| 单词 |
afterhand |
| 释义 |
† ˈafterhand, adv. and prep. Obs. or dial. [f. after prep. + hand; cf. beforehand, behindhand; formerly a phrase, after the hand.] A. adv. Afterwards, subsequently; after the event. (Still in Sc.)
1393Gower Conf. II. 31 Then is he wise after the honde. c1425Wyntoun Cron. vi. xii. 41 In-tyl hys thowcht ay wald he cast, Efterhend hys Statis all. 1634–46J. Row (father) Hist. Kirk (1842) 387 Marshall did sweare afterhend that he had not fylled him at all. 1658S. Lennard Of Wisdome ii. vii. §17 (1670) 285 The wise take it before hand..and the feeble and vulgar sort, after-hand. [1868G. Macdonald Rob. Falc. I. 65 The last time he did it, the puir auld man hostit sair efterhin'.] †B. prep. After. Obs. Sc.
1552Abp. Hamilton Catech. 8 a (Jam.) Efter hend all this, thai turnit thame to the brekaris of the law, saying, etc. |

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