| 单词 | to come in |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto come in to come in I. Senses primarily relating to movement in space. 1. intransitive. a. To enter a house, building, or enclosure; to come indoors or into a room.In later use sometimes spec. with reference to attendance at a place of work.See also to come in from the cold at cold n. Phrases 4. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come in [verb (intransitive)] to go ineOE ingoc900 to come inOE incomec1000 infarec1000 enterc1325 enderc1330 ingressc1330 entera1382 to fall inc1384 usha1400 to get ina1425 to step in1534 to set (or put) (a) footing1567 invade1590 to take in1595 to hop in (also out)1914 society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > be in domestic service [verb (intransitive)] > come in to work in a house to come inOE OE Old Eng. Martyrol. (Julius) 31 Dec. (2013) 40 Þa he ða ineode on þæt carcern ond hire to genealæhte, þa com ðider in ursa þæt deor. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 6932 I þatt hus..Þær þa þreo kingess comenn inn. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 3 Kings xiv. 6 Ahias..seiþ, cum in wijf of Jeroboam. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8959 (MED) Sco com in at þat ilk yatte. ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 55 (MED) Whan wee comen in, wee diden of oure schoon. 1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. xxxiv. f. 71v Alexandro..went out of the chamber, that waie he came in. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) i. iii. 3 By my troth sir Toby, you must come in earlyer a nights. View more context for this quotation 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. ii. 45 The simple Ideas thus united in the same Subject, are as perfectly distinct, as those that come in by different Senses. 1728 W. Smith Ann. Univ.-Coll. (new ed.) 271 That he had..twice or thrice knocked to come in. 1798 L. Williams tr. A. Berquin Children's Friend (new ed.) IV. 3 One day, when he came in from doing something about his garden, he forgot to shut the gate. 1856 G. J. Whyte-Melville Kate Coventry xxxiii. 307 A sleepy ‘Come in,’ was the reply to my summons. 1893 Speaker 9 Dec. 642/2 Aunt Kate only keeps one maid (a charwoman comes in twice a week). 1921 Assoc. Men Apr. 362/3 He came in through the window, gun ready. 1997 P. C. Doherty Haunting (1998) iv. 53 ‘Come in! Come in!’ She waved them in through the porchway and into the hall. 2010 H. McKenzie Love Smiles v. 53 He had a weekly cleaner who came in on a Friday. b. To arrive at or enter a region or district as an invader, settler, occupant, etc. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > furnishing with inhabitants > colonizing > colonize [verb (intransitive)] to come ina1450 plant1555 colonize1593 people1596 settlea1682 a1450 St. Edith (Faust.) (1883) l. 49 And þe Denmarkes come þo first ynne. 1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. iv. ii. 20 And tels how first his famous Ancestor Did come in long since with the conquerour. 1603 R. Parsons 1st Pt. Treat. Conuersions in Treat. Three Conuersions Eng. I. xi. 226 William duke of Normandy came in..& conquered the lande towards the end of the yeare 1066. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. xi. 172 In this juncture of time came in the Scotish Army, and invaded the Northern parts of England. 1712 H. Curzon Universal Libr. II. 502 Christening of Children..was..quite disused in England after the Danes came in, 'till King Eldred, Anno 946. compelled the Danes to be Christened. 1754 W. Borlase Observ. Antiq. Cornwall iv. xi. 351 When the Normans came in, this Monastery..came into the power of Robert Earl of Moreton and Cornwall. 1840 Boston Weekly Mag. 1 Aug. 367/1 Building went on rapidly; new settlers came in. 1873 H. B. Tristram Land of Moab ix. 174 Traces of aborigines, before the basalt-building inhabitants came in. 1916 E. T. Towne Social Probl. iii. 52 Instead of being fearful of the immigrant coming in and lowering our standards, should we not rather welcome him to a share in our prosperity? 1996 K. Petras & R. Petras World Access 534/2 Later Scandinavian Vikings came in, and then there was a cultural invasion of Orthodox Christianity. c. Cricket. Of a team or a player: to take to the field to bat. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > bat [verb (intransitive)] > go in to bat to go in1718 to come in1774 1774 Covent-Garden Mag. Aug. 283/1 When a striker is hurt they are to allow another to come in. 1838 Sportsman Aug. 105/1 Lillywhite, coming in last, had not an opportunity to do anything. 1882 Daily Tel. 27 May [Cricket] Mr. C. T. Studd..came in third wicket down. 1910 Scotsman 2 Sept. 7/3 When Spring..came in last to resume his innings, the Southerners were still 7 runs behind. 1974 Times 25 Nov. 10/2 Prasanna, coming in at No. 10, edged, slashed and drove the West Indies pacemen to distraction. 2000 Guardian 18 May 32/5 Coming in first wicket down, Ostler produced some delightful strokeplay. 2. intransitive. a. To be brought, carried, or otherwise conveyed in to a person, place, or thing; to be delivered; to be received. ΚΠ c1240 ( Writ of Edward the Confessor, Wells (Sawyer 1111) in S. E. Kelly Charters of Bath & Wells (2007) 224 Gif her ani lond sy out of þan bissopriche gedon, ich wille þat hit cume in ongeæn. 1551 T. Lever Serm. xiiii. December (new ed.) sig. F.iiv Euerye market shalbe ful of al manner of Corne and vytayles commyng in on all sydes. 