单词 | to go up to |
释义 | > as lemmasto go up to (a person) 2. intransitive. To approach a person, esp. in order to address him or her. Frequently in to go up to (a person). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards [verb (intransitive)] > specifically a person to go upa1387 proacha1450 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 335 Danaus doere of meny euel dedes wente vp to [L. conscendit] þe Argyues, and by gile putte out St[h]enelus. c1450 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Bodl. 277) (1850) Gen. xliv. 24 [a1425 Royal Therfor whanne we hadden] gon vp [Royal continues stied to thi seruaunt]. 1642 in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I. 783 Drake and his Party went up to the Gentleman-Porter, and demanded the Keys of the Gates. 1756 J. Macknight Harmony Four Gospels I. xlix. 156 They were so displeased that they went up and asked him, why he spake in such obscure terms. 1779 F. Burney Let. 27 May in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) III. 280 He went up to the biggest Grinner, & shaking him violently by the shoulders, said..‘Do you Laugh at the Ladies?’ 1854 T. H. Benton Thirty Years' View I. 420/2 He went up to Mr. Clay, and asked him for a pinch of his fine maccoboy snuff. 1916 J. Joyce Portrait of Artist i. 57 I'd go straight up to the rector and tell him about it after dinner. 1982 W. Lowenstein & T. Hills Under Hook 76 Go up and tell him that it's too dirty to work today. 1992 P. Auster Leviathan (1993) ii. 61 She would..go up to him at these gatherings and compliment him on what he was wearing. 2003 New Yorker 22 Dec. 132/2 I just went up to Mary and asked to speak to her private-like. < as lemmas |
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