early

名词 n. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /ˈɜːli/    美 /ˈɝli/|/ɚ̞li/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A shift (scheduled work period) that takes place early in the day. informal
    — On my first day on the watch after leaving the shoplifting squad I paraded on earlies but had completely forgotten to take my ear ring off.
形容词 adj.
  1. At a time in advance of the usual or expected event.
    — at eleven, we went for an early lunch; she began reading at an early age; his mother suffered an early death
  2. Arriving a time before expected; sooner than on time.
    — You're early today! I don't usually see you before nine o'clock.
  3. After but close to the start of a period of time.
    — The play "Two Gentlemen of Verona" is one of Shakespeare's early works.
  4. In the starting hours of the day.
    — It's too early for this sort of thing. I'm not awake yet.
  5. Having begun to occur; in its early stages.
    — early cancer
  6. Of a star or class of stars, hotter than the sun.
副词 adv.
  1. At a time before expected; sooner than usual.
    — We finished the project an hour sooner than scheduled, so we left early.
  2. Soon; in good time; seasonably.
    — [T]thoſe that ſeeke me early, ſhall find me.

词形变化

earlier comparative earliest superlative earlies plural earlier comparative earliest superlative

词汇关系

近义词
early early doors prematurely
反义词
late terminal mid middle tardily
下位词
initial
衍生词
be a hundred years too early call it an early night earliness early adopter early and late Early Assamese early bath early bells early binding early bird early bird special early blight early bloomer early-bound early bright early childhood early childhood education early closing earlycomer early crow early day motion early-day motion early days early door early doors early fetal demise early grave early Helladic early infantile autism early innings earlyish Early Latin early life check early lifer early mark early modern Early Modern Czech early music early night early on early position Early Proto-Indo-European early-purple orchid early purple orchid early queening early reader early retiree early retirement early retirement pensioner early return early riser early saxifrage early Shōwa early shower early spider orchid early spring orchis early syphilis early time early-to-bedder early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise early-to-mid Early Tripuri early-type star early vote early voter early voting early-warning early warning radar early warning system early winter cress early withdrawal earlywood European early modern human an early age get up early it's early days like turkeys voting for an early Christmas nice and early nonearly pseudoearly small and early the early bird catches the worm the early bird gets the worm twirly ultraearly bright and early Christmas come early
相关词
premature

词源

词源 1
From Middle English erly, erlich, earlich, from Old English ǣrlīċ (“early”, adjective), equivalent to ere + -ly.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey-
Proto-Indo-European *-eri
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyeri
Proto-Germanic *airi
Proto-Germanic *airiz
Old English ǣr
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Old English ǣrlīċe
Middle English erly
English early
From Middle English erly, orely, arely, erliche, arliche, from Old English ǣrlīċe, ārlīċe (“early; early in the morning”, adverb), equivalent to ere + -ly. Cognate with Old Norse árliga, árla ( > Danish årle, Swedish arla, Norwegian årle, Faroese árla).
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