1648 C. Cotterell & W. Aylesbury tr. E. C. Davila Contin. Civill Warres France xii. 1033 All sorts of provisions came in plentifully to the Camp of the League. a1699 J. Fraser Memoirs (1738) v. 105 And then a new Objection came in. 1765 J. Witherspoon Hist. Corporation of Servants x. 65 Immediately applications came in from all quarters. 1788 Scots Mag. July 349/1 A few Russian ships of war were discovered through the fog, and various reports came in as to their number and force. 1885 E. Lynn Linton Autobiogr. Christopher Kirkland I. i. 15 At Easter, eggs came in by the hundred. 1890 Sat. Rev. 12 July 35/1 Subscriptions will continue to come in. 1914 H. James Let. 1 Sept. (1920) II. viii. 400 An enormous quantity of this apparently corroborative testimony..has..kept coming in from various quarters. 1937 Pop. Sci. Monthly Jan. 109/1 Twelve thousand cans of cooked apples came in. 2013 V. Wilson Life B. Stanwick iii. v. 408 Offers were coming in from other producers. b. Of money or a sum of money: to be earned, received, or paid in, spec. as part of a regular or reliable income. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > get or make money [verb (intransitive)] > obtain money > as revenue or receipt to come in1557 1557 R. Edgeworth Serm. very Fruitfull xi. f. ccii My husbande hath golde inoughe in his coffers, his riches commeth in and encreaseth dayelye. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iv. i. 55 We may boldly spend vpon the hope of what tis to come in . View more context for this quotation 1648 Mercurius Elencticus No. 27. 206 A poore sneaking Tobacco-stopper, that lives by dabling upon the Snuffes of penny cannes, and now and then a spanish three-pence-worth of hoggs Cheeke, when thy 30. s. Fee comes in. a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. 201 He was profuse in hospitality..To maintain all this, he had plenty coming in. 1705 R. Beverley Hist. Virginia i. iv. 96 The Subscription-Money did not come in with the same Readiness, with which it had been underwritten. 1766 Direct. to Lords Improvem. Conduct to Servants i. 4 Rents come in slow, Places and Pensions are of too little Profit, Stewards run away. 1833 New Monthly Mag. 37 347 Coming in as the incomes of literary men do. 1895 S. Baring-Gould Noémi v. 50 I wish I had money. But it comes in in trickles and goes out in floods. 1907 Postal Rec. Mar. 72 (advt.) Then my sickness—no work—laid up—laid off—..nothing coming in. 1975 New Yorker 28 July 28 (caption) Thank goodness, Winant has got himself a paper route, so we have a little something coming in. 2010 M. R. Evans Fast Runner iv. 55 Isuma had no choice but to suspend filming..and wait until the money came in. c. Of a phone call, radio signal, fax, etc.: to be transferred or sent to a particular recipient. ΚΠ 1890 Iron 18 Apr. 335/3 When a call comes in from any policeman the electric gong within the receiver raises the alarm. 1927 Life 20 Jan. 18/1 Program coming in fine. 1948 G. Frost Flying Squad iv. 37 In the Information Room at the Yard ‘WHI 1212’ and ‘999’ calls come in at the amazing rate of 400 every twenty-four hours. 1983 P. Gzowski Unbroken Line iii. 159 We were just about to break for lunch, I remember, when a secretary stuck her head in and said there was a wire coming in. 1992 Washington Post (Nexis) 12 Oct. d1 He also wants you to know that the calls and letters and faxes that came in ran 95 to 5 in his favor. 2010 S. Thirsk Not quite White (2011) 119 The switchboard people aren't in yet and there are calls coming in from all over. 3. intransitive. a. To arrive at or reach a destination; to reach the final stages of proceeding towards a destination. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > arrival > arrive [verb (intransitive)] to come toOE comeOE yworthOE lend11.. lightc1225 overtakec1225 redea1275 wina1300 'rivec1300 repaira1325 applyc1384 to come ina1399 arrivec1400 attainc1400 alightc1405 to come to handc1450 unto-comec1450 apport1578 to get through1589 reach1591 to be along1597 land1679 engage1686 to get in1863 to breeze in1930 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > reaching a point or place > reach a point or place [verb (intransitive)] > arrive comeOE to come to townOE yworthOE lend11.. lightc1225 to come anovenonc1275 wina1300 'rivec1300 repaira1325 applyc1384 to come ina1399 rede?a1400 arrivec1400 attainc1400 alightc1405 to come to handc1450 unto-comec1450 apport1578 to be along1597 to drop in1609 to come ona1635 to walk in1656 land1679 engage1686 to come along1734 to get in1863 to turn up1870 to fall in1900 to lob1916 to roll up1920 to breeze in1930 to rock up1975 a1399 in W. G. Benham Oath Bk. Colchester (1907) 9 Every schyp that comth yn with any charge shal payen iiij d. 1586 J. Prime Expos. St. Paul to Galathians iv. 150 The mad man standing on the shore, thinke all the vessels that come in, and their lading to bee his. a1626 F. Bacon Considerations Warre with Spaine in Certaine Misc. Workes (1629) 48 Our second Fleet, which kept the narrow Seas, was come in, and ioyned to our maine Fleet. 1668 J. Dryden Sr Martin Mar-all v. 65 Here's another of our Vessels come in. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 129. ⁋1 There came in this Morning a Mail from Holland. 1761 R. O. Cambridge Acct. War in India 186 As soon as the sea wind came in, they [sc. the enemy's ships] stood to the southward. 1821 M. Graham Jrnl. 6 Nov. in Captain's Wife (1993) 44 The Morgiana, Captain Finlaison, came in from Rio de Janeiro. 1899 Federal Reporter 91 861 When the night train comes in from the west, it comes in on the south track. 