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单词 come round
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to come round
to come round
1. intransitive.
a. Of a time or point in time: to arrive in due course; (of a due, expected, or recurrent event) to take place or happen in time; to come to pass. Cf. to come around 1a at Phrasal verbs 1.
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the world > time > period > cycle of time > [verb (intransitive)] > come with the revolution of time
to come aboutc1405
to come round1597
to come around1773
1597 G. Buchanan Comm. Virgil Georgics ii. l. 401 in Trans. Edinb. Bibliogr. Soc. (1957) 3 280/1 Redit..in orbem, comes round about, hes never ane end.
1606 Bp. W. Barlow One of Foure Serm. Hampton Court sig. C3 With vs againe it is come round, for now that we haue Con and Sci, a learned (God be thanked) and a religious Clergy, the Entia are gone.
1639 J. Fletcher et al. Bloody Brother v. ii. sig. I2v Farewell my sorrowes, and my teares take truce, My wishes are come round.
1782 F. Burney Cecilia II. iii. iii. 38 I..borrow what I want till pay day comes round again.
1789 ‘A. Pasquin’ Poems I. 35 The Spring Assize at last came round.
1844 Fraser's Mag. Nov. 572/2 A new order of things had come round.
1864 E. R. Charles Chrons. Schonberg-Cotta Family vii. 122 The time had come round to pay for some of the printing materials.
1905 Our Young People Dec. 172/4 Every year when Christmas came round, Frantz's heart was filled with gratitude.
1967 Crescendo Aug. 25/3 The double paradiddle.., double ratamacue, single drag, etc. are all..rudiments which can be repeated a number of times until the first beat of the bar comes round again.
2014 Essex Chron. (Nexis) 22 Oct. 26 The day as ever came round far too quickly.
b. Of a period of time: to pass, elapse. Cf. to come around 1b at Phrasal verbs 1.
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the world > time > [verb (intransitive)]
overgoeOE
agoeOE
goOE
forthgoOE
runOE
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overmetea1325
walka1325
passc1330
slidec1374
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to pass overa1382
wastec1385
waive1390
to pass awaya1400
overseyc1400
drive?c1450
to drive ona1470
slevea1510
to roll awaya1522
to roll overa1522
to wear out, forth1525
flit1574
to pass on1574
to run on1578
overhie1582
wear1597
overslip1607
spend1607
travel1609
to go bya1616
elapsea1644
to come round1650
efflux1660
to roll round1684
lapse1702
roll1731
to roll around1769
to roll by1790
transpire1824
to come around1829
tide1835
elabe1837
tick1937
1650 C. Elderfield Civil Right Tythes xix. 132 Occasions requiring them to chop and change before the year came round.
a1743 J. Cannon Chrons. (2010) II. 439 Before a year came round wheat were sold for 15s per bushel & upwards.
1748 T. Rutherforth Syst. Nat. Philos. II. 991 19 solar years will come round 1½ hour sooner than 19 lunar years.
1826 J. Miers Trav. in Chile & La Plata II. xix. 242 When six months came round, three more months were solicited and obtained.
1859 W. E. Manley Biblical Rev. xv. 344 The Canaanites were in distress before two years came round.
1908 N.Z. Parl. Deb. 145 139/2 Let two or three years come round when money is not abundant.
2016 Liverpool Echo (Nexis) 31 Mar. We always knew that the three years would come round quickly.
2. intransitive. To arrive after being passed around or sent from person to person; to be circulated among a group of people. Cf. to come around 4 at Phrasal verbs 1.
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1607 T. Middleton Michaelmas Terme Induct. sig. A2v And as it hath beene often found, Let the Clients cups come round.
1647 Lament. Prophet Jeremiah iv. sig. A8 The Cup of fury shal come round to thee, And thou shalt drunken, thou shalt naked be.
1682 T. D'Urfey Butler's Ghost ii. 115 The lust of Eating made him Loyal, 'Til second Course the Table crown'd And the Whig Healths were coming round.
