lived in
famous once, but nobody reads it
today.
0t, \®WfTi$fx:\\v\Wo 3 used in negative sentences
and questions, and after if to
mean ‘ever’ or ‘at all’ ( ft] if /5 ) Heneveronce
offered to help, fi& M. A ± 55 $1 fcb
ft IS 'ft. 0 If she once decides to do something, you won’t change her mind,
jtffe -0<*;eAAA,
MlMEA7M65±j£o EEJ.allat 'once 1 suddenly M-M:
All at once she
lost her temper. 2 all together; at the
same time —M> IWJflf cm simultaneously- I can’t do everything all
at once—you’ll have to be patient. A 0 #W)\1IAf#o at ‘once 1 immediately; without delay tL BP;
S, ±: Come here at once! S, fij ft M ! 2 at the same time |s] frf HT71 simultan
eously: Don’t all speak at once! AlCAH 1^1 N't#! 0 I can’t do two things at
once. (just)
for ‘once | just this ‘once (informal) on this occasion (which is in contrast
to what happens usually) IXlfcfc—IX ( ) : Just for once he arrived on
time. R Aft — IX ik $£ Hi PJ 7 0 o Can’t
you be nice to each other just this once? 31 ffc/D tfc A ib ®P '16 —* IX ? going once, going twice, sold (especially NAmE) = GOING, GOING, gone at gone once a gain | once ‘more one more time; another time #—■#:; #
IX: Once again the train was
late. AAX—#CB&,&7o 0 Let me hear it just once more, it 3% # BJt — lit o once a , always a ... used to say that sb cannot
change ( 7AAf&PA$ ) —Once an
actor, always an actor. —AA ztAo once and for ‘all now and for the last time;
finally or completely ft/ffffe; $1 Ji£ Jfe; — & 7 j&: We need to
settle this once and for all. ISCIfrlcfEft^ — /AHiAo ,once ’bitten, .twice ‘shy (saying) after an unpleasant
experience you are careful to avoid sth similar —
4£f!$e, 77il5#£i once in a blue 'moon (informal) very
rarely M A ® (every) .once in a
'while
occasionally
fUAli; |h]^c .once or 'twice a few times — M&; fUX: I don’t know her well, I’ve
only met her once or twice. -ftRMftM—
.once
too 'often used to say that sb has done sth wrong or stupid again, and this time
they will suffer because of it You’ve tried that trick once too
often. It jfi, ^ft#:#j§AIft7o .once upon a
'time
used,
especially at the beginning of stories, to mean ‘a long time in the past’ ( 'Jf 7 ^ fill
ft A ) )X
fj, Once
upon a time there was a beautiful
princess. ffM,
* conj. as soon as; when — ■■■Wti
— EL; ^ • • • if #: We didn’t know how we would cope once the money had
gone.-smtitj, mmT'tamm&'AfrTo orhe
water is fine once you’re in! Ifo— EL A 77jc, M^Hsfc4§7fc a^iSo
once-over noun ffSTOl give sb/sth a/the 'once-over
(informal) 1 to look at sb/sth quickly to see what
they or it are like f Iit ; M W —* BI 2 to clean sth
quickly She
gave the room a quick once-over
before the guests arrived. jt£gAi£$ft3fE,
£I7-To
on col ogy /nq'kDlad3i; NAmE an'kail-/ noun [U] the scientific study of and
treatment of tumours in the body ► on colo gist /mo'kDl0d3ist; NAmE a:n‘ka:l-/
noun
on-com-ing/'DnkAmiq; NAmE 'a:n-; 'a:n-/ adj. [only before noun] coming
towards you IffilSW; BP # 5|t l[&
65 H7TI approaching
: Always
walk facing the oncoming traffic.
One 0-w /wAn/ number, det., pron.
m number, det. 1 the number 1 —: Do
you want one or two? ifc K — 7 i£ Jit W 7 ? 0 There’s
only room for one person. R A—7
A65$|h1o 0 One more, please!