1920 Economist 11 Sept. 471 One evening a plane came in from Kokomo. 1962 Daily Tel. 29 Dec. 1/6 A Carvair aircraft..hit a snow-covered dyke and ‘cartwheeled’ four times as it came in to land. 2014 Daily Tel. 9 Jan. 11/1 The weekend will see the onset of wintry conditions that are more common for this time of year, with cold air coming in from the United States. b. With complement. To reach the finish line of a race in a specified position. Later also more generally: to achieve a given placing in a competition or contest. ΚΠ 1708 R. Fleming First Resurrection 177 The excellent Horseman that comes in first to the Mark. 1733 W. Oldisworth tr. W. Goślicki Accomplished Senator i. vi. 113 In the Race of Glory (as Tully well observes) it is Great to come in Second, and Honour enough to stand next in Precedence to the First and Best Characters in Life. 1734 J. Cheny Hist. List Horse-matches 22 Small-hopes came in first, but the Rider alighting off before he came to the weighing Post, the Gelding was deem'd distanc'd. 1824 Morning Chron. 23 June The horses keeping close together, and taking alternate leads; the winner coming in by a short head. 1841 Times 19 June 4/2 Should the Whigs attempt to ‘run’ the two over the course, there really appears to be little doubt that Sir John de Beauvoir will come in second. 1870 Field Q. Mag. Feb. 36/1 They rowed the race out, the Durham men coming in first by several lengths. 1975 B. Meyrick Behind Light xiv. 183 After the boys' competitions, where I came in second in the over-twelves, came..community hymn singing. 1992 PC Mag. 31 Mar. 322/2 R:BASE came in next to last on loading and indexing. 2014 in L. T. Murphy Survivors of Slavery vii. 195 I came in seventh out of twenty-five students for the first and second terms, and in the third term I came in first! 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 a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xl. §6. 151 Oure fals brethere..comes in with vs to wit oure priuetes, or if thai myght fynd any thynge in vs reprehendabile. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 2174/1 Ere euer I could arise and get away, he was come in with me. 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 202 In this Pickle, with the Enemy at his Heels, I came in with him. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > engage in sexual activity with [verb (transitive)] > have sexual intercourse with mingeOE haveOE knowc1175 ofliec1275 to lie with (or by)a1300 knowledgec1300 meetc1330 beliea1350 yknowc1350 touchc1384 deala1387 dightc1386 usea1387 takec1390 commona1400 to meet witha1400 servea1400 occupy?a1475 engender1483 jangle1488 to be busy with1525 to come in1530 visitc1540 niggle1567 mow1568 to mix one's thigh with1593 do1594 grind1598 pepper1600 yark1600 tumble1603 to taste of1607 compressc1611 jumble1611 mix?1614 consort?1615 tastea1616 bumfiddle1630 ingressa1631 sheet1637 carnal1643 night-work1654 bump1669 bumble1680 frig?c1680 fuck1707 stick1707 screw1719 soil1722 to do over1730 shag1770 hump1785 subagitatec1830 diddle1879 to give (someone) onec1882 charver1889 fuckeec1890 plugc1890 dick1892 to make a baby1911 to know (a person) in the biblical sense1912 jazz1920 rock1922 yentz1924 roll1926 to make love1927 shtupa1934 to give (or get) a tumble1934 shack1935 bang1937 to have it off1937 rump1937 tom1949 to hop into bed (with)1951 ball1955 to make it1957 plank1958 score1960 naughty1961 pull1965 pleasurea1967 to have away1968 to have off1968 dork1970 shaft1970 bonk1975 knob1984 boink1985 fand- 1530 Bible (Tyndale) Gen. xix. f. xxiiijv There are no moo men in the erth to come in vnto vs [Heb. lābō ʿālēnū, Gk. εἰσελεύσεται πρὸς ἡμᾶς, L. ingredi ad nos] after the maner of all the world. 1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xxxviii. 16. He..came in unto her, and she conceived by him. View more context for this quotation 1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper i. 15 I pray thee let me come in unto thee, said he to Thamar, before he lay with her. 1660 I. Penington Answer Common Objection against Quakers 4 She comes forth again with boldness, and tempteth the young man again to come in unto her, Prov. 7. 16. 6. intransitive. Of the tide: to advance, rise; (of tidal water) to flow in as part of a rising tide. Opposed to to go out 3a at go v. Phrasal verbs 1. ΚΠ 1568 T. Granger True Wonder of .XVII. Monstrous Fisshes (single sheet) The tyde commyng in & the fyshe hauinge water, swam away with the boat so fast toward the sea. a1630 D. Hume Hist. Houses Douglas & Angus (1644) 179 The tide being come in, the river was not passable. 1665 G. Havers tr. P. della Valle Trav. E. India 33 Should the Sea happen to come in whilst a man is in that passage, he would infallibly be drown'd. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 255 The Tide, as going out, or coming in. 1850 D. G. Rossetti in Germ Jan. 28 The Gherghiotti had beaten the Marotoli to the sands, and held them there while the sea came in; whereby many had been drowned. 1887 Current 6 Aug. 163/1 I havn't seen 'em come back, and see how the tide's come in a'ready! 1910 J. W. Muller Rulers of Surf vi. 111 The tides came in and went out, bringing flood twice and withdrawing ebb twice in every twenty-four hours. 1996 Independent 27 Aug. 4/4 He had realised as dawn was breaking that the tide was coming in fast. 7. intransitive. Swordsmanship and Fencing. To lunge or thrust with the sword with the aim of making a fatal or decisive hit. