| 单词 | to come together |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto come together to come together 1. intransitive. To meet, assemble; to join together as a group; (also) to join together in agreement or harmony. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > agree/be in harmony/be congruous [verb (intransitive)] > come into agreement to come togetherOE atonea1616 concentre1615 hit1758 mesh1944 society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > meeting or assembling for common purpose > meet or assemble for common purpose [verb (intransitive)] to come togetherOE meetc1425 convene1429 convent1544 convocate1685 OE tr. Gospel of Nicodemus (Cambr.) xiv. §3. 181 Ealle þa Iudeas comon togædere þa and gesomnode wæron [L. congregati sunt]. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough interpolation) anno 654 On his time þa comon togadere heo & Oswiu..& sprecon þet hi wolden an mynstre areren. c1175 ( Homily: Hist. Holy Rood-tree (Bodl. 343) (1894) 6 Þa heo þa togædere comen, þa wunedon heo ætgædere six daȝæs. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 432 Þat folc com to-gadere, guðliche cnihtes, & heora lauerd spac. 1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 37 (MED) Alle þe bretherin and sistrin shullen comen togidere..in cause of deuocioun. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. iv. i. 130 Þe bemes of liȝt comeþ togedres..as ȝif þe bemes were ioyned in a myrour. c1425 Prose Versions New Test.: Deeds (Cambr.) (1904) xix. 32 (MED) Þo chirche was confused ande many wiste noghte for whatte cause þei wore comen togider. 1514 S. Appulby Fruyte of Redemcyon xv. sig. C.ii The prynces & senyours of prestes came togyder takynge counseyle how they myght destroye the by moost shamefull deth. 1568 E. Dering Sparing Restraint ii. 91 It appereth in the scripture, that on a day when the Disciples came together to break bread, Paule disputed among them. 1607 Statutes in M. H. Peacock Hist. Free Gram. School Wakefield (1892) 55 The Governours beinge come together, the Spokesman..shall delyver up the keyes of his office. 1659 H. Oldenburg Let. 20 Apr. in Corr. (1965) I. 219 They could not endure one another being together.., but were mad, when separated, for to come together. 1708 M. Hole Pract. Expos. Church-catechism iv. 26 The custom of Neighbours and Friends coming together, and rejoicing at the Birth and Baptism of Infants, is very antient. 1790 In Consistory Court London: A. Evans versus T. Evans: Sentence 18 If people come together in marriage with the extravagant expectations that all are to be halcyon days.., every body sees how that must end. 1843 ‘R. Carlton’ New Purchase II. xl. 59 After hard ‘scrouging’ each way some hundred yards,..we came together and held a council. 1884 Christian World 16 Oct. 781/1 The demonstration of demonstrations took place on Saturday at Chatsworth, when..about 80,000 people came together. 1906 Studio (Special No.) p. a. iv Nineteen young artists came together, to found the Viennese ‘Secession’. 1943 New Dominion Series (Virginia Univ. Extension Div.) No. 36. 15 Aug. 3 County Ordinary Frank A. Smith invited representatives of all agencies..to come together for discussion. 1986 Photographer May 63/1 A group of professional labs have come together under the banner of the PPLA with that objective in mind. 2014 M. Rothblatt Virtually Human ii. 69 They call themselves ‘makers’ and come together..at annual Maker Faires and related local gatherings. 2. intransitive. a. To meet as rivals in a battle, fight, etc.; to clash. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > contend in battle or give battle [verb (intransitive)] > join or meet in battle to come togetherOE to lay togetherc1275 smitec1275 to have, keep, make, smite, strike, battle1297 joustc1330 meetc1330 copec1350 assemblea1375 semblea1375 coup?a1400 to fight togethera1400 strikea1400 joinc1400 to join the battle1455 to commit battle?a1475 rencounter1497 to set ina1500 to pitch a battlea1513 concura1522 rescounter1543 scontre1545 journey1572 shock1575 yoke1581 to give in1610 mix1697 to engage a combat1855 to run (or ride) a-tilt1862 OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Tiber. B.i) anno 1001 Sona swa hi togædere coman þa beah þæt folc. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1119 Þa twegen cyngas innan Normandige mid heoran folcan coman togædere. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 8656 To-gaderen heo comen & hærd-liche on-sloȝen. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 23 They dressed their shyldis and began to couche hir sperys..they com so egirly togydir that all men had wondir. 1605 First & Second Pt. Hist. Euordanus ii. xx. sig. Bb2v By this time were both Armies come together, the Lord Louden giuing the first charge vpon his enemies. 1706 J. Stevens Hist. Bavaria ix. 103 The two Armies coming together, the Battel began in the Afternoon. 1838 Dublin Univ. Mag. May 595/1 Never did the French Emperor manifest more skill or energy in his diplomatic negociations, than during the short interval..before the opposing armies came together in actual conflict. 1877 A. Pinkerton Molly Maguires & Detectives (1878) x. 92 The combatants came together again, despite the presence of the big pacificator. 1901 J. Coulter & J. A. Cooper Queen Victoria xxxii. 572 The British and the Boers came together on the battlefield at Dundee. 1928 H. Asbury Gangs of N.Y. vi. 113 The gangs came together at Bayard street and immediately began the most ferocious free-for-all in the history of the city. 1990 Sunday Times (Nexis) 4 Mar. On a plain far below, two unwieldy armies came together in a battle that was to last 48 hours. 