—71 o a one-bedroomed
apartment — |bJ{ShlH657rA)%
0 I’ll see you at one (=
2 used
in formal language or for emphasis before hundred, thousand, etc., or before a unit of
measurement ( hundred, thousand
)tR*: It cost one hundred and fifty pounds, m A mfe
r-IItlfc O He lost by less than one second, m IU A M - # # 6U H m 7 tfc £ „ 3 used for
emphasis to mean ‘a single’ or ‘just one’ ( ^ 3. iJ§ ) #• -A, There’s only one thing we can do.
is ffl 61) R # ♦ o 4 a
person or thing, especially
when they are part of a group (
O One place I’d really like to visit is
emphasis to mean ‘the only one’ or ‘the most
important one’ (,^3SlSl ) "i-'W — 'N —
He’s the
one person I can trust. jffeJillcPi — Ac o Her
one concern was for the health of
her baby. M Pf£ — ^ 7' 6lJ Sfe H & 7 6lJ It M c o It’s the
one thing I can’t stand about him. 6
used when
you are talking about a time in the past or
the future, without actually saying which one (
Wl'al ) : I saw her one afternoon last week. 61) —7T AJEPJ TMo o One day (= at
some time in the future) you’ll understand.
& A#/
63 61] o 7
the
same (fj—■7: They all went off in one direction. 111 13 M —7 A ft j£ 7. 8 (informal, espe
cially NAmE) used for emphasis
instead of a or an ( ft# a an, ) : That was one hell of a game! gfl-r-
— 0 She’s one snappy
dresser. jt&65
9 used with a person’s name to show that the speaker does not know the
person ( -^A^3£^, AAiAiR65A ) 7 BOH a certain: He
worked as an assistant to one Mr
Ming. f& fp — fv Bf] % ■ ^ fit) 7 o iraBI as 'one (formal) in agreement; all
together—1^; — ff: We spoke as one on this
matter. ZE & AI h] M ± It jll P S(C o (be) at 'one (with sb/sth)
(formal) to feel that you
completely agree with sb/sth, or that you are part of sth a
place where you can feel at one
with nature — fij-fe? A SA—for 'one used to emphasize that a particular person
does sth and that you believe other people do too
in ^ ) : I, for one, would prefer to
postpone the meeting. i^fliS^Sl65, — to get sth in 'one to
understand or guess sth immediately az; BP M ft
f!] ) get one 'over (on) sb/sth (informal) to get an
advantage over sb/sth £ AM.; j&M; I’m
not
going to let them get one over
on me! fic, A it IMl M ! go one 'better (than sb/sth) to do sth better than sb
else or than you have done before J&A-'H; ( tb i BilA ) POT1 OUTDO:
She
did well this year
and next year she hopes to go
one better, Af# A
in'one used to say that sb/sth has different roles, contains different things
or is used for different purposes H7—JH
She’s a mother and company director in one. 0 It’s a public relations
office, a press office and a
private office all in one. M)l
XmLAtb&M: H # — #0 —see also all-in-one ,one after a'nother/ the 'other first one person or thing,
and then another, and then another, up to any number or amount —- Ai£ —^££#A£&it&:
The bills kept coming in, one after another. .one and 'all (old-
fashioned, informal) everyone # fv ; A % ; ft A: Happy New Year to one and
all! ! ,one
and 'only used to emphasize that sb is famous A 65; Pi—65; A45
65: Here he is, the one and only Van Morrison! ftMt7,
;&Mt£A$l65?£ • .one and
the 'same used for emphasis to mean ‘the same’ ( ^ A 51 ) NJ —
7": I never realized Ruth Rendell and Barbara Vine were one and the
same (= the same person using two
different names), -ft /A A JiiR f'J 7k S • AHA ffl'SSft.* 7Ao
.one by
'one separately
and in order M—Mk : I went through the
items on the list one by one. #-±65 ^ @ 0
.one
or'two a fewWe’ve had one or two problems—nothing serious.
3% A1A — & IeI M, A M S A
A A A 7 65 o .one 'up (on sb) having an advantage over sb B&it — W; ^
A ) when you’ve seen,
heard,
etc. 'one, you’ve seen, heard, etc. them 'all (saying) used to say that all
types of the things mentioned are very similar )5r A 65 • • IP A f^J A #; A
— {K^P^TtrA: I don’t like science
fiction novels much.