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > fence [verb (intransitive)] > actions traversea1470 to hold one's handa1500 flourish1552 lock1579 to come in1594 retire1594 pass1595 recover1600 redouble1640 allonge1652 caveat1652 parry1671 disengage1684 overlap1692 volt1692 tierce1765 whip1771 wrench1771 lunge1809 salute1809 riposte1823 cut1833 quart1833 repost1848 remise1889 1594 I. G. tr. G. di Grassi True Arte Def. sig. Cc3 Whilest the enimy is bound to warde the false, and homeblowe of the one sword, he may come in with the other and strike, if he finde any place either discouered or easie to enter. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 221 These nine..Began to giue me ground: but I followed me close, came in, foot, and hand. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iii. ii. 280 A would about and about, and come you in, and come you in. View more context for this quotation 1639 J. Fletcher et al. Bloody Brother v. ii. sig. I2 Oh bravely thrust; Take heed he come not in Sir; To him againe, you give him too much respite. 1889 H. A. C. Dunn Fencing 69 Instead of disengaging back into quarte, you may elude his parry by carrying the disengage into the low lines and come in on the lunge in octave. 1988 B. Pitman Fencing xv. 72/1 The action must be very fast and must not give your opponent an opportunity to hit you on the hand as you come in. 8. intransitive. U.S. Of livestock: to give birth. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > cow > [verb (intransitive)] > give birth calvec1000 to come in1784 to calve down1858 1784 J. Twamley Dairying Exemplified 25 Milking Cows, which they are very particular to get to come in, or calve, by the Time Grass is in Vigour. 1838 H. Colman 1st Rep. Agric. Mass. (Mass. Agric. Surv.) 60 The heifers which ‘come in’ with their first calf at two years old, do better than when their coming in is delayed until three years old. 1867 14th Ann. Rep. Mass. Board Agric. 1866 86 When my ewes came in in the spring, I got four ewe lambs and no bucks. 1908 Proc. Farmers' Ann. Normal Inst. (Pennsylvania Dept. Agric. Bull. No. 162) 87 About that time a Jersey heifer came in fresh with her first calf. 1995 J. Hildebrand Mapping Farm viii. 103 When a cow delivered her calf, John carefully noted the date she ‘came in’. II. Senses not primarily relating to movement in space. 9. intransitive. Of a season or period of time: to begin, commence, arrive.Quot. OE could alternatively be interpreted as showing income v. ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > [verb (intransitive)] > come or arrive (of a time) > become settled to come in1719 to set in1765 OE Homily: De Sancto Iohanne (Corpus Cambr. 198) in Englische Studien (1885) 8 477 Þonne se monaþ in cymeð Januarii. a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 119 Vre drihtnes halie passiun..is nu icumen in. a1300 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 13 (MED) Svmer is icumen in, Lhude sing cuccu! a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 598 Ðo ðe tende moned cam in, So wurð dragen ðe watres win. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) v. l. 2299 Þus cam in, by his purviaunce, Of two regnes þe myȝti alliaunce. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 175 When the sleepie time of the night comes in, they [sc. bees] make lesse and lesse noyse. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. iii. 51 Now comes in the sweete a'th night. View more context for this quotation 1651 tr. J. A. Comenius Nat. Philos. Reformed x. 205 Flies, Spiders, Frogs, Swallowes, &c. which in winter lie as though they were dead in the chinks of wals..or under the water, yet when the Spring comes in, they are alive. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 272 The settled Season began to come in. 1749 T. C. Phillips Apol. Conduct III. 203 Before it was possible for him to return, the Winter came in, and the Snows fell. 1838 J. F. Cooper Howeward Bound II. iv. 56 The night came in bland and tranquil. 1890 Blackwood's Mag. 147 133/1 The year comes in royally. 1928 N. Shepherd Quarry Wood xiv. 188 As the weeks slipped by and summer came in, she seemed far indeed from dying. 1995 K. Ishiguro Unconsoled xxvi. 391 It gives the place a much better atmosphere, to be able to see right across the square as the night's coming in. 10. intransitive. a. To enter into use, vogue, or fashion; to become popular. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > [verb (intransitive)] > come into existence awakenc885 waxc888 arisec950 beOE comeOE aspringc1000 atspringOE growOE to come upOE inrisea1300 breedc1385 upspringc1386 takec1391 to come in?c1430 engender?1440 uprise1471 braird?a1500 risea1513 insurde1521 insurge1523 spring1538 to start up1568 exsurge1578 upstart1580 become1605 born1609 the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > act habitually [verb (intransitive)] > be usual or customary > become usual or customary to come upOE to come in?c1430 to be here to stay1936 the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [verb (intransitive)] mode1654 to come in1680 to come up1704 to come to town1905 to hang five, ten1962 ?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 117 [Þei] han grete lordischipis amorteised to hem..þis amorteisynge comeþ in bi ypocrisie of preiynge be mouþ. 1580 T. Lupton Siuqila (new ed.) 22 Or euer one garment is worne, an other newe fashion is come in. 1638 H. Peacham Truth of our Times 68 King Philip in England wore commonly a somwhat high velvet Cap, with a white feather. After came in hats of all fashions. 