| 词汇 | once upon a time |
| 释义 | Idiom once upon a time Theme: TIME once in the past. (A formula used to begin a fairy tale.)Once upon a time, there were three bears.Once upon a time, I had a puppy of my own. Idiom once upon a time literary 1. a long time ago. Once upon a time there lived a young girl called Cinderella. 2. if you say that something happened once upon a time, you mean that it happened in the past and you wish that it still happened now. Once upon a time, everyone knew each other in this town and nobody bothered locking their doors. once upon a timeA long time ago in the past. Used predominantly as a clichéd opening to fairy tales or stories for young children. Once upon a time, there lived a princess who was training to be a fearsome warrior. Even I was young once upon a time, if you can believe that. once upon a timeCliché once in the past. (A formula used to begin a fairy tale.) Once upon a time, there were three bears. Once upon a time, I had a puppy of my own. once upon a timeOn some past occasion, as in I may have sung this piece once upon a time, but I don't really remember it. This phrase, first recorded in 1595, is frequently used as the opening line of fairy tales and stories told to children, as in Once upon a time there was a king who had three beautiful daughters. once upon a time1 at some time in the past (used as a conventional opening of a story). 2 formerly.ˌonce upon a ˈtimeused, especially at the beginning of children’s stories, to mean ‘a long time in the past’: Once upon a time in a faraway land there lived a princess in a big castle. |
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