whenabout

名词 n. 副词 adv.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The approximate time. uncountable
    — After a dogged silence of long months, in which there have been scores of anxious inquiries on the part of our readers, as to his whereabout, whatabout, and whenabout,—and when-to-be-about,—the Indifferent Man has at length, in the cool indifference of his own good time, 'forked over' the stanzas below, composed on the daguerreotype shadow of a sweetheart whom he had never seen.
副词 adv.
  1. Approximately in time. not-comparable,obsolete
    — In the first place, I wish to congratulate the Premier upon the spirit which has inspired him to bring about the change from “colony” to “dominion"; and the only defect in the spirit I can really find isthat^([sic]) he is premature to the extent of whenabout fifty years.
  2. At what approximate time. not-comparable
    — Having expected the Rector of Faringdon for some time at my house, I could not so well say whenabout we should endeavour to get to Town; […]

词形变化

whenabouts alternative whenabouts alternative

词源

词源 1
From when + about.
词源 2
From when + about.
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