1680 Earl of Roscommon tr. Horace Art of Poetry 16 Then came rich cloths and gracefull Action in. 1772 G. A. Stevens Songs Comic & Satyrical lii. 98 For as the World's round, and rolls round about, Old fashions come in, and new fashions go out, As Vanity dresses the Play. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 172 After the Revolution, Jacobite plots came in. 1890 Blackwood's Mag. 147 510/2 Now that..croquet has come in. 1923 R. Macaulay Told by Idiot iv. ix. 274 Night clubs, too, had come in, and were a great convenience. 1959 Vogue June 71 Coming in..are the sandal-foot stockings. 2014 Argus Weekend (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 10 Aug. e 10 When the mini skirt came in, in the mid-'60s, the world was agog. b. Of a fruit, vegetable, etc.: to be ripe and ready for eating; to come into season.Sometimes difficult to distinguish from sense 2a. ΚΠ 1683 M. H. Young Cooks Monitor 110 In the Spring before Peas come in, take the tops of two hundred of Sparrowgrass cut about half an inch long, instead of Peas. 1724 G. Cheyne Ess. Health vii. 193 After Christmas, and in the Beginning of the Spring, Milk, Eggs, and Spring-Herbs, as Asparagus, Spinach, and Sprouts come in first. 1764 T. Harmer Observ. Passages Script. iv. §xxxii. 205 Dr. Russell tells us that the squash comes in towards the end of September, and continues all the year. 1827 J. Sanders Kitchen Garden Directory 135 The first sowing must be made the last week in February, for Savoys to come in in August or September. 1851 Farmer's Mag. July 84/2 The strawberries are come in at length, and appear well-fruited. 1903 Western Fruit-Grower 15 Nov. 10/2 Early raspberries come in a week before Gandy [a variety of strawberry] is out. 1910 Market Grower's Jrnl. 28 May 16/2 Asparagus came in early but only in moderate quantities. 2014 Mail Tribune (Medford, Oregon) (Nexis) 27 Aug. Often when you have a drop in yield and a warmer year, fruit coming in earlier isn't unusual. c. Of breast milk: to change from colostrum to mature milk, and be produced in greater amounts, in the days following the birth of a child. ΚΠ 1829 R. Gooch Acct. most Important Dis. Peculiar to Women ii. 129 The milk comes in about one or two days after delivery. 1914 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 14 713 I remember a..patient in the hospital whose breasts were very swollen and sore when the milk came in. 1995 Mother & Baby June 51/1 My milk came in yesterday and, though my nipples and breasts are very sore, Andrew is latching on so I'm going to persevere with it. 2003 C. Van Hollen Birth on Threshold vi. 180 Often women waited three days until the milk came in before putting the baby to the breast. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > submissiveness > submission > submit [verb (intransitive)] onboweOE bowa1000 abeyc1300 yielda1330 loutc1330 couchc1386 to come to a person's mercy?a1400 to do (also put) oneself in (also to) a person's mercya1400 hielda1400 underlouta1400 foldc1400 to come (also to put oneself) in a person's willc1405 subjectc1475 defer1479 avale1484 to come in1485 submita1525 submita1525 stoop1530 subscribe1556 compromit1590 warpa1592 to yield (also bow oneself) to (also upon) mercy1595 to come in will to a person1596 lead1607 knuckle1735 snool1786 1485 Malory's Morte Darthur (Caxton) i. vii. sig. avv Also thenne he made alle lordes that helde of the croune to come in, and to do seruyce as they oughte to doo. 1520 in State Papers Henry VIII (1834) II. 52 Onele, and thoder Irishe capitains be not oonely commen in, and..recognised Us as their Soverain Lorde, but also [etc.] a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 78 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) Touching the Arch-Rebell himselfe..if he..should offer to come in and submit himselfe to her Majestie. 1612 S. Daniel First Pt. Hist. Eng. i. 10 After Augustus had setled the soueraigntie, and possest all the wide obedience of that Empire, the Princes and Citties of Britayne, fearing to be inforced, came in of their owne accord, with their guists and tributes. 1687 Bp. G. Burnet Contin. Refl. Mr. Varillas's Hist. Heresies 124 Seeing the Queen's Forces encrease, and that none came in to him. 1700 J. Provoste Instr. to Nobleman's Daughter conc. Relig. Ded. sig. a3v When the chief City is taken, all the Neighbouring Country very often comes in by an easie Surrender. 1756 C. Smith Antient & Present State Kerry ix. 275 He so harassed the country, and slew so many of the rebels, that the greater part of the remainder came in, submitted themselves, and had the queen's pardon. 1828 W. Scott Tales of Grandfather 2nd Ser. xxv Glencoe had not come in within the term prescribed. 1836 W. S. Landor Lett. of Conservative xliii. 82 Elizabeth [I]..gave her father in God, the Bishop of Ely, a good round curse for coming in tardily and sciatically to her demands. 12. intransitive. To be elected to a position of power; to come to power; to take office. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > have power or might [verb (intransitive)] > become powerful strongeOE to come in?1534 ?1534 tr. Dialoge Julius sig. bviv Dyde he not than come in by a wrong tytle? 1569 J. Leslie Def. Honour Marie Quene of Scotl. ii. f. 76v The aduersarie wolde perswade vs, that the saide kinge Henrie the seconde rather came in by force of a composition, then by the proximitie and nearenes of bloude. 