by and by

短语
大学

不久以后

别名

by-and-by by and bye byemby byembye

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Heaven; the hereafter. Usually preceded with "the sweet."

    不可数

    I'm sorry ma'am, but your cat's gone on to the sweet by and by.

adv.
  1. 1.

    After a short time.

  2. 2.

    After an indefinite period.

    Sit down, have a rest, and by and by you'll be feeling better.

  3. 3.

    Immediately; at once.

    废旧

词汇关系

名词

上位词 4

future hereafter futurity time to come
副词

同义词 1

later

词源

From Middle English by and by (“side by side, close together, alongside, on and on, continually, again and again, repeatedly”), equivalent to by + and + by.

来源：wiktionary