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yes·ter·year
ye str yir
noun
times of the recent past, usu. considered nostalgically; days of yore.
last year.
adverb
during recent years.
yester- 加 year 于1870年由但丁·加布里埃尔·罗塞蒂创造,用于翻译法语 antan(源自通俗拉丁语 *anteannum “去年”)在弗朗索瓦·维永的一句副歌中: Mais ou sont les neiges d'antan?,罗塞蒂将其翻译为“但昔日之雪何在?”
yesterday + year
The first known use of yesteryear was in 1870
yoganoun
capitalized a Hindu philosophy teaching that by holding back the activity of one's body, mind, and will one can know one's true self and be free
a system of exercises for gaining bodily or mental control and well-being
yodelverb
to sing while frequently going back and forth between the range of one's natural voice and a higher rangealso: to shout or call in this manner
yippeeinterjection
—used to express delight or triumph
yipverb
to bark sharply, quickly, and often continuouslyalso: to utter a short sharp cry yipped with joy
the poodle ran around yipping
yieldingadjective
not rigid or stiff : flexible
a yielding mass
tending to give in to the wishes of another
a cheerful yielding nature
yewnoun
any of a genus of evergreen trees and shrubs that are gymnosperms with short stiff flattened needlelike leaves and seeds having a red juicy covering
the wood of a yewespecially: the heavy fine-grained wood of an Old World yew that is used especially for bows and small articles
yewnoun
any of a genus of evergreen trees and shrubs that are gymnosperms with short stiff flattened needlelike leaves and seeds having a red juicy covering
the wood of a yewespecially: the heavy fine-grained wood of an Old World yew that is used especially for bows and small articles
yesteryearnoun
last year
the recent past
1 Its stylized design heightens the coziness and claustrophobia of a small-town yesteryear—there’s something ominous in the soda-counter scenery, a dollop of David Lynch in the milkshakes.
2 Service and duty are not just the guiding principles of yesteryear. They have an enduring value which spans the generations.
为国家效忠和服务这不仅仅是过去的坚持和信念,新一代的人也同样体会着其重要的意义。
3 Whether or not the dancers of yesteryear were even better, it was often easy to watch without being haunted by ghosts of performances past.
4 The beach theme continues with a 275-seat dining room, its back wall painted with a mural of the Key West of yesteryear.
5 Under rough-hewed beams, patrons gather for libations at yesteryear prices and meditative evenings that become impromptu dance parties.
6 There is also some puzzlement over the naming of the festival stages after pop icons of yesteryear: Marilyn Monroe, Bob Dylan and James Dean.
7 “You wonder how many people wandered into the old cherrywood-paneled room of yesteryear and said, ‘My father’s clothes.’ ”
8 Yes, phone booths: They may be reminiscent of a yesteryear largely confined to the movies, but they are now back for public use.
9 Onstage, at the Birchmere, Crosby appeared almost beatific: a living, breathing rebuttal to the “Just Say No” scolds of yesteryear.
10 If you were not eating meat in the 1990s and early 2000s, you might harbor painful memories of the wan, wet vegan dogs of yesteryear.
11 Smallest series with legendary movements of yesteryear are new highlights of our work.
最小昔日的具有传奇色彩的运动系列是我们工作的新亮点。
12 Or the South Beach of yesteryear, of pastel Art Deco buildings, museums and monuments?
13 Like the recent “Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie,” or the film spinoffs of “Sex and the City,” “Bridget Jones’s Baby” trades on nostalgia for the characters’ quaint misbehavior and silly fantasies of yesteryear.
14 Late September is arguably comparable to the recent work of Joanna Hogg – but with much lower production values, looking at times like a moody and startlingly depressing daytime TV drama from yesteryear.
15 What Dreaming does is string together all his sounds from yesteryear and not only move forward, but above.
16 To see who else is participating, go to www.unsilentnight.com, where you can also sample the music and look at video of "Unsilent Nights" of yesteryear.
17 "For the fashions of today versus yesteryear, what I think is interesting is that 70 plus years later boys are still wearing jeans and t-shirts and letterman jackets," Semar told Fox News.
18 Ocracoke Island, accessible only by air or water, wants to be that sleepy fishing village of yesteryear.
19 Yet again, the nonconformist rebels of yesteryear become the standard-setters of today.
20 These are recordings that invert the generosity of the R&B that influenced them — instead of ramping up yesteryear’s maximalism, these songs make room.