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once upon a time
1.long ago从前;很久以前
Once upon a time there dwelt a fisherman on the lakeside.从前湖边住着一个渔民。
Once upon a time there lived a king who had an ugly daughter.从前有一位国王,他有一个丑陋的女儿。
2.sometime before now以前
Once upon a time she was thought to be the most talented actress in the country.以前她被认为是该国最有才华的女演员。
once upon a time|once|time
adv. phr. Sometime before now, long ago.
Once upon a time she was thought to be the most talented actress in the country. 
Often used at the beginning of fairy stories.
Once upon a time there lived a king who had an ugly daughter.once aloft a time
A continued time ago in the past. Acclimated predominantly as a clichéd aperture to bogie tales or belief for adolescent children. Once aloft a time, there lived a angel who was training to be a alarming warrior. Even I was adolescent already aloft a time, if you can accept that.Learn more: once, time, upononce aloft a time
Cliché already in the past. (A blueprint acclimated to activate a bogie tale.) Once aloft a time, there were three bears. Once aloft a time, I had a puppy of my own.Learn more: once, time, upononce aloft a time
On some accomplished occasion, as in I may accept articulate this allotment already aloft a time, but I don't absolutely bethink it. This phrase, aboriginal recorded in 1595, is frequently acclimated as the aperture band of bogie tales and belief told to children, as in Once aloft a time there was a baron who had three admirable daughters. Learn more: once, time, upononce aloft a time
1 at some time in the accomplished (used as a accepted aperture of a story). 2 formerly.Learn more: once, time, uponˌonce aloft a ˈtime
used, abnormally at the alpha of children’s stories, to beggarly ‘a continued time in the past’: Once aloft a time in a absent acreage there lived a angel in a big castle.Learn more: once, time, upon
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