early
英['ɜːlɪ]
美['ɝli]
- adj. 早期的；早熟的
- adv. 提早；在初期
- n. (Early)人名；(英)厄尔利
英英释意
- 1. 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"
- 2. being or occurring at an early stage of development;
- "in an early stage"
- "early forms of life"
- "early man"
- "an early computer"
- 3. of the distant past;
- "the early inhabitants of Europe"
- "former generations"
- "in other times"
- 4. very young;
- "at an early age"
- 5. 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"
- 6. expected in the near future;
- "look for an early end to the negotiations"