a. former 以前的。
△ Ham.1.2. 8:“oursometime sister,now our queen，”從前的長嫂，如今的王后。
△Lr.1.1.122 (120): “As thou my sometimedaughter.”像你，我這個從前的女兒。
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1.sometimes,at times,now and then,occasionally 有時，有時候，不時，偶爾。
△L.L.L.3.1.15 (14):“sometimethrough the throat，”有時候（聲音）從喉嚨里出來。
△Mid.2.1.38: “And sometime make the drink to bear nobarm；”有時候使得正釀的酒不起泡沫。
△Lr.4.3.41 (39):“Who sometime,in his better tune,remembersWhat we are come about，”他有時神志清醒些，還記得我們是來干什么的。
△Mac.4.2.74 (76): “to do goodsometime / Accounted dangerous folly.” 做好事有時候卻被認為是危險的蠢事。
△2H.VI.2.4. 42:“Sometime I’llsay I am Duke Humphrey’s wife,/ And he a prince,and ruler of the land；”偶爾我會說，我是亨弗雷公爵的妻子，他是一位親王，還是國家的統(tǒng)治者。
△3H.VI.2.2.29:“evenwith those wings / Which sometime they have usedwith fearful flight，”甚至使用它們有時在驚逃中使用的翅膀
2. formerly 從前。
△Ham.3.1.115 (113): “This wassometime a paradox，”這在從前是一種怪論。
△Mid.4.1.59 (53): “And that same dew which sometime on thebuds / Was wont to swell like round and orientpearls，”往常，露珠在花心里顫動，就像一顆顆東方的滾圓的珍珠。
3. at one time,once 一次，一回。
△1H.VI.5.1.30:“Then I perceive that will be verified / Henry theFifth did sometime prophesy.”那么我看亨利五世一次預言的話就要實現(xiàn)了。