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist i. i. sig. B3 A sort of sober, sciruy, præcise Neighbours, (That scarse haue smil'd twise, sin' the King came in ). View more context for this quotation 1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. xxiii. 183 His Government was not sutable; for he came in by the People, but indeavored to uphold himself by forrain dependences. 1705 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1885) I. 118 He came in Rector. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 32 King James..came in according to the law, as it stood at his accession to the crown. View more context for this quotation 1820 Examiner No. 619. 124/1 Mr. March Phillips..came in for Leicestershire in 1818, on the Whig interest. 1890 Sat. Rev. 17 May 586/1 Mr. Gladstone says that the statement that he came in on allotments in 1886..is..untrue. 1903 Cosmopolitan Dec. 187/2 The new administration had come in upon a platform composed of pledges of rigid economy. 1921 Harvard Alumni Bull. Suppl. 27 Oct. 11/2 When I came in as President of the Associated Harvard Clubs, I knew nothing about the finances of the Associated Harvard Clubs. 2007 New Yorker 10 Dec. 82/3 Here's a guy who came in on a wave of reform. 13. intransitive. a. To enter at a point in a narrative, conversation, performance, etc.; to take one's turn to speak, sing, etc., at a particular point. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (intransitive)] > of things that arrive or take place in time comeOE fallc1300 occur1495 incur1536 to come in?1541 subvene1858 ?1541 M. Coverdale Confut. Standish sig. f And now come ye in with somtime. 1572 J. Whitgift Answere to Admon. 110 Of excommunication you haue spoken nothing hitherto, and therfore it commeth in here out of place, we shall haue afterwarde more occasion to speake of it. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) ii. i. 359 Gre. If whil'st I liue she will be onely mine. Tra. That only came well in . View more context for this quotation 1660 J. Gaule Admon. moving to Moderation 4 There is some difficulty, to conceive what consequence this exhortation..can have upon that immediately foregoing, or upon what connexion it comes in here? 1747 Biographia Britannica I. 339 Whoever reads this passage carefully, cannot but observe the latter part comes in very abruptly. 1789 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music IV. 106 When the voice comes in, [the air] is in five real parts. 1820 Examiner No. 648. 587/1 But justice comes in here, as it comes in at every corner of this rotten question. 1886 M. W. Hungerford Lady Branksmere II. xxix. 158 Where does the joke come in? 1938 D. Baker Young Man with Horn iv. iv. 265 Then trumpet solo for the first section of the second chorus with Josephine coming in at the mid-section to finish it up. 1966 Listener 17 Nov. 717/3 Mr Aubrey Jones, would you like to come in first, having heard Mr Cousins? 1978 T. O'Brien Going after Cacciato i. 17 Doc and Harold Murphy would sometimes come in on the chorus. 1987 E. Leonard Bandits iii. 34 It was like coming in in the middle of a conversation. b. this is where we came in and variants: we have returned to the subject or situation at which we began.In quot. 1931 more literally: this is the same point as that when we entered the building, room, etc. ΚΠ 1931 Daily Mail (Hagerstown, Maryland) 3 Apr. 15/1 Well, we might as well go; this is where we came in.] 1937 Bluefield (W. Va.) Daily Tel. 4 Aug. 2/4 ‘Then you take a ball the size of a man's head—’ Well, this is where we came in. 1949 P. G. Wodehouse Uncle Dynamite vii. 114 Now we're back where we started. This is where we came in. 1950 Billboard 2 Sept. 94/2 What will the rink have once normality returns?.. A racket not a business—right back where we came in. 1967 ‘H. Howard’ Routine Investig. ii. 19 ‘Anything else you want to ask me?’ ‘No. This is where I came in. Tomorrow we'll go call on a few people who may have a few answers.’ 2003 M. Thomson & G. Gilmour in M. Thomson Dyslexia Included ii. 32 Syllable analysis is useful for building up phonological representations of words—which is where we came in at the beginning of the chapter. c. imperative. In two-way radio communication: used as a request or instruction for the other person to establish contact by beginning to speak. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > begin to speak upbreakc1275 to set spell on enda1300 gina1333 to take up (one's) parablea1382 braidc1400 to take up the word1477 begin1563 exordiate1594 to speak upa1723 to lug out1787 to speak out1792 upspeak1827 exordize1887 shoot1915 open1926 to come in1949 1949 Amer. Mag. July 76/1 Sambo Three from Sorehead—Sambo Three from Sorehead—come in, please. Over. 1958 ‘N. Shute’ Rainbow & Rose i. 18 The announcer said, ‘..7 KZ, if you are listening, will you come in, Mrs. Hoskins.’ 1970 R. Johnston Black Camels xii. 184 The loudspeaker spoke in the wireless truck. ‘Gunbus One to White Chief...’ ‘Come in Gunbus One.’ 2010 R. Burroughs Alan Wake 185 ‘Come on guys, talk to me. Come in, please. Over.’ ‘Sheriff Breaker, this is Agent Nightingale.’ 14. intransitive. a. to come in for: to be included among those who receive (a share of something); (in later use esp.) to be the recipient or object of. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > receiving > receive [verb (transitive)] > receive along with others to come in for1602 the mind > possession > acquisition > receiving > be a recipient [verb (intransitive)] > be received betidea1400 to come to handc1450 redound1485 to come in1885 1602 S. Rowlands Greenes Ghost sig. B4v They can no sooner draw a bung but these [cloyers and followers] come in for their tenths. 