英语词汇“to fall about”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

†1. intransitive. Apparently: to apply oneself energetically to a task. Cf. sense 47d. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > make a search [verb (intransitive)]

seekc1000

ofsechec1300

searchc1330

laita1400

ripea1400

to cast about1575

to fall about1632

quest1669

to bush about or out1686

beat1709

to cast about one1823

feather1892

1632 S. Rutherford Let. 14 Jan. in Joshua Redivivus (1664) 448 It is high time we were all upon our feet, & falling about to try what claim we have to Christ.

2. intransitive.

a. To stumble or stagger around; to fall all over the place.

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1821 H. Hunt Investig. at Ilchester Gaol 110/2 I never saw him drunk so as to fall about like a drunken man.

1841 W. H. Schreiner Sporting Man. ii. iv. 113 He [sc. a dog] becomes weak in the loins, which causes him to stagger and fall about.

1914 E. H. W. Hulse Let. 28 Dec. in L. Housman War Lett. Fallen Englishmen (2002) 147 An old hare started up..and one and all, British and Germans, rushed about giving chase, slipping up on the frozen plough, falling about.

2003 A. Wilson Beautiful Shadow xxii. 287 She didn't fall about, like most alcoholics don't.

b. colloquial (chiefly British). To laugh uncontrollably; to become helpless with laughter. Frequently in to fall about laughing, to fall about with laughter.

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the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > laugh [verb (intransitive)] > start laughing

buff1611

to burst out (on) a-laughing1711

to burst (out) into laughter1853

to burst out laughing1871

to fall about1918

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > types of laughter > laugh in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > laugh convulsively or immoderately

chuckle1598

to split (also break, burst, etc.) one's sides1598

to die with, or of laughing1609

to hold one's sides1609

to laugh till (also until) one cries1611

split1688

to burst one's sides1712

shake1729

to shake one's sides1736

to laugh oneself sick (also silly)1773

roll1819

to laugh one's head off1871

to break up1895

to fall about1918

pee1946

1918 R. Pertwee Old Card iii. 64 The house rocked and fell about with laughter.

1930 ‘H. Z. Smith’ Not so Quiet i. 28 The B.F. turns crimson and the rest of us fall about. Then, the joke over, we as suddenly grow quiet again.

1962 Guardian 21 Dec. 5/5 Anyone who..can sugar this pill among Shakespearean comedy until we fall about laughing needs no justification from critics.

1997 Theatre July 8/2 I just said one line of dialogue and everybody in the room fell about. But I was being totally serious.

2012 FourFourTwo Apr. 89/2 When he drove this banger into the car park we all fell about laughing.

单词	to fall about
释义	> as lemmas to fall about to fall about †1. intransitive. Apparently: to apply oneself energetically to a task. Cf. sense 47d. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > make a search [verb (intransitive)] seekc1000 ofsechec1300 searchc1330 laita1400 ripea1400 to cast about1575 to fall about1632 quest1669 to bush about or out1686 beat1709 to cast about one1823 feather1892 1632 S. Rutherford Let. 14 Jan. in Joshua Redivivus (1664) 448 It is high time we were all upon our feet, & falling about to try what claim we have to Christ. 2. intransitive. a. To stumble or stagger around; to fall all over the place. ΚΠ 1821 H. Hunt Investig. at Ilchester Gaol 110/2 I never saw him drunk so as to fall about like a drunken man. 1841 W. H. Schreiner Sporting Man. ii. iv. 113 He [sc. a dog] becomes weak in the loins, which causes him to stagger and fall about. 1914 E. H. W. Hulse Let. 28 Dec. in L. Housman War Lett. Fallen Englishmen (2002) 147 An old hare started up..and one and all, British and Germans, rushed about giving chase, slipping up on the frozen plough, falling about. 2003 A. Wilson Beautiful Shadow xxii. 287 She didn't fall about, like most alcoholics don't. b. colloquial (chiefly British). To laugh uncontrollably; to become helpless with laughter. Frequently in to fall about laughing, to fall about with laughter. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > laugh [verb (intransitive)] > start laughing buff1611 to burst out (on) a-laughing1711 to burst (out) into laughter1853 to burst out laughing1871 to fall about1918 the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > types of laughter > laugh in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > laugh convulsively or immoderately chuckle1598 to split (also break, burst, etc.) one's sides1598 to die with, or of laughing1609 to hold one's sides1609 to laugh till (also until) one cries1611 split1688 to burst one's sides1712 shake1729 to shake one's sides1736 to laugh oneself sick (also silly)1773 roll1819 to laugh one's head off1871 to break up1895 to fall about1918 pee1946 1918 R. Pertwee Old Card iii. 64 The house rocked and fell about with laughter. 1930 ‘H. Z. Smith’ Not so Quiet i. 28 The B.F. turns crimson and the rest of us fall about. Then, the joke over, we as suddenly grow quiet again. 1962 Guardian 21 Dec. 5/5 Anyone who..can sugar this pill among Shakespearean comedy until we fall about laughing needs no justification from critics. 1997 Theatre July 8/2 I just said one line of dialogue and everybody in the room fell about. But I was being totally serious. 2012 FourFourTwo Apr. 89/2 When he drove this banger into the car park we all fell about laughing. extracted from fallv. < as lemmas
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