| 单词 | come by |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto come by 15. Near to, close up, into the presence of: chiefly in to come by, for the phraseological and figurative uses of which see come v. ΚΠ c1175 Lamb. Hom. 83 He [Christ] com bi þis forwundede mon. 1330 R. Mannyng Chron. 296 Alle þat he mot com bie, he robbed. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 220 By-þan he com by þat barn. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Tobit iv. 20 Seke some meanes, how thou mayest come by him. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) ii. iii. 43 We are not to stay altogether, but to come by him where he stands. View more context for this quotation to come by to come by 1. intransitive. a. To come near, usually in passing; to pass by. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > pass by > passing passc1330 to come byc1450 by-coming1600 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (intransitive)] > move past apassc1330 passc1330 to pass by ——c1395 to go byc1449 to come byc1450 to go (also flow, run, etc.) past1542 c1450 J. Capgrave Solace of Pilgrims (Bodl. 423) (1911) 5 So happed a schypard..to kom by, and sey þoo fayr babes. a1566 R. Edwards Damon & Pithias (1571) sig. Givv Geue place, let the prisoner come by, geue place. 1588 R. Greene Perimedes sig. C A Barke of Coursayres and pyrates came by, who seeing this ship not greatly manned for defence, bare towardes it. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iv. i. 156 I did heare The gallopping of Horse. Who was't came by ? View more context for this quotation 1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour i. 8 The Knight..had fallen into the hands of some Nightwalkers, who I suppose would have pillag'd him: But I chanc'd to come by and rescued him. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 109. ⁋1 There was a great Funeral coming by. 1749 S. Fielding Governess 33 One Day the poor little Creature followed me to the Door; when a Parcel of School-boys coming by, one..ran away with her. 1814 R. Southey Roderick v. 198 A Moor came by, and seeing him, exclaimed Ah, Kaffer! 1842 Ld. Tennyson Walking to Mail in Poems (new ed.) II. 47 John. And when does this come by? James. The mail? At one o'clock. 1902 S. E. White Blazed Trail xix If the men from up-river come by. 1948 W. Clewes Journey into Spring (1953) iii. 59 A policeman, the same that he had seen earlier, came by, waterproofed and immensely tall. 2011 Z. Strachan Ever fallen in Love 150 The snow plough comes by, and people are pretty quick off the mark with the grit. b. Originally U.S. To visit for a short time; to stop by. Cf. to come by —— 3 at Phrasal verbs 2. ΚΠ 1883 Harper's New Monthly Mag. Mar. 603/1 Aunt Judy, who sometimes does work for me, came by yesterday morning and evening and milked for me. 1931 E. Ferber Amer. Beauty i. 13 Jude's younger sister skipped out one day with a peddler..who used to come by once a month. 1987 A. Theroux Adultery 145 It was always at the preluding hour of night when Farol finished work that I always expected her to come by. 2009 ‘Zane’ Total Eclipse of Heart ii. 129 A home nurse would be coming by daily to check on me. 2. intransitive. English regional and Scottish. To move aside or to one side. Chiefly imperative as an exhortation to do this, or spec. as a command to a sheepdog to move to the left of the flock. ΚΠ 1868 J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial. 115 Come by, to move on one side, so as to be out of the way of one passing by. 1898 R. O. Heslop in Eng. Dial. Dict. I. at By(e Come by! what are ye croodlin' aboot like that for? 1965 Scotland's Mag. Sept. 43 ‘Come by, Shuna!’ was his next command [sc. to a sheepdog]. 2009 A. M. Guthrie Working with Stockdog 40 Usually a flank command, either come bye or away, is given to send the dog on an outrun. to come by —— to come by —— 1. intransitive. Originally: †to come near or within reach of, to gain access to, to get at (obsolete). Subsequently: to get hold of, to manage to acquire or obtain (often implying effort, but also said of getting things by chance). Now especially in passive or in the infinitive as complement to an adjective such as hard. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (transitive)] wieldeOE haveeOE ofgoOE oweOE addlec1175 winc1175 avela1200 to come by ——a1225 covera1250 oughtc1275 reachc1275 hentc1300 purchasec1300 to come to ——c1330 getc1330 pickc1330 chevise1340 fang1340 umbracec1350 chacche1362 perceivea1382 accroacha1393 achievea1393 to come at ——a1393 areach1393 recovera1398 encroach?a1400 chevec1400 enquilec1400 obtainc1422 recurec1425 to take upc1425 acquirea1450 encheve1470 sortise1474 conques?a1500 tain1501 report1508 conquest1513 possess1526 compare1532 cough1550 coff1559 fall1568 reap1581 acquist1592 accrue1594 appurchasec1600 recoil1632 to get at ——1666 to come into ——1672 rise1754 net1765 to fall in for1788 to scare up1846 access1953 a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 83 (MED) He com bi þis forwundede mon. c1330 Seven Sages (Auch.) (1933) l. 1181 Als he com bi a gong Amidde þe pit he hit slong. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1688 Miȝt we by coyntise com bi tvo skynnes, of þe breme beres. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 296 Alle þat he mot com bie, he robbed alle bidene. a1450 Generides (Pierpont Morgan) (1865) l. 8591 (MED) Allas! traied we bene Of the ring bi my modre the Quene That I may not come therbi. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts xxvii. 16 We..had moche worke to come by a bote. 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. x. sig. Dvi Greke..is hardest to come by. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 218 It could not be perceyued howe he [sc. Edw. II] came by his death. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) i. v. 119 Cosin, Cosin, how haue you come so earely by this Lethargie? View more context for this quotation a1642 R. Callis Reading of Statute of Sewers (1647) ii. 96 That the party so distrained hath a direct remedy to come by his losses. 1739 ‘R. Bull’ tr. F. Dedekind Grobianus 146 The hindmost man comes ever by the worst. 1797 Edinb. Mag. Jan. 58/1 He came to the stable, where Jem shewed him his treasure. ‘And how did you come by it? honestly?’ 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet III. vi. 163 There are sharp laws in France against refractory pupils—lettres de cachet are easily come by. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. xv. 280 The rogues have fallen out, and honest men may come by their own. 1907 Nat. Corporation Reporter 28 Mar. 191/2 The evidence was not satisfactory to show that the lambs had been honestly come by. 1968 G. Daws Shoal of Time vi. 241 Understanding was hard to come by between a willful Hawaiian king and a headstrong white opposition. 2013 V. Flynn Last Man (2015) 352 How easy do you think it is to come by information like this? ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (transitive)] ywortheOE fallc1225 atrinec1275 to come upon ——a1300 astart1393 to run to ——c1475 to come by ——1523 mishap1592 to come on ——a1599 tryst1645 arrive1655 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. 717 Bycause they rode forthe lyke foles, so it came by them. 3. intransitive. Originally and chiefly U.S. To come to (a place) for a short visit; to stop by. Cf. to come by 1b at Phrasal verbs 1. ΚΠ 1892 Frank Leslie's Pop. Monthly Jan. 99/2 He came by the store with two or three of his comrades, swearing at a fearful rate. 1946 L. Lenski Blue Ridge Billy viii. 108 I've got more baskets than I can sell in a month of Sundays. Uncle Pozy come by here t'other day, loaded down like a pack mule and wished all his'n on me. 1991 J. Levesque Rosseter's Memory i. 13 But a fellow I was representing who was from the reserve came by the house one day. 2004 New Yorker 5 Jan. 65/1 A little while later..he came by my desk and told me of a rumor that had washed over the city. < as lemmas |
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