a. former 以前的。
△ Ham.1.2. 8:“oursometime sister,now our queen,”從前的長(zhǎng)嫂,如今的王后。
△Lr.1.1.122 (120): “As thou my sometimedaughter.”像你,我這個(gè)從前的女兒。
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1.sometimes,at times,now and then,occasionally 有時(shí),有時(shí)候,不時(shí),偶爾。
△L.L.L.3.1.15 (14):“sometimethrough the throat,”有時(shí)候(聲音)從喉嚨里出來(lái)。
△Mid.2.1.38: “And sometime make the drink to bear nobarm;”有時(shí)候使得正釀的酒不起泡沫。
△Lr.4.3.41 (39):“Who sometime,in his better tune,remembersWhat we are come about,”他有時(shí)神志清醒些,還記得我們是來(lái)干什么的。
△Mac.4.2.74 (76): “to do goodsometime / Accounted dangerous folly.” 做好事有時(shí)候卻被認(rèn)為是危險(xiǎn)的蠢事。
△2H.VI.2.4. 42:“Sometime I’llsay I am Duke Humphrey’s wife,/ And he a prince,and ruler of the land;”偶爾我會(huì)說(shuō),我是亨弗雷公爵的妻子,他是一位親王,還是國(guó)家的統(tǒng)治者。
△3H.VI.2.2.29:“evenwith those wings / Which sometime they have usedwith fearful flight,”甚至使用它們有時(shí)在驚逃中使用的翅膀
2. formerly 從前。
△Ham.3.1.115 (113): “This wassometime a paradox,”這在從前是一種怪論。
△Mid.4.1.59 (53): “And that same dew which sometime on thebuds / Was wont to swell like round and orientpearls,”往常,露珠在花心里顫動(dòng),就像一顆顆東方的滾圓的珍珠。
3. at one time,once 一次,一回。
△1H.VI.5.1.30:“Then I perceive that will be verified / Henry theFifth did sometime prophesy.”那么我看亨利五世一次預(yù)言的話(huà)就要實(shí)現(xiàn)了。