单词 | to come again |
释义 | > as lemmasto come again to come again 1. intransitive. a. To move or travel towards a place or person for a second or subsequent time; to come back or for a second time; to return. ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > [verb (intransitive)] > recur to come againOE revert1606 recur1636 repeat1714 reiterate1733 reoccur1734 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] > return towards point of departure > again to come againOE re-return1609 OE Ælfric Let. to Sigeweard (De Veteri et Novo Test.) (Laud) 46 Þæt folc com ongean fram Chaldea lande to Iudea lande & hi Hierusalem þa burh eft arærdon. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 804 Y for-bed hem..fro þenne þay ne scholde go, Or ich hadde sum viage done & til hem come a-geyn. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Man of Law's Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 29 It [sc. tyme] wol nat come agayn..Namoore than wol Malkyns maydenhede Whan she hath lost it in hir wantownesse. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) ii. 64 Yf your fader come agayn from the courte, he shall wyll yelde you to the kynge Charlemayne. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. iv. 51 Go home, son. Com sone agane. 1555 H. Latimer Let. 15 May in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) III. ii. xxxvi. 103 But now, Derly Beloved, to come againe, Be not ashamed of the Ghospell of God. a1643 W. Cartwright Poems in Comedies (1651) sig. P7 Methinks the first Age comes again, and we See a Retrivall of Simplicity. 1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. ii. i. 22 She would come again to the Wind, till another Sea struck her off again. 1730 T. Gataker Jealous Clown 16 I think I've disabled that poaching Varlet from ever coming again. a1743 J. Cannon Chrons. (2010) II. 390 I..requested to be excused that night but promised to come again the next following. 1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II i. vii. 6 Monks might deem their time was come agen. 1897 A. Hartshorne Old Eng. Glasses xv. 82 A glass called a ‘Wiederkom’ was one which was filled, passed round the table..and ‘came again’ empty. 1906 R. H. Benson Richard Raynal v. 91 It would be about half an hour before the King's dinner-time..that Master Richard came again to the hall. 1963 N. Bawden Secret Passage iv. 59 She looked at Ben. ‘You'll come again, won't you?’ 2014 Cape Times (Nexis) 2 July 9 Soon after that payout, he came again to see me. ΚΠ c1300 St. Alban (Laud) l. 69 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 69 Euere þat watur..cam al a-ȝein ase it was er. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 218 With þatt sho come agayn vnto hur selfe, & thankid God. 1483 tr. Adam of Eynsham Reuelation iv. f. 7v Hys spyrite beganne a lytyll and a lytill to come ageyne. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Judges xv. 19 Whan he dranke, his sprete came agayne, and he was refreszshed. 1611 Bible (King James) 2 Kings v. 14 His fleshe came againe . View more context for this quotation 1661 G. Havers tr. M. de Scudéry Clelia V. i. 68 The Prince..departed assoon as he understood Lysimena was come again from her swoon. 1682 T. Southerne Loyal Brother iv. 43 Gently, gently raise her: She breaths, she comes agen. 1818 Edinb. Mag. & Literary Misc. Dec. 503 (Jam.) My dochter was lang awa [in a swoon], but whan she cam again, she tauld us, etc. a1895 T. C. Peter MS Coll. Cornish Words in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1898) I. 706/1 To come again, of hay, &c.: to get green again when nearly dry. ΚΠ 1489 W. Caxton De Roye's Doctrinal of Sapyence xv. sig. Dv We rede that ther wer two religious men..and that one said to that other, that he that first deyed of them bothe shold come again yf it were to him possible. 1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes iii. xlviii. f. 230/2 Those, that woulde flye the vyage of death..and desire to come againe. 1588 J. Lyster Rule How to bring vp Children f. 65 Shall none walke (as some imagine) nor come agayne after death? 1603 G. Downame Treat. conc. Antichrist ii. xii. 113 Nero who died aboue 1500. yeares agoe should come againe in his owne person to be Antichrist. 1696 C. Pusey Modest Acct. from Pensylvania 25 When must they obtain that second Covenant-State, if they die without it, unless they come again, seeing, in the Grave there is no Repentance? 1799 E. Gunning Gipsy Countess II. xxviii. 45 Sir Robert and her sisters would not shew the testament, though she should come again in the shape of an angel. 1876 A. Parker Gloss. Words Oxfordshire 78 Come again, to return after death. 1884 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester (1886) (at cited word) I remember a gentleman, who was drowned whilst skating, was popularly believed to ‘come again’. 1906 C. S. Burne in T. Auden Mem. Old Shropshire 122 After his death his ghost could not rest, and he came again in the farm buildings at Bagbury in the form of an enormous bull. d. Of a horse in a race: to regain speed after lagging, esp. so as to win or challenge for victory. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > engage in horse racing [verb (intransitive)] > actions of horse to carry weight1734 to get up1840 screw1840 to come again1841 to set to1856 to wait off1856 romp1869 to answer the question1875 compound1876 to gallop to a standstill1892 nick1898 to take up1912 rate1920 1841 New Sporting Mag. Jan. 42 Bokhara ‘came again’ on the day, and few felt comfortable in being heavy against the worthy baronet. 1871 Baily's Monthly Mag. Sept. 366 Mr. Merry's horse came again a little at York. 1946 Sun (Baltimore) 21 Nov. 21/1 Many of the supporters of [a certain horse] were ready to throw away their tickets when the odds-on favorite gave up the command, but cheered loudly when he ‘came again’ to win going away. 1962 Times 9 Apr. 4/5 The masters conjured up their second or third wind and came again. 2014 Australian (Nexis) 12 Apr. (Sport section) 40 Even when he was uncomfortable in the ground after doing plenty of work being pushed wide on the track, he still came again at the finish. 2. intransitive. slang or colloquial (originally U.S.). Used interrogatively as an offhand request for a speaker to repeat something: ‘what did you say?’, ‘pardon?’, ‘what?’. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > repetition > [phrase] > requesting that speaker repeat words to come again1884 1884 G. W. Peck Peck's Boss Bk. 112 ‘My chum had a pain in the small of her back and she confided in me, and after diagnosing the case—’ ‘Come again, please,’ said the old man, when she struck the college word. ‘You whiched the case?’ a1901 B. E. Woolf Mighty Dollar in B. H. Clark Favorite Amer. Plays 19th Cent. (1943) 496 Mrs. Gil. She is constantly running after young Charley Brood, to make a misalliance. Slote. Come again? Mrs. Gil. A misalliance. 1933 M. Lowry Ultramarine iii. 165 ‘Ah, no savee sing Tipperlairley, hey?’ ‘Come again, brother.’ ‘No savee sing Tipperlairley?’ ‘Oh, Tipperary. Yes, yes.’ 1956 ‘A. Gilbert’ And Death came Too xvii. 180 Nurse Alexander startled them all by saying suddenly, ‘No scones.’ Crook turned. ‘Come again, sugar?’ 2011 A. Gibbons Act of Love (2012) viii. 82 ‘Spit it out,’ he said. ‘Come again?’ ‘Whatever's on your mind. Come on, cough.’ < as lemmas |
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