| 单词 | to come for |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto come for —— to come for —— 1. intransitive. a. To come in order to collect or take away. ΚΠ ?1492 tr. Raymond of Capua Lyf St. Katherin of Senis (de Worde) ii. iii. sig. fjv/1 Whan the poure man had that crosse he wente awaye fro her gladly and asked nomore almes ye day of none other man as though he had come for the crosse alone. 1565 J. Shute in tr. P. Viret 1st Pt. Christian Instr. Pref. sig. a.iv He that sat asked hym, why he came thyther, and what he had to do there: who beynge excedyngly affrayde & in maner out of breath, aunswered, that he came for a certayne garment for the Pope. ?a1640 J. Day & H. Chettle Blind-beggar (1659) iv. sig. H4 I scorn to make my state known to e're a prowling Beggar on ye all, we know your Brother has Gold, and 'tis that we come for. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 509. ⁋8 Mr. Hobson,..when a Man came for a Horse,..obliged him to take the Horse which stood next to the Stable-Door. 1782 S. Johnson Let. 21 May (1994) IV. 41 It is kind in Miss to come for me. 1864 Logbk. Great Yarmouth Sailors Home 29 Feb. in Mariner's Mirror (2007) 93 343/2 At 4.5pm Beachmen came for the stretcher, stating they had picked up a man dying or dead from the vessel he was in. 1972 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 17 June 6/2 A tow truck..came for the crippled car. 2001 K. Sampson Outlaws (2002) 81 The taxi comes for the kids—school's only about a five-minute walk but you can't be too careful these days. b. To come in order to arrest or detain (a person). ΚΠ 1836 Manch. Guardian 7 Dec. The police came for Farmer. 1898 A. Griffiths Myst. Police & Crime (1899) II. xx. 11 At the very moment they came for him, he was insisting that the criminal would never be caught. 1954 Life 17 May 139/2 I became an underground worker in a Communist country and I knew that soon the police must come for me. 1990 S. Jamba Patriots (1992) xxii. 208 Five special commandos came for me. They manhandled me to the military police post. 2009 Irish Times 11 June 14/8 When the police came for Richard, they said he had already been arrested 10 times. 2. intransitive. To move suddenly or quickly towards so as to attack; to attack. Cf. to come at —— 1b at Phrasal verbs 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] > make hostile approach to runOE to seek on (also upon)c1230 pursuec1300 yerna1400 seek1487 visitc1515 coast1531 accost1597 to come at ——1601 to make against ——1628 to make at ——1637 tilt1796 rush1823 to come for ——1870 to move in1941 bum-rush1988 1870 Boston Post 23 June 1/9 The drummer came for him with a knife. 1880 Ballou's Monthly Mag. Dec. 582/1 He was coming for me with his cutlass. 1890 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 148 460/2 With a rush the hawk comes for him and misses. 1921 Domest. Engin. 10 Dec. 488/2 Just then I saw a bear coming for me. 1993 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 22 May 7 At least the milkman isn't coming for your husband with a machete. < as lemmas |
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