| 单词 | to come across |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto come across to come across 1. intransitive. slang (originally U.S.). To produce or provide something promised or expected. Originally and frequently in to come across with. Cf. to come up 21 at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > make relinquishment [verb (intransitive)] > hand over to another turn1400 surrender1651 to come across with1895 society > communication > information > action of informing > give (information) [verb (transitive)] learna1382 tella1382 givec1449 imparta1547 impute1594 reinform1605 reimpart1645 leave1677 volunteer1805 brief1866 to come across with1895 voice1951 1895 Commerc. Appeal 7 Dec. 5/3 There is no other course for him to pursue except to come across with the cash. 1910 Sat. Evening Post 13 Aug. 8/1 I knew pull was required..but I hadn't learned that I'd have to come across with the price as well. 1915 J. London Jacket viii. 62 You might as well come across now and save trouble. 1928 D. L. Sayers Lord Peter views Body 16 I think you ought to come across with the rest of the story. 1948 M. Allingham More Work for Undertaker xxii. 253 ‘Did she admit it?’ ‘Yes... But she wouldn't come across till dawn.’ 1991 J. Phillips You'll never eat Lunch in this Town Again 550 He..made me crawl, and then never came across with the dough. 2. intransitive. To reach an audience or the public with a certain degree of success; to make oneself or itself understood or appreciated. Also more generally: to be perceived in a specified way; to give a specified impression. ΚΠ 1917 Washington Post 21 Nov. 6/3 Lenine's [sic] particular objection to capitalism in America is that it won't come across like capitalism in Germany. 1923 Westm. Gaz. 26 Mar. ‘Magda’, dressed as a comedy of manners of a hundred years ago, would probably come across more satisfactorily than it does played as..contemporary tragedy. 1957 Lima (Ohio) News 27 July 9/4 He'd look at the rushes and she was wonderful: something came across on the screen that he had never seen while playing with her. 1974 Publishers Weekly 5 Aug. 57/1 O'Brien comes across as a deeply dedicated party man. 1998 M. A. Butler Cautious Visionary 168 The radio broadcast of the speech came across badly. 2009 ‘R. Keeland’ tr. S. Larsson Girl who kicked Hornets' Nest xxv. 493 If Salander had come in..wearing a twin-set and pearls and sensible shoes, she would have came across as a con artist. 3. intransitive. slang (originally U.S.). Chiefly of a woman: to consent to or offer sexual intercourse. ΚΠ 1922 R. McAlmon Hasty Bunch 236 They'd go so far and no further, and then..say that maybe they'd come across another night. 1977 P. K. Dick Scanner Darkly iii. 30 ‘Donna, I've observed, shows an inordinate failure of sexual arousal, to an unnatural degree.’.. ‘Shit, you just mean she won't come across.’ 2010 B. Arndt What Men want in Bed (2012) vi. 145 He had told his wife that if she didn't ‘come across’ regular he'd look elsewhere. to come across —— to come across —— ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] withgo743 to go again ——OE withsayc1175 again-goc1275 withsitc1300 thwarta1325 to go against ——a1382 counter1382 repugnc1384 adversea1393 craba1400 gainsaya1400 movec1400 overthwart?a1425 to put (also set) one's face againsta1425 traversea1425 contrairc1425 to take again ——c1425 contraryc1430 to take against ——a1450 opposec1485 again-seta1500 gain?a1500 oppone1500 transverse1532 to come up against1535 heave at1546 to be against1549 encounter1549 to set shoulder against1551 to fly in the face of1553 crossc1555 to cross with1590 countermand1592 forstand1599 opposit1600 thorter1608 obviate1609 disputea1616 obstrigillate1623 contradict1632 avert1635 to set one's hand against1635 top1641 militate1642 to come across ——1653 contrariate1656 to cross upon (or on)1661 shock1667 clash1685 rencounter1689 obtend1697 counteract1708 oppugnate1749 retroact?1761 controvert1782 react1795 to set against ——1859 appose- 1653 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. New Test. 806/2 The fears that come acrosse men in their Christian course, and much hinder their speed, and interrupt their constancy. 