oft

FREQ #25213

adv. 常常, 再三

发音

US /ɔft/
/ɑft/
UK /ɒft/

词形变化

ofter 比较级 ofter oftest 最高级

释义与例句

adv.
  1. 1.

    often; frequently; not rarely

    方言 诗歌

    An oft-told tale

    1819, George Gordon Byron, John Galt (biography), The Pophecy of Dante, Canto the Fourth, 1857, The Complete Works of Lord Byron, Volume 1, page 403, And how is it that they, the sons of fame, Whose inspiration seems to them to shine From high, they whom the nations oftest name, Must pass their days in penury or pain, Or step to grandeur through the paths of shame, And wear a deeper brand and gaudier chain?

    1902, James H. Mulligan, In Kentucky, quoted in 2005, Wade Hall (editor), The Kentucky Anthology, page 203, The moonlight falls the softest In Kentucky; The summer days come oftest In Kentucky;

词汇关系

副词

同义词 4

often frequently oftentimes ofttimes

相关短语

oft used oft times oft mentioned the best laid plans of mice and men go oft astray the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry many a time and oft 许多次

词源

From Middle English oft (also ofte, often > Modern English often), from Old English oft (“often”), from Proto-West Germanic *oftu, *oftō, from Proto-Germanic *uftō (“often”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian oafte (“oft, often”), West Frisian oft, ofte (“oft, often”), Dutch oft (“oft, often”), German oft (“oft, often”). More at often.

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