early是什么意思_early怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time;"early morning"
"an early warning"
"early diagnosis"
"an early death"
"took early retirement"
"an early spring"
"early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties"

being or occurring at an early stage of development;"in an early stage"
"early forms of life"
"early man"
"an early computer"

belonging to the distant past;"the early inhabitants of Europe"
"former generations"
"in other times"

very young;"at an early age"

of an early stage in the development of a language or literature;"the Early Hebrew alphabetical script is that used mainly from the 11th to the 6th centuries B.C."
"Early Modern English is represented in documents printed from 1476 to 1700"

expected in the near future;"look for an early end to the negotiations"

Adverb:

during an early stage;"early on in her career"

before the usual time or the time expected;"she graduated early"
"the house was completed ahead of time"

in good time;"he awoke betimes that morning"

中英词源

early 早的

来自PIE*ayer, 早晨，词源同ere, erstwhile. -ly, 形容词后缀。

early: early: [OE] Broken down into its equivalent parts in modern English, early means ‘before-ly’. It was a compound formed from Old English ǣr (ancestor of modern English ere ‘before’) and the adverb ending -ly, modelled probably on the parallel Old Norse form árligr. Ere itself was actually originally a comparative form, which before it was used for ‘before’ meant ‘earlier’.

Old English ǣr came from prehistoric Germanic *airiz, the comparative form of *air ‘early’. Related forms in other Indo-European languages, such as Greek eri ‘in the morning’ and Avestan (the sacred form of Old Iranian) ayarə ‘day’, suggest that its underlying meaning is ‘early in the morning’.
=> ere
early (adv.): Old English ærlice "early," from ær "soon, ere" (see ere) + -lice, adverbial suffix (see -ly (2)). Compare Old Norse arliga "early." The adjective is Old English ærlic. The early bird of the proverb is from 1670s. Related: Earlier; earliest.

词态变化

比较级 earlier;
最高级 earliest;
名词 earliness;
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权威造句

1. Early American weathervanes were most often cut from flat wooden boards.: 美国早期的风向标大多截自平直的木板。

2. Ethiopia"sart springs from her early Christian as well as her Muslim heritage.: 埃塞俄比亚的艺术起源于其早期的基督教和伊斯兰教文化遗产。

3. A Delta II rocket was launched from Cape Canaveral early this morning.: 今天一早，一枚“德尔塔”Ⅱ型火箭在卡纳维拉尔角发射升空。

4. Two trains collided head-on in north-eastern Germany early this morning.: 今天早上德国东北部两列火车迎面相撞。

5. If cancers are spotted early there"sa high chance of survival.: 如果癌症在早期发现的话，存活的几率会很高。

近反义词

adv.

quick

shortly

soon

adj.

advanced

forward

undeveloped

young

相似短语

as early as 早在…

early in 在初

early on adv 在早期

an early bird n. 早到者

early or late 迟早,早晚,终究

early blossoming 早花

early contraction 早期收缩

early fallow 早耕休闲，春季休闲

early lodging 早期倒伏

early mature 早熟

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