| 单词 | come on |
| 释义 | come on 1. convention B1 You say ' Come on' to someone to encourage them to do something they do not much want to do. [spoken] Come on Doreen, let's dance. 2. convention B1 You say 'Come on' to someone to encourage them to hurry up. [spoken] 3. convention You say 'Come on' to someone when you think that what they are saying is silly or unreasonable. [spoken] 'Have you said all this to the police?'—'Aw, come on!'. Come on, Sue, that was two years ago. 4. phrasal verb [usually cont] If you have an illness or a headache coming on, you can feel it starting. Tiredness and fever are much more likely to be a sign of flu coming on. [VERB PARTICLE] 5. phrasal verb [usually cont] If something or someone is coming on well, they are developing well or making good progress. Lee is coming on very well now and it's a matter of deciding how to fit him into the team. [VERB PARTICLE adverb] The knee's coming on fine, I'm walking comfortably already. [VERB PARTICLE adverb] 6. phrasal verb B2 When something such as a machine or system comes on, it starts working or functioning. The central heating was coming on and the ancient wooden boards creaked. [VERB PARTICLE] 7. phrasal verb [usually cont] See full dictionary entry for come If a new season or type of weather is coming on, it is starting to arrive. Winter was coming on again. [VERB PARTICLE] I had two miles to go and it was just coming on to rain. [VERB PARTICLE to-infinitive] come-on Word forms: come-ons countable noun A come-on is a gesture or remark which someone makes in order to encourage another person to make sexual advances to them. [informal] Anna reads this as a come-on and pursues him. He ignores come-ons from the many women who seem to find him attractive. [+ from] |
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