1665 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim xxi. 218 We come in for a share of all their gettings. 1737 A. Ramsay Coll. Scots Prov. 29 He that meddles with Toolies comes in for the Redding streak. 1747 Duke of Richmond Let. 18 Oct. in Corr. Dukes Richmond & Newcastle (1984) 259 I should hope my quondam & His Majestys now eldest Chaplain Poor Blomer will come in for a Deanery. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 366 Bystanders whom His Majesty recognised often came in for a courteous word. 1885 E. Lynn Linton Autobiogr. Christopher Kirkland III. ix. 298 She came in for her share of a fine property. 1913 Amer. Hist. Rev. 18 262 The publishers of newspapers had to be paid for their support, and the paragraph writers came in for additional stipends. 1965 Boys' Life Dec. 26/3 Clem came in for a lot of ribbing. 1974 tr. W. F. Wertheim Evol. & Revol. i. 22 In Soviet Russia during the twenties..the issue of unilinear evolution also came in for serious discussion. 2006 M. Pollan Omnivore's Dilemma vii. 111 McNuggets have come in for a lot of criticism lately. b. colloquial. to come in for it: to incur punishment or something unpleasant; to be the object of harsh treatment, rebuke, or criticism. Cf. in adv. Phrases 2b(b). ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > [verb (intransitive)] > receive punishment shendc897 drinka1340 sufferc1380 to kiss the roda1586 to pay for——a1593 to give, get goss1840 to come in for it1841 to cop it1884 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (intransitive)] > be rebuked or scolded to hear of it1598 to get on (also upon) the finger ends1693 to get one's lug in one's loof1744 to get wrong1803 to catch or get Jesse1839 to come in for it1841 to get hell1851 to cop (also stop, catch, get, etc.) a packet1916 to have a strip torn off1940 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge i. 235 You'll come in for it presently, I know you will! 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. ii. viii. 238 Unfortunate Lavvy... She always comes in for it. 1880 H. Lapham in D. M. Davin N.Z. Short Stories (1953) 68 Poor Brennan came in for it,..a severe lecturing, as well as to be reduced to the rank of constable. 1936 K. B. Ripley Crowded House x. 168 Papa came in for it..for not being more successful. 1994 Glasgow Herald (Nexis) 27 June 7 The cat came in for it next... ‘The price of cat food is ridiculous,’ he said. 2011 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 15 Aug. (Sport section) He came in for it in the second half and I thought he should have been protected more by the referee. 15. intransitive. to come in upon a person: to enter a person's mind as a powerful impression; to be understood or perceived. Later also to come in on (or upon) a person's mind. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > idea, notion, or concept > come to mind, occur [verb (intransitive)] comeeOE runOE to come to mindOE occur?a1500 to move to mind?a1525 to come, fall under, lie in one's cap1546 to take (a person) in the head1565 present1585 overpass1591 to come in upon a person1638 suggest1752 to come up1889 1638 S. Rogers Diary 15 May (2004) 149 A litle distempered, and many unbeleiving thoughts come in upon mee doubtfulness, and anxietye. 1656 W. Hughes Anglo-Judæus 30 These (perhaps impertinent) thoughts have sometimes come in upon me. 1666 J. Bunyan Grace Abounding 50 As I was thus in musing,..that saying came in upon me, If thou, Lord, shouldst mark iniquity, [etc.]. 1757 London Chron. 13 Jan. 52/2 Even when the Doors are all locked up with Sleep, and I am purely passive, yet he [sc. the Lord] comes in upon me, and warns me in a Dream. 1817 J. Martin Serm. xxvii. 413 When one truth leads to another, and the glorious promises of the gospel come in on the mind, the man is exhilarated. 1886 J. McCarthy & R. C. Praed Right Hon'ble II. xxiii. 180 It came more and more in upon her that she had known from the very first. 1889 R. L. Stevenson Master of Ballantrae vi. 186 Has it never come in upon your mind what you are doing? 1901 Junior Munsey Aug. 813/2 There came in on my mind, less through the eyes than the ears, that there, in the moonlit woods, walked some one. 1930 W. D. Edmonds Big Barn xiii. 307 The silence of the glen came in upon him. 16. intransitive. To prove to have a specified positive quality. a. With adverb or prepositional phrase, as usefully, well, etc. ΚΠ 1733 T. Stackhouse New Hist. Bible I. vi. iv. 909/1 His Father's losing his Eye-sight, by the hot Dung of Swallows, had been a sad Family-accident, had not the Gall of the Fish come in opportunely to remedy it. 1772 G. Baretti tr. in Introd. Most Useful European Langs. 176/2 Here the saying comes in well, that there is a good and a bad luck attending our schemes. 1839 C. McIntosh New Pract. Gardener Mar. 819 Plants now raised from seeds will bloom beautifully in June, July, &c., till the end of the season, and will come in usefully for decorating the green-house. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down Come in, to suit; to serve. ‘It's sure to come in for some use.’ 1912 Engin. & Contracting 19 June 27/2 The Spizwinks administration..took it [sc. the foot bridge] down and gave it to their retainers who took it away and no doubt it came in nicely for kindling. 