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单词 erst
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Definition of erst in English:

erst

adverb əːstərst
archaic
  • Long ago; formerly.

    〈古〉很久以前;以前,从前

    the friends whom erst you knew

    你以前认识的朋友们。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Guide me, who erst trod so daintily the streets of Troy, but now am but a slave.
    • Here sleeps the Man, who erst denied mean self.
    Synonyms
    formerly, previously, in the past, at one time, at one point, once upon a time, on a former occasion, on one occasion, one time, in one case, time was when, in days gone by, in times gone by, back in the day, in times past, in the old days, in the good old days, long ago

Origin

Old English ǣrest, superlative of ǣr (see ere).

Rhymes

accursed, burst, curst, first, headfirst, Hurst, thirst, under-rehearsed, unrehearsed, unversed, verst, worst, wurst

Definition of erst in US English:

erst

adverbərst
archaic
  • Long ago; formerly.

    〈古〉很久以前;以前,从前

    the friends whom erst you knew

    你以前认识的朋友们。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Guide me, who erst trod so daintily the streets of Troy, but now am but a slave.
    • Here sleeps the Man, who erst denied mean self.
    Synonyms
    formerly, previously, in the past, at one time, at one point, once upon a time, on a former occasion, on one occasion, one time, in one case, time was when, in days gone by, in times gone by, back in the day, in times past, in the old days, in the good old days, long ago

Origin

Old English ǣrest, superlative of ǣr (see ere).

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