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eftsoons的意思

eftsoons

基本解释

adv.

    [古语]
      不久

      即刻,随即

      [废语]经常,常常,屡

      [废语]又,再,亦

英文词源

eftsoons (adv.)
obsolete or archaic way of saying "soon afterward," from Old English eftsona "a second time, repeatedly, soon after, again," from eft "afterward, again, a second time" (from Proto-Germanic *aftiz, from PIE root *apo- "off, away;" see apo-) + sona "immediately" (see soon). With adverbial genitive. Not in living use since 17c.