}, { early}] 2: before the usual time or the time expected; " she graduated early"; " the house was completed ahead of time" [ synonym: { early}, { ahead of time}, { too soon}] [ ant: { belatedly}, { late}, { tardily}] 3: in good time; " he awoke betimes that morning" [ synonym: { early}, { betimes}] adj 1: at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time; " early morning"; " an early warning"; " early diagnosis"; " an early death"; " took early retirement"; " an early spring"; " early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties" [ ant: { late}, { middle}] 2: being or occurring at an early stage of development; " in an early stage"; " early forms of life"; " early man"; " an early computer" [ ant: { late}, { later( a)}] 3: belonging to the distant past; " the early inhabitants of Europe"; " former generations"; " in other times" [ synonym: { early( a)}, { former( a)}, { other( a)}] 4: very young; " at an early age" 5: of an early stage in the development of a language or literature; " the Early Hebrew alphabetical script is that used mainly from the 11th to the 6th centuries B. C."; " Early Modern English is represented in documents printed from 1476 to 1700" [ ant: { late}, { middle}] 6: expected in the near future; " look for an early end to the negotiations" Early \ Ear" ly\ ([~ e] r" l[ y^]), adv. [ OE. erli, erliche, AS. [= ae] rl[ imac] ce; [= ae] r sooner l[ imac] c like. See { Ere}, and { Like}.] Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early. [ 1913 Webster] Those that me early shall find me. -- Prov. viii. 17. [ 1913 Webster] You must wake and call me early. -- Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster]
Early \ Ear" ly\, a. [ Compar. { Earlier} ([~ e] r" l[ i^]*[~ e] r); superl. { Earliest}.] [ OE. earlich. [ root] 204. See { Early}, adv.] 1. In advance of the usual or appointed time; in good season; prior in time; among or near the first; -- opposed to { late}; as, the early bird; an early spring; early fruit. [ 1913 Webster] Early and provident fear is the mother of safety. -- Burke. [ 1913 Webster] The doorsteps and threshold with the early grass springing up about them. -- Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Coming in the first part of a period of time, or among the first of successive acts, events, etc. [ 1913 Webster] Seen in life' s early morning sky. -- Keble. [ 1913 Webster] The forms of its earlier manhood. -- Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster] The earliest poem he composed was in his seventeenth summer. -- J. C. Shairp. [ 1913 Webster] { Early English} ( Philol.) See the Note under { English}. { Early English architecture}, the first of the pointed or Gothic styles used in England, succeeding the Norman style in the 12th and 13th centuries. Syn: Forward; timely; not late; seasonable. [ 1913 Webster] 129 Moby Thesaurus words for " early": a priori, advanced, ages ago, ahead, ahead of time, already, anachronistic, ancient, anciently, antecedent, antedated, antediluvian, anterior, anticipative, anticipatory, antiquated, antique, away back, back, backward, before, before all, beforehand, beforetime, beginning, behind time, behindhand, betimes, bright and early, ci- devant, dated, earlier, elder, ere, ere then, erenow, erstwhile, ex post facto, first, fore, foredated, foregoing, forehand, forehanded, foresighted, foresightedly, former, formerly, heretofore, hitherto, immemorial, in advance, in ancient times, in anticipation, in good time, in olden times, in times past, inappropriate, initial, initially, inopportune, into the past, late, long ago, long since, metachronistic, misdated, mistimed, of old, of yore, old, olden, older, once, onetime, or ever, original, originally, out of date, out of season, overdue, oversoon, parachronistic, past, past due, pioneer, postdated, preceding, precipitant, precocious, precociously, precurrent, preexistent, prehistoric, premature, prematurely, prevenient, previous, previously, primal, prime, primeval, primitive, primordial, prior, priorly, pristine, prochronistic, quondam, recent, retroactive, retrospective, seasonably, senior, some time ago, some time back, sometime, soon, tardy, then, theretofore, timely, unanticipated, unexpected, unpunctual, unseasonable, untimely, years ago, yet |
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