| 单词 | to fall on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto fall on † to fall on 1. intransitive. To make an attack, esp. suddenly or unexpectedly; to join battle. Cf. to fall on —— 1a at Phrasal verbs 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > attack [verb (intransitive)] to lay ona1225 assailc1325 sailc1330 assemblea1375 to fall inc1384 to fall ona1387 givec1430 brunt1440 to set (all) on sevenc1440 to ding on1487 to fall down1534 offend1540 to go on1553 to give on?1611 to let fly1611 strikea1616 insult1638 to set on1670 aggress1708 to carry the war into the enemy's camp1791 hop over1929 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 59 Whan þe Sabynes fil [c1400 Tiber. ful] on. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 2132 Þai fall on freschly þe folke of þe cite. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII v. iii. 52 They fell on, I made good my place. View more context for this quotation 1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. ii. 73 He..having intelligence, that the Enemie would fall on in many Bodies, devided also his Armie into three parts. 1716 London Gaz. No. 5473/1 Flanginy fell on first with the St. Lawrence. 1759 Mod. Part Universal Hist. XII. xv. xviii. 471 He set himself at the head of his troops, and fell on with such bravery, that he drove the enemies first rank upon the second. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 425 The English were impatient to fall on. 1875 E. Magnússon & W. Morris tr. Three Northern Love Stories 57 They two alone fought together with fierce onsets and mighty strokes, which they dealt each the other, falling on furiously without stop or stay. 2. intransitive. Of night: to approach, draw on; to begin; = sense 11a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > evening > become evening [verb (intransitive)] > fall (of night) or grow dark fallOE nightc1440 to fall ona1450 nighten1561 gloom1595 gloam1819 dusken1870 dusk1876 to shut down1880 a1450 Partonope of Blois (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1912) l. 1668 (MED) Tylle nyght fylle on. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. lxxx/1 If nyght had nat fallen on, It is to deme that many moo of theym shuld haue ben slayne. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Matt. xiv. 15 Ye night falleth on. 1648 Let. from Edinb. Relation of Late Army raised in Scotl. sig. Fv Night fell on, and the Countrey all about, firing to give notice of us, we were informed that some troupes were come there. 1862 in A. E. Masich Civil War Arizona (2006) ii. 239 Night falling on, Captain Roberts withdrew his command to the station, quarter of a mile distant. 3. intransitive. To begin, make a start. Obsolete (archaic in later use). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin action or activity [verb (intransitive)] beginc1000 onginOE aginOE ginc1175 to go tillc1175 to take onc1175 comsea1225 fanga1225 to go toc1275 i-ginc1275 commencec1320 to get (also get down, go, go adown, set, set down) to workc1400 to lay to one's hand(sc1405 to put to one's hand (also hands)c1410 to set toc1425 standa1450 to make to1563 to fall to it1570 to start out1574 to fall to1577 to run upon ——1581 to break off1591 start1607 to set in1608 to set to one's hands1611 to put toa1616 to fall ona1625 in1633 to fall aboard1642 auspicatea1670 to set out1693 to enter (into) the fray1698 open1708 to start in1737 inchoate1767 to set off1774 go1780 start1785 to on with1843 to kick off1857 to start in on1859 to steam up1860 to push off1909 to cut loose1923 to get (also put) the show on the road1941 to get one's arse in gear1948 a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Captaine i. iii, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ggv/2 Fall on without feare wench. 1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 66 We came to an agreement. Upon which I fell on, and made it..Navigable from Sturbridge to Kederminster. 1713 Guardian No. 106. (1714) II. 126 I shall set it before the Reader, and desire him to fall on without further Ceremony. 1734 H. Fielding Don Quixote in Eng. Ded. sig. A3v Wit, like Hunger, will be with..Difficulty restrained from falling on, where there is great Plenty..of Food. 1792 W. Borrow in M. F. G.-B. Giner & M. Montgomery Knaresborough Workhouse Daybk. (2003) 114 She fell sulky and said nothing but she fell on and got her work done. 1890 W. Morris in Eng. Illustr. Mag. July 765 The squall falleth on when the sun hath arisen. to fall on —— to fall on —— 1. intransitive. a. To make a physical attack on, esp. fiercely or unexpectedly; to accost, assail, assault. Also: to attack with hostile words, action, influence, etc. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > attack [verb (transitive)] greetc893 overfallOE riseOE assail?c1225 to lay on or upon?c1225 onseekc1275 to set on ——c1290 infighta1300 saila1300 to go upon ——c1300 to turn one's handc1325 lashc1330 annoyc1380 impugnc1384 offendc1385 to fall on ——a1387 sault1387 affrayc1390 to set upon ——1390 to fall upon ——a1398 to lay at?a1400 semblea1400 assayc1400 havec1400 aset1413 oppressa1425 attachc1425 to set at ——c1430 fraya1440 fray1465 oppugn?a1475 sayc1475 envaye1477 pursue1488 envahisshe1489 assaulta1500 to lay to, untoa1500 requirea1500 enterprise?1510 invade1513 assemblec1515 expugn1530 to fare on1535 to fall into ——1550 mount1568 attack?1576 affront1579 invest1598 canvass1599 to take arms1604 attempt1605 to make force at, to, upon1607 salute1609 offence1614 strikea1616 to give a lift at1622 to get at ——1650 insult1697 to walk into ——1794 to go in at1812 to go for ——1838 to light on ——1842 strafe1915 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] > attack with hostile words or measures fangc1320 hurtlec1374 impugnc1384 weighc1386 to fall upon ——a1398 to start on ——a1398 oppugn?1435 to lay to, untoa1500 onseta1522 wipe1523 to set against ——1542 to fall aboard——1593 aggress1596 to fall foul1602 attack1613 appugn1615 to set upon ——1639 to fall on ——1641 to lay home, hard, hardly to1650 tack1720 bombard1766 savage1796 to pitch into ——1823 to begin upon a personc1825 bulldog1842 to down on (also upon)a1848 to set at ——1849 to start on ——a1851 to start in on1859 set on at or to1862 to let into1872 to go for ——1890 swash1890 slog1891 to get at ——1893 tee1955 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 349 (MED) Fiftene ȝong berdles men..fil on Turgesius and slowe hym. a1450 ( tr. Vegetius De Re Militari (Douce) (1988) 130 Loke þyn enbusshement be redy þat to falle on hem þat..ben fer from her felauschip for foraieng of vitailes. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 160 Ffallys on hym fuersly frap hym to dethe. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxiiiiv He feared lest the..commen people..would fall on hym, as one that fled away. 1641 R. Brooke Disc. Nature Episcopacie ii. vii. 97 Queene Elizabeth, when shee heard of Their miscarriages, fell on Them in most sharpe language. 1668 S. Pepys Diary 6 Feb. (1976) IX. 53 The Parliament..are likely to fall heavy on the business. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1667 (1955) III. 484 The Dutch..were falln on our Fleete at Chattam by a most audacious enterprise. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 307 No merchant's ships should be..fallen on, till six months after a declaration of war. 1786 S. Henley tr. W. Beckford Arabian Tale 13 In the paroxism of his passion he fell furiously on the poor carcases, and kicked them till evening. 1838 C. G. Addison Damascus & Palmyra II. xiv. 405 Peter..bade his men fall on them with their scimitars. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 194 They fell on him [sc. Clarendon] as furiously as their predecessors had fallen on Strafford. 1954 Rotarian Sept. 12/3 About a year later Joe's eighth or ninth novel came out, and the critics fell on it and tore it to pieces. 2008 S. Thion French Armies Thirty Years War 165/1 The Lorraine troops..seeing the small number of unregimented companies, fell on them with their entire cavalry wing. b. Chiefly British. To seize or apply oneself to (something) eagerly or purposefully; esp. to begin to eat (food, a meal) voraciously or with relish. Cf. attack v. 8. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > carry on vigorously [verb (transitive)] > apply oneself to vigorously to stand to ——?a1400 to shove at1542 to fall upon ——1617 to work awaya1635 to fall aboard1642 to fall on ——1650 to go at ——1675 to pitch into ——1823 to lay into1880 to be (also go) at the ——1898 to sail in1936 1650 L. Willan tr. Æsop Phrygian Fabulist sig. a The Clown..eagerly fell on the Mess that nighest was to hand. 1742 J. Martyn & E. Chambers tr. Philos. Hist. & Mem. Royal Acad. Sci. Paris IV. 46 For the first days one might see them fall on their food with eagerness, several of them fastening upon the same bit of feather. 1840 R. H. Barham Bagman's Dog in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 327 He..fell tooth and nail on the soup and the bouilli. 1854 Morning Chron. 