earlier /'ɚliɚ/
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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]
earlier
更早的
資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]
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.
Early and provident fear is the mother of safety.
--Burke.
The doorsteps and threshold with the early grass
springing up about them. --Hawthorne.
2. Coming in the first part of a period of time, or among the
first of successive acts, events, etc.
Seen in life's early morning sky. --Keble.
The forms of its earlier manhood. --Longfellow.
The earliest poem he composed was in his seventeenth
summer. --J. C.
Shairp.
{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.
資料來源(3): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]
early
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: {middle}, {late}]
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}]
3: of the distant past; "the early inhabitants of Europe";
"former generations"; "in other times" [syn: {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: {middle}, {late}]
6: expected in the near future; "look for an early end to the
negotiations"
adv 1: during an early stage; "early on in her career" [syn: {early
on}]
2: before the usual time or the time expected; "she graduated
early"; "the house was completed ahead of time" [syn: {ahead
of time}, {too soon}] [ant: {late}]
3: in good time; "he awoke betimes that morning" [syn: {betimes}]
[also: {earliest}, {earlier}]
資料來源(4): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]
earlier
adj : (comparative and superlative of `early') more early than;
most early; "a fashion popular in earlier times"; "his
earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher";
"Verdi's earliest and most raucous opera" [syn: {earliest}]
adv 1: earlier in time; previously; "I had known her before"; "as I
said before"; "he called me the day before but your
call had come even earlier"; "her parents had died
four years earlier"; "I mentioned that problem
earlier" [syn: {before}]
2: comparatives of `soon' or `early'; "Come a little sooner, if
you can"; "came earlier than I expected" [syn: {sooner}]
3: before now; "why didn't you tell me in the first place?"
[syn: {in the first place}, {in the beginning}, {to begin
with}, {originally}]
資料來源(5): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]
earlier
See {early}
資料來源(6): Internet Dictionary Project [english-german]
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資料來源(7): Internet Dictionary Project [english-german]
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資料來源(8): Internet Dictionary Project [english-spanish]
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