1750 E. Haywood Epist. for Ladies II. lxxxix. 71 She told it to me;—she may tell it to others also,—they may repeat it till it comes round to Mrs. *** herself.
1761 C. Johnstone Chrysal (ed. 2) I. xvii. 100 Wait till the dice-box comes round to him, and you will see all his philosophy vanish.
1829 J. Fuller Narr. Tour Turkish Empire xiii. 415 Whenever the cup came round to Padre Demetrio..he prefaced his copious draught by a verse.
1888 J. Payn Myst. Mirbridge viii Love is very much like the domestic game of pounce commerce—we must do the best we can for ourselves, and always keep changing one's hand, as the cards come round.
1918 P. R. Campbell Diary-Lett. (1919) 122 All of a sudden, the word came round that we were to leave at two-thirty in the afternoon.
1971 S. Hill Strange Meeting 188 We have had a pep talk from the Brigadier, and last week, a pep letter came round to all officers.
2004 H. Kennedy Just Law (2005) ii. 42 The book came round for attendees to give their names and contact numbers.
3. intransitive. To complete a single rotation or revolution; to complete a circular or orbital course. Frequently (and earliest) in figurative contexts, with reference to the cyclical nature of time or the wheel of fortune. Cf. to come around 5 at Phrasal verbs 1.
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a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) v. iii. 23 Time is come round, And where I did begin, there shall I end, My life is run his compasse. View more context for this quotation
1664 J. Wilson Cheats iii. ii. 35 Thus you see, the wheel comes round, to the same point again.
1736 W. Warburton Alliance between Church & State v. 47 We are now come round, and have at length demonstrated, what in the Beginning of the Section we had asserted.
1743 J. Rowning Compend. Syst. Nat. Philos.: Pt. IV Contin. xviii. 215 The greater its Velocity is, the sooner it [sc. a revolving body] comes round.
1845 W. G. T. Shed Method & Infl.Theol. Stud. 22 Thus by this brief examination of the true nature of knowledge do we come round in a full circle to the spot whence we started.
1875 Q. Jrnl. Sci. Apr. 247 As the inside magnet comes round, the outside magnet, being delicately suspended on its centre, bows backwards and forwards.
1906 Tramway & Railway World 7 June 568/2 The centre of gravity was low and overcame the tendency of the wire to turn as the wheel came round.
1981 J. C. L. Gibson Genesis I. 209 With this little parable the wheel of Genesis' first eleven chapters has come round full circle.
2012 Irish Independent (Nexis) 4 Sept. The wheel has come round again as the present Government is embarking on a range of cuts to the health services.
4. intransitive. To come from one place to another, esp. by a circuitous, roundabout, or indirect route. In later use also: to come from one place to another in an informal or incidental way (esp. so as to pay a visit). Cf. to come around 3 at Phrasal verbs 1.
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society > leisure > social event > visit > visiting > visit [verb (intransitive)] > visit informally
to call in1573
to drop in1609
to look ina1616
to come round1620
to go round1636
to put in1668
to go around1742
to happen in1749
to run in and out1779
to come around1822
to pop in and out1846
to happen in with1883
to stop in1904
stop1905
society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct one's course [verb (intransitive)] > change course or turn off > diverge from direct course > make a detour > go or come by circuitous route
to come round1620
to go round1636
to go around1742
1620 R. Whitbourne Disc. & Discov. New-found-land 3 And so from thence, till you come round, backe to Trinity Bay.
1699 J. Stevens tr. J. de Mariana Gen. Hist. Spain xxvi. ii. 462 One of the Ships..coming round by the Cape of Good Hope, at last arrived at Sevil.
1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 264 Resolving..not to stay..long enough to have Expresses sent cross the Island to Batavia, and for Ships to come round from thence to attack us.
