Early
['ɜːlɪ] or ['ɝli]
解释:
(adj.) 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' .
(adj.) being or occurring at an early stage of development; 'in an early stage'; 'early forms of life'; 'early man'; 'an early computer' .
(adj.) 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' .
(adj.) very young; 'at an early age' .
(adj.) expected in the near future; 'look for an early end to the negotiations' .
(adj.) belonging to the distant past; 'the early inhabitants of Europe'; 'former generations'; 'in other times' .
(adv.) before the usual time or the time expected; 'she graduated early'; 'the house was completed ahead of time'.
(adv.) in good time; 'he awoke betimes that morning'.
哈里特编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(adv.) Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early.
(adv.) 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.
(adv.) Coming in the first part of a period of time, or among the first of successive acts, events, etc.
手打:凯西
同义词及近义词：
a. [1]. Timely, seasonable, in season, not late.[2]. Forward, premature.[3]. At dawn, at day-break, at the opening of day.
ad. Soon, betimes, seasonably, in good season, in good time.
柏格编辑
解释:
adj. in good season: at or near the beginning of the day: relating to the beginning: happening in the near future.—adv. near the beginning: soon.—n. Ear′liness.—Early and late at all times; Early bird an early riser; Early English (archit.) generally applied to the form of Gothic in which the pointed arch was first employed in Britain. The Early English succeeded the Norman towards the end of the 12th century and merged into the Decorated at the end of the 13th.—Keep early hours to rise and go to bed betimes; Small and early (coll.) applied to evening parties; The early bird catches the worm a proverb in favour of early rising.
胡安娜校对
娱乐性解释：
A title of stupidity. See old saw,
校对:韦恩
例句:
- As a walking companion, Emma had very early foreseen how useful she might find her. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- A departure was early made in the matter of strengthening the ribs of oak to better meet the strains from the rough seas. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- As in everything else, it has taken time to overcome the faults of the early trucks. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- Then, collecting himself, he added in his usual tone, And what may it be your pleasure to want at so early an hour with the poor Jew? 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- One of the most important of the early inventions in the textile art was the _cotton gin_. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- Oh, at six o'clock: he keeps early hours in the country. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- It was still early enough to catch the morning train. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Thence he pushed on to Waynesboro', where he found the enemy in force in an intrenched position, under General Early. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- I rose early, but felt unusually melancholy. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- I must go to bed early. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Chance set me free of my London engagements to-day sooner than I had expected, and I have got here, in consequence, earlier than my appointed time. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- The electrical features of the 1882 locomotive were very similar to those of the earlier one, already described. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Even in 1847 few of these things had lost their novelty, most of them were in the earlier stages of development. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- I arrived four hours earlier than my appointment. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- Warren was not aware of his presence, but probably supposed it was the cavalry which Merritt had engaged earlier in the day. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- The earlier aviators had found that two planes, or double-deckers, gave the best results. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- And now I am brought to a little piece of news, my dearest, that I might have told you earlier in the evening. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- All of this is very reminiscent of the religious and political state of affairs in Greece fourteen centuries earlier. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Galileo determined to study the laws of mechanics by experiment, and not, as so many earlier scientists had done, by argument or mere theoretical opinions. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- It was the room in which, six months earlier, the merry Christmas party had met, to which Eustacia came secretly and as a stranger. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- The second book begins with an account of different philosophic al views concerning the origin of matter, and a discussion of the earliest dwellings of man. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- Among the earliest fire-arms of this period one was invented which was a breech-loader and revolver. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- The Egyptians were the earliest and greatest agriculturists, and from them the art was learned by the Greeks. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- Haak from the German Palatinate was one of the earliest Fellows of the Society, and is even credited by Wallis wit h being the first to suggest the meetings of 1645. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- I have come hither, Rebecca insisted, with a stamp of her foot, to say farewell to my dearest and earliest friend. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Inform me at the earliest practicable day of the time when you will embark, and such plans as may then be matured. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- The earliest rival of the Remington was the Caligraph, made by the American Writing Machine Co. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- For instance, in the very earliest days of electric lighting, the safe insulation of two bare wires fastened together was a serious problem that was solved by him. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- The passengers do not turn out at unseasonable hours, as they used to, to get the earliest possible glimpse of strange foreign cities. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Long ago, when he had been famous among his earliest competitors as a youth of great promise, he had followed his father to the grave. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
奥德丽整理