eftsoons
[eft'su:n]
- adv.
- [古语]
- 不久
- 即刻，随即
- [古语]
英文词源
- eftsoons (adv.)
- obsolete or archaic way of saying "soon afterward," from Old English eftsona "a second time, repeatedly, soon after, again," from eft "afterward, again, a second time" (from Proto-Germanic *aftiz, from PIE root *apo- "off, away;" see apo-) + sona "immediately" (see soon). With adverbial genitive. Not in living use since 17c.