1941 V. Nabokov Real Life Sebastian Knight vi. 59 He returned the black mask which I pocketed, as I supposed it might come in usefully on some other occasion. 2012 Monitor (McAllen, Texas) (Nexis) 11 July That's one where my past..experience comes in very usefully. b. With adjective complement. Chiefly in to come in handy, to come in useful. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > expediency > be expedient or advisable [verb (intransitive)] > serve the purpose servec1392 doa1450 to serve (also answer) one's purposea1500 pass1565 to fit one's turn1603 to come in handy1839 to come in useful1854 to fill the bill1882 1839 Monthly Chron. June 291/2 In Egypt..they use mummies for fuel... An arm makes a very good fore-stick, your trunk serves as a tolerable back-log, and the legs come in handy to lie in the middle. 1854 C. Darwin Monogr. Cirripedia II. 154 Trifling details in their structure sometimes come in useful as specific characters. 1930 Pop. Mech. Mar. 524/2 A small anvil comes in handy for flattening wire, brads, etc. 1973 J. Leasor Host of Extras i. 17 A nest of spanners and some lengths of wire that might come in useful in starting an engine. 1985 M. Gee Light Years xxxv. 241 Amanda..bought herself a hat with cherries... ‘It'll come in lovely, next summer.’ 2013 Smith Jrnl. Winter 54/1 As a child he used to build model tanks and air craft, which came in handy when trying to infiltrate the ranks of re-enactors. 17. intransitive. a. where does (a person or thing) come in?: what role does (a person or thing) have in a particular situation or state of affairs? Cf. to come into —— 3 at Phrasal verbs 2. ΚΠ 1864 D. C. Eddy Walter's Tour in East: Samaria xiii. 185 ‘You will be my gallant for the rest of the journey.’ ‘Yes.’ ‘And where do I come in?’ said Harry. 1891 Central Law Jrnl. 33 288/2 ‘That's $75 for you and $75 for me.’.. ‘How about our client? Where does he come in?’.. ‘Oh, give him $10.’ 1923 Rotarian Oct. 56/1 And now, you may ask, where does Rotary come in in all of this? 1939 Street & Smith's Western Story Mag. 23 Sept. 21/1 Who's Whiskey Pete?.. Where does he come in on all this cockeyed business? 2006 Wired Nov. 34/2 I know that spam + blog = splog... But where does the blog come in? Most of the times when I hit these pages in a search, they are just that, Web pages. So why aren't they called spages, as in spam + Web page? b. where (a person or thing) comes in: the point in a situation or state of affairs at which (a person or thing) becomes important, useful, or helpful. ΚΠ 1912 F. E. M. Young Grit Lawless i. 11 ‘We must..steal them back.’.. ‘And that's where I come in’, he said, completing the Colonel's sentence. 1960 Times 19 Dec. 11/5 Christmas begins on..December 23, when friends call and bring presents... This is where the Christmas biscuits come in. 1986 Punch 16 July 22/2 Where the skills come in is spinning out the answers. 2003 S. Brooke 2cool2btrue i. 10 This one is just launching and they need some advertising and some images for their homepage, which is where we come in. 18. intransitive. To enter into or commit to joining a group enterprise, agreement, deal, etc. Frequently with on. ΚΠ 1895 Metal Worker 28 Dec. 9 (advt.) Won't you come in on the deal to the extent of a Catalogue anyway? 1916 M. B. Lowndes Diary 25 May (1971) 75 He agreed with me that Roumania coming in was a good sign. 1923 P. G. Wodehouse Inimitable Jeeves xiv. 161 I came..to ask if you would care to come in on another little flutter. 1953 R. Lehmann Echoing Grove 310 She came in on a campaign..I was helping to organize. 2009 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 14 Nov. 30 Having made an offer for UK and Commonwealth rights, he contacted Byng..and Byng came in on the deal. 19. intransitive. With complement. a. Of a project or piece of work: to be completed in specified relation to a previously agreed cost or schedule. Also: to complete a project or piece of work in this way. ΚΠ 1941 Hawkins (Texas) Herald 13 Mar. 8/2 Humble's No. 1 Williams [sc. an oil well] came in on schedule and about as everybody expected. 1953 Amarillo (Texas) Globe-Times 29 June 13/4 Despite the fact that some salaries were increased, the entire production came in under the budget by $40,000 to $50,000 for the season. 1986 Women's Rev. Sept. 20/2 We came in slightly under budget and on schedule. 1988 P. Brook Shifting Point (1989) 189 The head of United Artists..offered..Michael Birkett, and me a low budget..to make a film of Marat/Sade in complete freedom, any way we chose, provided it came in on time. 2011 Private Eye 23 Dec. 12/1 The ‘firstsite’ arts centre in Colchester..came in almost twice over the budget. b. to come in at: to be priced at, to cost (a specified amount); (also) to measure, weigh, etc.; to amount to, to be calculated at. ΚΠ 1955 Billboard 12 Mar. 2/2 The $55,000 price tag will make ‘This Is Your Life’ more expensive than ‘I Love Lucy’, which comes in at about $47,000. 1987 Pop. Mech. Nov. 42/4 Stevie Wonder's In Square Circle is 49 minutes 27 seconds long. The Best of The Band comes in at 47:28. 1990 Independent 7 June 31/2 If everything is stripped out, underlying profit growth comes in at 9 per cent. 1998 N. Lawson How to Eat (1999) Pref. p. xvii It is also helpful to know that a cupful of sugar or rice comes in at 200g. 2001 Premiere June 53/3 The script..came in at a tidy 125 pages. 2012 PC Pro Nov. 120/1 The standard edition costs a reasonable $75 to download (around £50), with the premium Pro Studio edition coming in at $150. < as lemmas |
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