| 单词 | how is it coming? |
| 释义 | > as lemmashow is it coming? b. intransitive. colloquial (originally U.S.). In interrogative clauses with how, used to enquire about a person's well-being or (now more commonly) to ask how a project, piece of work, etc., is proceeding, as how is it coming?. Cf. to come along 3 at Phrasal verbs 1, to come on 3 at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > progress or advance in an action [verb (intransitive)] > make progress or advance (of action or operation) fremec1000 furtherc1200 profit1340 to go onc1449 grow1487 to commence to, intoa1500 framea1529 to get ground?1529 movec1540 work1566 promove1570 advance1577 devolve1579 to come on1584 progress1612 to gain ground1625 germinate1640 proceed1670 to gather ground1697 march1702 to make its way1711 to come forward1722 develop1744 to turn a wheel1864 shape1865 come1899 1899 Blue & Gold (Univ. Calif.) 16 193 Clark, '99, Beta (mistaking Earl Garrison, '99, for an ‘eligible’ Freshman): ‘How are things coming, old man?’ 1908 H. T. Barnaby Decade xxiii. 239 Your little water deal... How's it coming? 1940 Life 1 Apr. 19/1 How're you coming, Joe; nearly ready? 1982 R. A. Caro Path to Power (1990) 414 ‘Old Herman,’ he [sc. Lyndon Johnson] would say. ‘How ya comin'?’ He would put his arm around Herman's shoulders. ‘How are ya?’ 2004 K. K. Whitson B. J. Priest vii. 93 The group was charged with selecting five to recommend... Priest asked how it was coming. 2011 C. O. Norfleet Love's Paradise vi. 98 ‘How's the project coming?’ ‘Good. We've made amazing progress.’ < as lemmas |
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