17 Mar. 5/3 The pair..fell on the food like hungry wolves. 1936 Country Life 21 Nov. 532/1 A few years ago I fell eagerly on The Children of the New Forest, meaning to revel once more in Jacob Armitage and Pablo. 1993 L. Colwin More Home Cooking ii. 13 It is my impression that no one bakes these anymore..because when I produce them people fall on them. 2002 L. Purves Radio (2003) xiv. 19 Sometimes we sang a chorus or two..to gee ourselves up, then fell on the material before us and got to work. c. Originally and chiefly U.S. To embrace (a person) passionately or emotionally. Cf. to fall upon a person's neck at neck n.1 Phrases 3. ΚΠ 1907 Concord (Mass.) Enterprise 29 May 5/5 They fell on each other, and they hugged and they cried. 1960 Amarillo (Texas) Daily News 30 Sept. 35/4 They fell on each other with happy cries. 1987 Atlantic Mar. 71/1 They found themselves in Russell's dorm room, where they suddenly fell on each other—a crisis of lips and tongues and limbs. 2001 S. Montefiore Meet Me under Ombu Tree xix. 239 ‘And I love you,’ she sobbed and fell on him, kissing him. 2. intransitive. a. To encounter or discover, esp. by chance; spec. to light on (an idea, solution, etc.). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (intransitive)] > come across or meet with again-comea1382 counterc1475 occur1527 to fall on ——1533 recounter1583 greeta1627 encounter1632 rencounter1632 bemeet1656 pop1668 to fall in1808 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 the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > find out, discover [verb (transitive)] > quickly, casually to fall on ——1533 hit1555 strikea1610 to drop (down) to or on (to)1819 the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)] > find or discover by chance find1340 to fall with ——?c1475 to fall on ——1533 stumble1555 to come on ——1584 to come upon ——1622 fortune1662 to blunder upon1710 to come across ——1738 1533 T. More Apologye ix. f. 68v There haue I fallen on a fayre fygure vnware, that ys I trowe called periphrasys, to voyde the fowle name of apostata. 1565 T. Harding Confut. Apol. Church of Eng. iv. xix. f. 214 After this sorte they fell on some note booke made out of Hosius, where the said wordes that they burthen him with, were written. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. iv. 32 Seeing thou falst on me so luckily. View more context for this quotation 1652 C. Cotterell tr. G. de Costes de La Calprenède Cassandra ii. 107 At first he fell not on the thought of what it was. 1761–2 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (1806) V. lxix. 199 A strange expedient was fallen on to supply this deficiency. 1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. I. 96 They fell on means to heave her round. 1844 Dublin Rev. Mar. 261 We accidentally fell on an article in the Revue des deux Mondes, which corroborated our own views and statements. 1864 C. P. Smyth Our Inheritance in Great Pyramid ii. iii. 133 When at length driven almost to despair..we fell on a recently published paper, which promised great things. 1890 R. M. Kettle Old Hall i. vi. 51 They had fallen on a theme it would be unwise to pursue. 1934 W. W. Gill Manx Dial. 175 To ‘fall on’ a person or object is to chance upon them. b. To make use of (an idea, topic, etc.), esp. as a last resort; to resort to, have recourse to. Cf. to fall back on at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > recourse > have recourse to [verb (transitive)] > specifically a course of action runOE goOE drawc1275 to found to1352 resorta1425 tirvec1425 to fall on ——1634 to fall into ——1668 to fall back on1777 1634 J. Ford Chron. Hist. Perkin Warbeck iii. iii. sig. F4 Your knowledge can instruct me, wherein (Sir) To fall on Ceremonie, would seeme vselesse. 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 142 Presently they fall on that common place, how much mischiefe it [sc. learning] may do without Grace. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 260 They fell on propositions of a strange nature to ruine them. 1885 R. L. Stevenson & F. Stevenson Dynamiter 175 Sir George..fell on some expressions which I still remember. 1968 Listener 4 Jan. 27/2 The lads didn't know what they wanted to say and fell on the magic and mystery idea as an unanswerable get-out. 2005 J. Cook in N. Masalha Catastrophe Remembered viii. 197 A number of farming collectives..had fallen on the idea of opening hotels and tourist apartments as a way to revive their flagging fortunes. < as lemmas |
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