1750 T. Pownall Treat. Govt. 50 The Foot of those Hills (where that great River coming round enters the Prospect).
1826 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 2 Sept. 604 My sons came round, in the chaise, by Andover and Weyhill.
1877 W. H. Thomson Five Years' Penal Servitude ii. 122 The prisoner..quietly bides his time till the chief warder comes round, then asks to speak to him.
1888 ‘F. Warden’ Witch of Hills II. xxii. 176 She said she might come round this evening.
1934 M. Gibbs Little Obelia (new ed.) vi. 68 Dr Hokus Stickus came round to dinner, and everyone declared the picture to be livelike.
1999 R. Deakin Waterlog (2000) xi. 132 Mike had come round by the cliff path to our rendezvous at the limekilns.
2011 T. Ronald Becoming Nancy (2012) xi. 160 I was thinking about coming round tomorrow, to your place, after school.
5. intransitive.
a. Esp. of the wind or a boat: to turn round; to change direction (to one which is more favourable). Also figurative. Cf. to come around 2a at Phrasal verbs 1.
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1625 M. Pring in S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. v. vii. 651 We put the helme hard aweather, thinking that the ship would haue come round, but all in vaine.
1711 C. Lockyer Acct. Trade India vii. 197 The Wind coming round to S. we hall'd up E. S. E. for about an Hour.
1797 W. Young Instr. Armed Yeoman 33 If the right horse reins back whilst the left horse comes round..the man reining back must shorten his outward rein.
1805 Naval Chron. 14 31 Next morning the Wind came round to the S.E.
1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xx. 197 I had confident expectations that things would come round.
1908 Naut. Mag. Mar. 246 At the moment when she began to come round to starboard the Kintyre was seen approaching less than three-fourths of a mile distant.
1918 ‘Wing Adjutant’ Plane Tales from Skies ii. 21 Before he could manoeuvre his machine into safety the British fighter came round into position.
2003 Scotsman (Nexis) 5 May 5 I started on starboard gybe, had to gybe over to port, and slowly the wind came round 'til I was on a reach.
b. To change from one side or point of view to another (often the speaker's), esp. as a result of persuasion; to change (eventually) to a more favourable opinion or mood. Frequently with to. Cf. to come about 4 at Phrasal verbs 1, to come around 2b at Phrasal verbs 1.
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > [verb (intransitive)] > turn favourably in opinion
to come over1576
to come about1593
to come round1697
1697 Let. in D. Leeds News of Trumpet 146 Thus by little and little, Inch by Inch they [sc. Quakers] come round and can do that which at another time is against their tender Consciences.
1753 Mem. Charles Goodville I. xxi. 209 Why, Madam, really, upon deliberating the Point more maturely, I am come round to your Ladyship's Opinion.
a1770 J. Jortin Serm. (1772) V. xii. 250 These very teachers..are forced at last to come round to us, and to confess one plain truth.
1817 F. Burney Jrnls. & Lett. 14 Mar. (1982) IX. 349 He always has believed & hoped you would come round.
1909 W. S. Churchill Let. 3 Nov. in W. S. Churchill & C. S. Churchill Speaking for Themselves (1999) ii. 37 I took a v[er]y clear line & was almost alone at first, but gradually they all came round to my view.
1993 Dict. National Biogr.: Missing Persons 79/2 Though he was opposed to the offer of the Crown to Cromwell..he came round in support of the revised draft of the Humble Petition and Advice.
2004 Daily Tel. 6 Jan. 23/1 Syria seems content to stand pat in the expectation that others will come round to its way of thinking.
6. intransitive. To recover from a swoon, faint, illness, etc.; to regain consciousness. Cf. to come around 7 at Phrasal verbs 1, to come to 4 at Phrasal verbs 1.In quot. 1672 probably a figurative use of sense 3.