1654 J. Collinges Provocator Provocatus ix. 100 Though for the maine I leave Mr Humfry to his proper Adversary, yet because he comes acrosse me, here I must give him a meeting. 1693 G. Powell Very Good Wife ii. 14 As much as you say you love this Well-born, if your young Masquerader shou'd come across you, I wou'd not swear for your fidelity to him. 1739 J. B. de Freval tr. N. A. Pluche Spectacle de la Nature IV. v. 302 A false Learning, in some sort worse than Ignorance, came across the best Intentions. 2. intransitive. Of a thought or feeling: to occur to or affect (a person or a person's mind). Later also: to appear or be expressed on (a person's face). Cf. to come over —— 1a at Phrasal verbs 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > idea, notion, or concept > occur to [verb (transitive)] strikea1616 to come across ——1673 suggest1709 to come upon ——a1712 hit1891 1673 S. Wakeman Young Man's Legacy 16 Some slight thoughts that there is a God, it may be sometimes come across thee. 1725 I. Watts Logick i. v. 121 It is..an unhappy and a shameful Thing, that every Trifle that comes across the Senses or Fancy, should divert us. 1793 Bee 6 Nov. 39 Such at least is the idea that has come across your Arctic correspondent. 1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility III. viii. 148 The possibility of Colonel Brandon's arriving and finding him there came across her. View more context for this quotation 1849 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 16 226/1 The recollection..came across my mind. 1884 E. Eiloart Curate's Discipline 68/2 Catherine Marchdale has never forgotten the look that came across his face—the utter horror, the blank dread despair. 1903 Sat. Evening Post 7 Nov. 2/3 The idea came across me like a flash that I must find some way to put it all off. 1995 C. C. Criscuolo Bank Robbers 123 A look of disgust came across his face. 3. intransitive. To meet unexpectedly or by chance, to happen on; to encounter. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (transitive)] > encounter or experience ymetec893 findeOE meetOE counterc1325 overtakec1390 limp?a1400 tidea1400 runa1450 to fall with ——?c1475 onlightc1475 recounterc1485 recount1490 to come in witha1500 occur1531 to fall on ——1533 to fall upon ——1533 beshine1574 rencontre1582 entertain1591 cope with1594 happen1594 tocome1596 incur1599 forgather1600 thwart1601 to fall in1675 cross1684 to come across ——1738 to cross upon (or on)1748 to fall across ——1760 experience1786 to drop in1802 encounter1814 to come upon ——1820 to run against ——1821 to come in contact with1862 to run across ——1864 to knock or run up against1886 to knock up against1887 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > meeting or encounter > meet or encounter [verb (transitive)] > unexpectedly or by chance stumble1555 to come upon ——1622 to come across ——1738 to come on ——1801 to run upon ——1849 the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)] > find or discover by chance find1340 to fall with ——?c1475 to fall on ——1533 stumble1555 to come on ——1584 to come upon ——1622 fortune1662 to blunder upon1710 to come across ——1738 1738 Weekly Misc. 18 May 1/2 The next Parson that chanc'd to come across either of them had good Luck if he escaped without a rude Sneer. 1774 L. Carter Diary 27 June (1965) II. 838 I came across many heaps of withered hash tobacco. 1799 G. Washington Let. 18 Aug. in Writings (1940) XXXVII. 338 Your letter..was laid by, and entirely forgotten, until I came across it yesterday again. 1810 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi i. 20 Saw great sign of elk, but had not the good fortune to come across any of them. 1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest III. xii. 191 We come across more than one incidental mention of those wars. 1909 Times 15 June 3/2 Robert Bates..said that he came across two of the plaintiff's workmen. 1946 Amer. Speech 21 67/1 While in Florida Keys in the service in the Spring of 1940 I came across a road stand selling turtleburgers. 2007 I. McEwan On Chesil Beach i. 7 She came across certain phrases or words that almost made her gag. < as lemmas |
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