单词 | to come around |
释义 | > as lemmasto come around to come around Less usual in British English than to come round. extracted from comev. 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 round 1a at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > cycle of time > [verb (intransitive)] > come with the revolution of time to come aboutc1405 to come round1597 to come around1773 1773 J. Macpherson tr. Homer Iliad I. ii. 56 With the blood of bulls and lambs, the sons of Athens appease the power, when the stated time comes around, with the revolving years. 1799 J. M. Russell in tr. Virgil Pastoral Songs 32 The waning autumn comes around. 1876 Janesville (Wisconsin) Gaz. 22 Nov. By the time election day came around, the negroes were..afraid of their lives to vote. 1912 Woman's Home Compan. Jan. 19/1 I worked like a beaver, and, before rent-day came around, had two housekeeping apartments and one ‘bachelor suite’ nicely fitted up. 1994 Guitarist Sept. 14/1 The end of July seems to come around quicker every year. 2015 Manch. Evening News (Nexis) 7 May 32 It is only when spring comes around and plants cover these muddy areas that the real results begin to appear. b. Of a period of time: to pass, elapse. Cf. to come round 1b at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > time > [verb (intransitive)] overgoeOE agoeOE goOE forthgoOE runOE overdrivea1275 farea1325 overmetea1325 walka1325 passc1330 slidec1374 yern1377 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 1829 U.S. Tel. 1 Oct. 2/2 I..believed, that if Mr. Adams was re-elected, such would be the power obtained through patronage, before another 4 years came around, that the seeming election of a president, by the people, would be but mere mockery. 1868 G. Catlin Last Rambles amongst Indians of Rocky Mountains & Andes i. 10 You and I will make a smash among 'em, George, before many days come around. 1904 J. M. Rogers True Henry Clay xvii. 233 Before ten years came around Clay had repented again. 1999 O. Davies tr. Rhigyfarch Life St. David in O. Davies & T. O'Loughlin Celtic Spirituality iv. 194 The nine months came around..and the time for the birth drew near. 2014 Coventry Evening Tel. (Nexis) 4 Apr. (Sport section) I had such a long time to go before I could play again. So I decided to live for the day and before I knew it the two years came around and I'm back playing. 2. intransitive. a. Of the wind, a boat, etc.: to turn, change direction. Cf. to come about 4 at Phrasal verbs 1, to come round 5a at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > change direction of movement [verb (intransitive)] charec1000 stintc1330 turnc1330 to turn awaya1382 windc1385 casta1475 rebatea1500 strike1576 to cast about1591 veer1769 to come around1797 twist?1801 vert1859 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > blow (of the wind) [verb (intransitive)] > blow from a particular quarter > change direction wendc1275 turnc1300 waw1496 shift1661 whiffle1697 tack1727 haul1769 to come around1797 1797 J. Clerk Ess. Naval Tactics: Pts. II–IV ii. iv. 32 The wind coming around all of a sudden to the west. 1838 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 346/2 ‘Let go the mainsail, and be d——d to you!’ he shouted.., as she rolled frightfully, and then..came around. 1856 J. S. Peacocke Creole Orphans xxx. 363 The wind now increased, and suddenly came around. 1903 A. M. Winfield Rover Boys on Land & Sea v. 41 The wind is coming around, too. It's goin' to be a different storm from what we generally git around these waters. 1992 P. T. Deutermann Scorpion in Sea (1994) xiii. 111 The three of them waited patiently as the boat came around in a slow turn. 2002 T. Zimmermann Race xiii. 300 The wind came around to the beam again, and the equator lay ahead. b. To change from one side or point of view to another (often that of the speaker), esp. as a result of persuasion; to change (eventually) to a more favourable opinion or mood. Frequently with to. Cf. to come round 5b at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > be cheerful [verb (intransitive)] > become cheerful or cheer up cheer?1553 to look up1600 come1607 to cheer up1620 exhilarate1620 brighten1692 to come to1765 to come about1775 spurk1823 to hearten up1834 to buck up1844 chirk1844 pearten1851 to come around1853 to liven up1863 to chipper up1867 lighten1873 pep1910 to lighten up1911 1853 Boston Post 6 Jan. Your merchants and capitalists..will come around, practically, to the democratic platform, as they did with regard to Texas, Oregon and California. 1865 Steubenville (Ohio) Weekly Herald 10 May It will be sometime before a few of the restless spirits can be subdued, but they will come around. 1908 Everybody's Mag. Aug. 174/1 ‘She'll come around,’ she told him privately. ‘She's sulky because she can't have everything her own way.’ 1958 Life 19 May 26/2 The NATO nations..finally and gladly came around to Dulles' views on a summit conference. 