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the world > health and disease > healing > recovery > recover or be healed [verb (intransitive)]
wholeeOE
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cover1297
amendc1325
recovera1375
warisha1386
recovera1387
healc1390
recurec1400
soundc1402
mendc1440
convalesce1483
guarish1489
restore1494
refete?a1505
revert1531
to gather (or pick) up one's crumbs1589
cure1597
recruit1644
to perk upa1656
retrieve1675
to pick up1740
to leave one's bed1742
to sit up and take nourishment1796
to get round1798
to come round1818
to pull through1830
rally1831
to fetch round1870
to mend up1877
to pull round1889
recoup1896
recuperate1897
1672 J. Lacy Dumb Lady iv. i. 56 We whip' em out of a phrenzy into stark madness, and then whip 'em on till they come round to their wits again.]
1818 Examiner 27 Sept. 623/1 His troubles had taken effect upon him, but he would come round to his senses when the world treated him with less bitterness.
1824 Lancet 11 Dec. 324/2 If this be attended to, and the parts kept tranquil, the patient will generally come round, if there be no inveterate disease.
1839 J. Elliotson Princ. & Pract. Med. 540 It is in hysteria that filling the mouth with salt, answers the best purpose. You generally see them come round, if you fill the mouth with salt.
1901 Lancet 20 July 124/1 The patient quietly came round in about two minutes, being in an analgetic, sleep-like state during the recovery.
1920 E. Ferber Half Portions iv. 129 An ice bag on your head and real quiet for two-three days. You'll come round fine.
1973 ‘H. Howard’ Highway to Murder vii. 85 He was still out cold but he began coming round just before the ambulance got there.
2006 Daily Tel. 22 Nov. 21/5 Dozily coming round from the operation..I was met with the classic mixed-sex ward dilemma.
7. intransitive. Of conversation, talk, etc.: to turn to, or arrive at, a particular subject or matter.
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the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse with [verb (transitive)] > discuss or confer about > turn to (a topic)
to come round1841
1841 J. F. Cooper Deerslayer II. ix. 153 Naturally the conversation had come round to the very point at which she had aimed to bring it.
1884 Good Words 25 511/1 The conversation came round to the artist's own affairs presently.
1953 R. Haig-Brown Man with Briefcase in V. Haig-Brown Woods & River Tales (1980) xvi. 157 The talk will eventually come round to cows and chickens.
1978 K. Williams Diary 6 Feb. (1993) 556 Then the subject comes round to the S/M scene.
2014 Irish Daily Mail (Nexis) 21 Jan. 36 On the radio show, the line of questioning came round to the subject of Angiodema, basically a type of hives.
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to come round ——
Obsolete.
intransitive. colloquial. To get round, circumvent, get the better of, to beguile; to persuade or influence (a person) by flattery.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > speech intended to deceive > beguile, cajole [verb (transitive)]
bicharrea1100
fodea1375
begoc1380
inveiglea1513
to hold in halsc1560
to get within ——1572
cajole1645
to cajole with1665
butter1725
veigle1745
flummer1764
to get round ——1780
to come round ——1784
to get around ——1803
flatter-blind1818
salve1825
to come about1829
round1854
canoodle1864
moody1934
fanny1938
cosy1939
mamaguy1939
snow1943
snow-job1962
1784 J. O'Keefe Poor Soldier (new ed.) ii. iii. 20 He wanted to come round me now about my ward Kathleen; a wheedling son of a——.
1830 J. W. Warter tr. Aristophanes Birds in tr. Aristophanes Acharnians 247 How he comes round you with his sophistry!
1869 Sunshine May 75/1 ‘I'll go and do it, Vernon, if it's only to show you I'm not afraid.’ ‘That's right, Jack. I thought I should come round you at last.’
1882 Belgravia Holiday No. 17 Peter..told me I was the beauty of Drury Lane..and tried very hard to come round me by his flattering tongue.
1921 J. S. Fletcher Root of All Evil iv. 50 He had half a suspicion that Jeckie had come round him at some time or other.
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