soon

形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /suːn/    美 /sun/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Short in length of time from the present.
    — I need the soonest date you have available.
  2. Early. US,dialectal
    — Late in the evening we arrived at Quincy where we bivouacked for the night and taken a soon start the next morning to march to the arsenal.
  3. Used as an alternative to express 'to be going to' in the form 'to be soon to'.
    — Hurry up, the wedding is soon to start!
副词 adv.
  1. Immediately, instantly. obsolete
  2. Within a short time; quickly.
    — His wife is likely to come too after him, but we just do not know how soon after.
  3. Early. dialectal
    — How is it that ye are come so soon to day?
  4. Readily; willingly; used with would, or some other word expressing will.
    — I would as soon see a river winding through woods or in meadows, as when it is tossed up in so many whimsical figures at Versailles.

词形变化

sooner comparative soonest superlative sooner comparative soonest superlative

词汇关系

近义词
anon betimes by and by directly dreckley early eftsoons hastily imminently just now momentarily presently promptly pronto quickly rear shortly soon tidely
反义词
behind time eventually immediately on time punctually recently someday sometime
上位词
subsequently
下位词
sooner than later ASAP in a minute PDQ right away toot sweet
衍生词
a fool and his money are soon parted a little pot is soon hot any time soon anytime soon as soon as as soon as look at someone as soon as possible eaten bread is soon forgotten eftsoons get well soon just as soon as none too soon not a minute too soon not a moment too soon oversoon real soon now you soon soon enough sooner or later soonish soonly soonness soon-to-be soon to follow soon-to-wed Soon™ speak too soon too soon
相关词
soon kueh soon kway prematurely

词源

词源 1
From Middle English sone, from Old English sōna (“immediately, at once”), from Proto-West Germanic *sān(ō), from Proto-Germanic *sēna, *sēnô (“immediately, soon, then”), from *sa (demonstrative pronoun), from Proto-Indo-European *só (demonstrative pronoun).
Cognate with Scots sone, sune, schone (“soon, quickly, at once”), North Frisian san (“immediately, at once”), dialectal Dutch zaan (“soon, before long”), Middle Low German sân (“right afterwards, soon”), Middle High German sān, son (“soon, then”), Old High German sār (“immediately, soon”). Compare also Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐍃 (suns, “immediately, soon”), from Proto-Germanic *suniz (“soon”).
词源 2
From Middle English sone, from Old English sōna (“immediately, at once”), from Proto-West Germanic *sān(ō), from Proto-Germanic *sēna, *sēnô (“immediately, soon, then”), from *sa (demonstrative pronoun), from Proto-Indo-European *só (demonstrative pronoun).
Cognate with Scots sone, sune, schone (“soon, quickly, at once”), North Frisian san (“immediately, at once”), dialectal Dutch zaan (“soon, before long”), Middle Low German sân (“right afterwards, soon”), Middle High German sān, son (“soon, then”), Old High German sār (“immediately, soon”). Compare also Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐍃 (suns, “immediately, soon”), from Proto-Germanic *suniz (“soon”).
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