2010 C. Fitzgerald Dogs of Rome (2011) 345 So everyone is coming around to my idea that Pernazzo is the person we want? 3. intransitive. To come from one place to another; esp. by a circuitous, roundabout, or indirect route. Also: to come from one place to another in an informal or incidental way (esp. so as to pay a visit). Cf. to come round 4 at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ 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 1822 Age of Reason (new ed.) i. 36 in T. Paine Theol. Wks. Several vessels following the tract of the ocean, have sailed entirely round the world, as a man may march in a circle, and come around [earlier edd. come round] by the contrary side of the circle to the spot he set out from. 1897 Appletons' Pop. Sci. Monthly Aug. 443 Could the Teutons have come around by sea..following the litus Saxonicum described in our last paper? 1918 A. Quiller-Couch Foe-Farrell 356 Jimmy Collingwood is up..and will be coming around from his hotel in a few minutes. 1969 Guardian 31 July 6/1 Any time you're stuck for a meal..come around. 1981 J. W. Thornton Believed to be Alive 97 The Korean was coming around by way of that third ridge rather than climbing down into the ravine and up. 2011 Daily Tel. (Austral.) (Nexis) 19 Feb. (Sport section) 132 Gal..came around yesterday just to see if I was all right. 4. intransitive. To arrive after being passed or sent from person to person; to be circulated among a group of people. Cf. to come round 2 at Phrasal verbs 1. ΚΠ 1844 Williams Monthly Misc. Nov. 210 The bread and butter, and dried beef and cheese came around. 1886 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Sentinel 22 Feb. 2/5 Members..waited anxiously to touch the cup which her lips had graced. When the wrong cup was presented they preferred to..wait until the coveted cup came around. 1912 ‘Titanic’ Disaster: Hearings before Subcomm. of Comm. on Commerce 628 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (62nd Congr., 2nd Session: Senate Doc. 726) XXVIII Then the word came around from the starboard side there was a collapsible boat getting launched. 1955 Long Beach (Calif.) Independent 21 Feb. 3/5 When the dice came around, the oil man shook them. 1995 R. Dawkins River out of Eden v. 147 Individuals will probably start to balk when the same chain letter comes around to them for the second time. 2013 S. G. Brown Sensible Shoes ix. 226 ‘There are handouts coming around to your tables,’ Katherine explained. 5. intransitive. To complete a single rotation or revolution; to complete a circular or orbital course. Cf. to come round 3 at Phrasal verbs 1.Frequently in figurative contexts, with reference to the wheel of fortune or the cyclical nature of time. ΚΠ 1852 Testimony Witnesses in Case J. G. Wilson & J. Gibson vs. G. W. Beardslee (U.S. Circuit Court: Northern District N.Y.) 78 In the face of that wheel, on one side, there were knives placed..; the knives coming around..by pressing the piece of heading up. 1873 Ladies' Repository Oct. 296 It is hard to keep pace with the gyrations of an itinerate life..; just as we become accustomed to think of a friend as being in such a place..the wheel comes around, and he is removed to some distant point. 1902 Amer. Telephone Jrnl. 14 June 382/2 When the minute hand of the watch came around and touched the wire, it closed the circuit and rang the night bell. 1999 J. R. Pierce Speak Rwanda 284 History was seen as repeating itself endlessly. I would like that. I would like time to come around again to what it was. 2014 Irish Times (Nexis) 4 Oct. (Weekend section) 10 His impulse to wander the world kicks in once more, and the book comes around full circle. 6. intransitive. Of conversation, talk, etc.: to turn to, or arrive at, a particular subject or matter. Cf. to come round 7 at Phrasal verbs 1. ΚΠ 1873 Church July 185/2 He talked..of school and studies, until..the conversation came around to the Sunday-school and the meeting of that afternoon. 1921 Defiance (Ohio) Crescent-News 19 July 2/3 Wherever and whenever any group of business men engages in a discussion of business conditions, the discussion invariably comes around to a consideration of railroad freight rates. 1990 P. Auster Music of Chance (1992) iv. 89 By the time they were crunching on the last of the potato chips, the talk had come around to poker. 2015 Observer (Nexis) 23 Nov. (Culture section) BBC4 is always the name that is brought up when the conversation comes around to cutting back. 7. intransitive. To recover from a swoon, faint, etc.; to regain consciousness. Cf. to come round 6 at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > [verb (intransitive)] > recover one's normal consciousness > from a faint or swoon acoverOE dawc1330 revertc1330 adawc1400 to come around1886 1886 L. L. Lynch Mountain Myst. vi. 56 I'll fan her a bit. See; she's beginning to come around. 1908 M. R. Rhinehart Circular Staircase xxiii. 244 When I came around Liddy was rubbing my temples with eau de quinine. 1962 Life 18 May 35/1 Carpenter was unconscious for four days. When he finally came around, he still had to spend more than two weeks in the hospital. 2005 K. M. Grant Green Jasper (2006) 152 Marissa fainted. She came around to find herself stared at by a dark-eyed stranger. < as lemmas |
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