单词 | to get into |
释义 | > as lemmasto get into —— to get into —— 1. intransitive. a. To make one's way into (business, favour, office, etc.); to succeed in obtaining; to gain admittance to (an educational establishment). ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change [verb (intransitive)] > pass into state, become yworthOE worthOE goOE becomec1175 come?a1200 waxc1220 charea1225 aworthc1275 makea1300 fallc1300 breedc1325 grow1340 strikea1375 yern1377 entera1382 turna1400 smitec1400 raxa1500 resolvea1500 to get into ——?1510 waxen1540 get1558 prove1560 proceed1578 befall1592 drop1654 evade1677 emerge1699 to turn out1740 to gain into1756 permute1864 slip1864 ?1510 T. More in tr. G. F. Pico della Mirandola Lyfe I. Picus sig. f.viv So thou that wilt with god gete in to fauoure Garnisshe thi self vp. 1543 T. Chaloner tr. G. Cousin Office of Seruauntes sig. Aviv Some of them get into seruice. 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. ii. 3/2 I..vsed all meanes I could to get into his seruice. 1693 Humours & Conversat. Town 88 Your Physicians Discourse is..as if they..are pretending mighty Practice to get into Practice. 1704 J. Pitts True Acct. Mohammetans vi. 47 Slaves in such places do always strive to get into the Childrens Affections. 1790 J. B. Moreton Manners & Customs West India Islands 93 When a young man gets into a good employ. 1842 F. Marryat Percival Keene III. xii. 170 That I had no difficulty in getting into society may easily be imagined. 1890 T. F. Tout in F. Y. Powell et al. Hist. Eng. III. 182 Trade grew much more active after he got into office. 1936 ‘P. Quentin’ Puzzle for Fools iv. 26 He was crazy to get into show business; stunts and strong-man acts. 1966 Contemp. Relig. Japan 7 74 There were so many persons who tried to get into favor with the supervisor by a faked conversion to the Christian religion. 1992 D. Lessing Afr. Laughter 155 But what I didn't expect was that these bastards would get into power and then not care about anything but feathering their own nests. 2012 Independent on Sunday 12 Aug. 64/2 One day, he looked round and thought, ‘I know I'm better than this’, so he worked his guts out and got into Oxford. b. To come to be, result in being, in (a certain state or condition).to get into a flap: see flap n. 2c. to get into one's stride: see stride n. 3c. to get into trouble: see trouble n. 5a. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change [verb (intransitive)] > pass into state, become > get into specified condition becomec888 fallOE turnc1540 change1583 to get into ——1657 1657 V. de Voiture Lett. of Affaires li. 99 He is got into an humour to let his beard grow. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 81 When they are once got into Wine they mind nothing else. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 284 The King who was got into a pleasant Humour, only Laugh'd at it. 1693 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. §124. 153 Lying is..so much in fashion amongst all sorts of People, that a Child..can scarse be kept, without great care, from getting into it. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 82. ⁋1 When one is got into such a Way of Thinking. 1771 E. Griffith tr. ‘P. Viaud’ Shipwreck 151 They were got into full cry before we heard them. 1787 ‘G. Gambado’ Acad. Horsemen 27 Before ever your horse gets into motion, clap both your spurs into him pretty sharp. 1801 tr. ‘C. F. Damberger’ Trav. through Continent Afr. 177 We got into a sort of discourse together. 1833 Act 3 & 4 William IV c. 46 §104 Where any..spouts, shores, or pipes, drains or common sewers..shall get into disrepair. 1862 Temple Bar 6 401 He used to get into a frightful passion. 1887 H. R. Haggard Jess iv. 29 He very soon got more or less into the swing of the thing. 1930 A. Bennett Imperial Palace 101 I'm frightfully sorry. It was cheek. But as I've got myself into a hole, you won't leave me in it. 1959 D. Lessing Each in his own Wilderness 74 Never mind, love, you'll soon get into the way of it. 2001 C. Fowler Devil in Me (2005) 110 But while he was away, right, he got into a fight with some geezer and ended up with a punctured lung. c. To become occupied with; to become interested, involved, or absorbed in. Also: to specialize in.In quot. 1788: to penetrate by inquiry, to get knowledge of. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupy or engage (a person) [verb (transitive)] > engage in or busy oneself about > become engaged in or occupied with to fall aboard——1593 to get into ——1665 to get up to1864 1665 W. Johnson Αγυρτο-Μαστιξ 95 I am got into his Elaboratory which is so pitifull a sight, that it minds me of an Expression in his Eighth Chapter. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 479. ⁋6 Instead of..Displaying Conjugal Love in its natural Beauties..I am got into Tales to the Disadvantage of that State of Life. 1743 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 16 July (1932) (modernized text) II. 535 As you are now got into sense verses, remember, that it is not sufficient to put a little common sense into hexameters and pentameters. 1788 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 376 I endeavored to get, as well as I could, into the state of national credit there. 1822 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Gil Blas (new ed.) III. vii. xii.104 I soon got into all his personal history: he related on what occasions he had left an eye at Naples, an arm in Lombardy, and a leg in the Low Countries. 1827 Newcastle Mag. May 222 When men of a poetic genius get into politics they are very apt to lose themselves. 1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 4 June 2 I got into the way of orchestrating and writing for every instrument. 1938 E. Hemingway Fifth Column (1939) 220 ‘What are you reading?’ ‘Richard Feveral.’ ‘I couldn't get into it.’ 1966 ‘C. Keith’ Elusive Epicure (1968) v. 69 He did advise me one time to get into Early American antique furniture. 1969 It 11 Apr. 11/2 What sort of things are you getting into musically now? 2000 D. Adebayo My Once upon Time (2001) ix. 199 The mass of us, including a couple who stumbled in having lost their way, still got into it enough to shout, ‘Yeah, yeah, yay, yo!’ whenever he requested. d. To start discussing (a subject) extensively or in full. ΚΠ 1940 A. Tate in Southern Rev. 6 243 I do not intend here to get into Aristotle and to argue the difference between history and fiction. 1954 Rotarian July 62/3 Scale-model construction..[is] an interesting field, but I'll not get into that because this is a hobby story. 1969 Computers & Humanities 4 95 It would be especially inappropriate in this context to get into the question of whether scholar/teachers should unionize or professionalize. 1971 Sci. Amer. June 20 (advt.) We use a tiny crystal chip called a light-emitting diode. It works something like a transistor, but let's not get into all that. 1984 Adweek (U.S.) (Nexis) 30 Jan. We have to talk to parents, and parents don't want to get into all the techy things. 2003 National Post's Financial Post & FP Investing (Canada) 6 Mar. fp8/5 Without getting into the hideously abstruse details. 2. intransitive. colloquial. To put on (a garment, shoes, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > put on to do oneOE graitha1375 puta1382 to take on1389 to let falla1400 takea1400 to put on?a1425 endow1484 addressa1522 to get on1549 to draw on1565 don1567 to pull on1578 dight1590 sumpterc1595 to get into ——1600 on with1600 array1611 mount1785 to cast on1801 endoss1805 endue1814 ship1829 1600 Looke about You sig. Hv Some od mate is got into my gowne, And walkes deuoutly like my counterfeite. 1613 G. Wither Abuses Stript ii. i. sig. M8v Most of our Courtiers would make much ado, But they would get into that fashion too. 1655 F. G. tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Artamenes IV. vii. 43 She went to her as soon as she had got into a habit of mourning. 1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel i. 22 They [sc. Monks and Friars] pretending to nothing but holiness..whether in these mob'd habits, or got into a more brisk dress. 1690 W. Walker Idiomatologia Anglo-Lat. 151 He is gotten into a new dress. 1790 Lady Newdigate Let. 21 Oct. in A. E. Newdigate-Newdegate Cheverels (1898) vii. 101 I..must borrow a Gown which I shall not be able to get in to. 1813 Lady Burghersh Lett. (1893) 38 By that time I shall ‘get into my shoes’ here. 1840 N. P. Willis Romance of Trav. 166 ‘Percie!’ ‘Sir!’ ‘Get into your best suit of plain clothes, and if a foreigner calls on me this morning, come in and forget that you are a valet. I have occasion to use you for a gentleman.’ 1920 Amer. Woman Aug. 11/2 Here he is now! It's lucky I dressed; getting into a cobwebby dress and nice, foolish slippers. 1976 N. Maclean River runs through It 74 I didn't know how a nurse could get into a uniform so fast, but I could hear the swish of starch as she came through the door. 2004 Stardust (Internat. ed.) June 16/1 Anil would get into his spandex cycle shorts and hit the suntanning beaches. 3. intransitive. a. Of liquor: to take effect upon; to render a person's mind, gait, etc., confused or unsteady. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [verb (transitive)] > make drunk > take effect on (of drink) to get into ——a1642 a1642 J. Suckling Goblins iii. 27 in Fragmenta Aurea (1646) The Wine has got into his head. 1661 A. Brome Songs & Other Poems 164 Drink alwayes gets into the head. 1770 I. Bickerstaff 'Tis Well it's no Worse ii. 41 Zounds! my stomach was so empty when I drank, that the wine's getting into my head. 1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales I. 145 This ale gets into my noddle. 1894 Pall Mall Mag. Dec. 576 Ever since I've been holding off from the whisky the least drop gets into my walk. 1968 Times of India 21 Apr. 11/4 The motor-racing and the whiskey got into his head. 1996 S.-L. S. Yu tr. Jin Yun Nirvana of Grandpa Doggie in S.-L. S. Yu Chinese Drama after Cultural Revol. 377 Their arguments rang in my ears and the wine got into my head. b. In interrogative clauses, esp. in (I don't know) what's got into me (also him, her, etc.): to take possession of, to come over (a person); to cause to behave in an extraordinary way. Cf. to come over —— 1b at come v. Phrasal verbs 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > unaccustomed to [phrase] > why is a person behaving unusually? (I don't know) what came over me (also him, her, etc.)1726 to get into ——1798 1798 W. Milns All In A Bustle 14 Why what the devil has got into the people? 1841 W. G. Simms Kinsmen II. xix. 228 Joe Brydone, what's got into you, that you can't see the road that's safest and most profitable? 1876 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Tom Sawyer iii. 37 All through supper his spirits were so high that his aunt wondered ‘what had got into the child’. 1937 I. Baird John xiv. 163 You, too? Why, what's got into you tonight? 1946 D. Stivens in Austral. Short Stories (1951) 386 I dunno what's got into you to-night. 1972 J. Brown Chancer iii. 46 What's got into you, love?.. I thought you were always one for live and let live. 2006 Ireland's Own Feb. 51/1 I don't know what's got into that boy,..he comes home from school and hides in his room all evening with a face as long as a fiddle. 4. intransitive. colloquial. To have sexual intercourse with (a woman). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > engage in sexual activity with [verb (transitive)] > have sexual intercourse with > specifically of a man jape1382 overliec1400 swivec1405 foilc1440 overlay?a1475 bed1548 possess1592 knock1598 to get one's leg over1599 enjoy1602 poke1602 thrum1611 topa1616 riga1625 swingea1640 jerk1650 night-work1654 wimble1656 roger1699 ruta1706 tail1778 to touch up1785 to get into ——c1890 root1922 to knock up1934 lay1934 pump1937 prong1942 nail1948 to slip (someone) a length1949 to knock off1953 thread1958 stuff1960 tup1970 nut1971 pussy1973 service1973 c1890 My Secret Life I. vi. 184 I felt as if I was wicked in getting into her, almost as if I was going to poke my mother. 1922 F. Harris My Life & Loves I. iii. 61 Again I dreamed of Lucille and again I was trying, trying in vain to get into her when again the spasm of pleasure overtook me. 1957 J. Kerouac On the Road i. vii. 44 I've just got to get into her sister Mary tonight. 2001 K. Sampson Outlaws (2002) 180 Go'ead, love! Get into her! Fucking get right into that juicy quim! < as lemmas |
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