yore

FREQ #35347

n. 从前, 往昔

发音

UK /jɔː/
US /joɹ/
/jo(ː)ɹ/
/joə/

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A time long past.

    昔日

    诗歌 不可数

    This word comes from the days of yore.

adv.
  1. 1.

    In time long past; long ago.

    废旧

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

past yesteryear

相关短语

days of yore of yore 从前, 往昔

词源

From Middle English yore, yoare, yare, ȝore, ȝare, ȝeare, from Old English ġeāra (“long ago”), of unclear origin but probably from Proto-Germanic *jērǫ̂ (literally “of years”), the genitive plural of Proto-Germanic *jērą (“year”). More at year.

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