2010 S. Tucker Battles that changed Hist. (2011) 8 The two armies came together on the Plain of Thymbra just outside of Sardis. b. Of competitors or teams: to compete in a sporting contest.Quot. 1837 could be regarded as showing sense 2a. ΚΠ 1837 Bell's Life in London 5 Nov. 4/2 The spectators had a rich treat in the wrestling contest, upwards of 80 competitors entering the arena... Nicholson and his old antagonist, Miller, came together in the first round. 1877 Morning Post 8 Dec. 6/2 On Saturday..these celebrated teams, who were drawn for the third ties, came together. 1880 Cambr. Rev. 17 Nov. 90/2 Magdalen and Hertford came together in the second heat, Hertford having first station. 1913 W. S. Walsh Handy Bk. Curious Information 935 The National Commission issued a ruling making it compulsory for the pennant winners of the two leagues to come together in a series of seven games at the end of the season. 1985 Irish Times 24 Dec. 4/1 Bohemians and Drogheda United, fated to trade in different divisions this season, come together in the final of the Leinster Senior Cup. 2006 Weekend Austral. (Nexis) 16 Dec. (Sport section) 52 Ford's Craig Lowndes..lost the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship to Holden's Rick Kelly after the pair came together in the final race of the year. 3. intransitive. To have sexual intercourse; to mate. Cf. to go together 1 at go v. Phrasal verbs 1. In later use with as man and wife as a periphrasis (partly euphemistic) and somewhat rare. [After post-classical Latin convenire to have sexual intercourse (see convene v.) and classical Latin coīre to go together, to have sexual intercourse (see coit n.).] ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > engage in sexual activity [verb (intransitive)] > have sexual intercourse playOE to do (also work) one's kindc1225 bedc1315 couple1362 gendera1382 to go togetherc1390 to come togethera1398 meddlea1398 felterc1400 companya1425 swivec1440 japea1450 mellc1450 to have to do with (also mid, of, on)1474 engender1483 fuck?a1513 conversec1540 jostlec1540 confederate1557 coeate1576 jumble1582 mate1589 do1594 conjoin1597 grind1598 consortc1600 pair1603 to dance (a dance) between a pair of sheets1608 commix1610 cock1611 nibble1611 wap1611 bolstera1616 incorporate1622 truck1622 subagitate1623 occupya1626 minglec1630 copulate1632 fere1632 rut1637 joust1639 fanfreluche1653 carnalize1703 screw1725 pump1730 correspond1756 shag1770 hump1785 conjugate1790 diddle1879 to get some1889 fuckeec1890 jig-a-jig1896 perform1902 rabbit1919 jazz1920 sex1921 root1922 yentz1923 to make love1927 rock1931 mollock1932 to make (beautiful) music (together)1936 sleep1936 bang1937 lumber1938 to hop into bed (with)1951 to make out1951 ball1955 score1960 trick1965 to have it away1966 to roll in the hay1966 to get down1967 poontang1968 pork1968 shtup1969 shack1976 bonk1984 boink1985 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. v. xlviii. 262 To fulfille suche generacioun it nediþ þat tweye beestis come togedres [L. conuenire], male and female. c1450 (c1400) Bk. Vices & Virtues (Huntington) (1942) 45 (MED) Þe seuene is a man wiþ his modre or wiþ his douȝter..suche folke mowe not come to-gidre wiþ-out dedly synne, not in mariage. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. at Coīre To come togither with other, to ioyne to.., to do the acte of generation. 1699 R. L'Estrange Fables Moralized vii. 5 A New-marry'd Couple had a Toy took them in their Heads.., to Shrift one another before they came together. 1887 Deb. Senate (Canada) 14 June 390/1 Is it at all a likely thing that a young man twenty-two years of age, having gone through that ceremony, and both of them considering it a valid marriage—that they would never have come together as man and wife? 2001 J. Wray Right Hand of Sleep 107 It was the better part of a year before we came together finally as man and wife. 4. intransitive. With reference to various elements combining effectively. a. To become clear, coherent, or understandable; to begin to make sense. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > clearness, lucidity > become clear [verb (intransitive)] to bear in1637 to speak (also express, tell) volumes1803 to clear up1875 to come together1907 1907 G. Burgess in Reader Sept. 427/2 You bought me a tie—you made me change it in the cab—oh, it's all coming together now, like one of those dissected-map puzzles. It's wonderful! 1941 Def. & Living Costs (Defense Digest) 15/2 It all came together... He wasn't confused but clear—clear as a bell. 1995 E. Van Lustbader Second Skin ii. 62 That's when it all came together for Vesper. She had always wondered how Johnny Leonforte had successfully masqueraded as Leon Waxman. 2011 C. C. Muchnick Everything Guide to Study Skills viii. 98 Sometimes you will have an ‘a-ha moment’ when the ideas start to come together and make more sense to you. b. To work well; to be effective or successful. ΚΠ 1982 Infoworld 11 Jan. 15/1 The transition from typewriter to micro was not easy, but eventually it all came together. 1990 Smithsonian Jan. 26/3 Then one of the creative people brought in a record and tried it as background. ‘All of a sudden it came together... The whole campaign jelled’. 2012 Vanity Fair Mar. 389/1 The original notion was just to get Steve to do a sports-presenter voice, but when he came out with the voice, the whole persona came together almost instantly. < as lemmas |
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