单词 | to go to |
释义 | > as lemmasto go to to go to [Compare Middle Dutch toegaen to set to work, (of a door, etc.) to close, (of the sun) to set (Dutch toegaan), Middle Low German togān to set to work, Middle High German zuo gān (of a door, etc.) to close, (of the sun) to set (German zugehen)] 1. intransitive. a. To go about one's work; to set to work, begin working. Chiefly imperative, as an exhortation to do this. Cf. to go to —— at Phrasal verbs 2. Now archaic (somewhat rare). 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 the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > expressions of disbelief [interjection] to go toc1275 in good timea1470 Walker1811 to get off1818 this beats my grandmother1819 to go on1835 your granny!1837 to get away1847 I ask you1855 great guns!1875 sure1907 oh yeah1927 Aunt Fanny1928 go 'long1974 to sod off1976 c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 838 (MED) Þu gest al to mid swikelede. c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. ii. 115 Fauel..bad Gyle go to and ȝyue gold aboute, And namely to this notaries. tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iii. l. 668 In ver let sowe, in October go to And transplaunte hit. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. iii. 35 Here shall no man tary the; I pray the go to! 1573 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxxix. 112 Our Cronall als, quha is ane freik bot feir, With all his Capitanes reddie to ga to. 1583 C. Hollyband Campo di Fior 9 Go to now bring me a doublet. 1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xi. 3 And they sayd one to another; Goe to, let vs make bricke. View more context for this quotation 1645 J. Ussher Body of Divin. (1647) 56 Go to then, shew first how many ways sinne is to be considered. 1770 R. Griffith Posthumous Wks. Celebrated Genius I. xv. 62 Go to—go to—ye idle vagabonds of the world—Build houses—Rear trees—Write books. 1838 E. Fanning Voy. South Seas, Indian & Pacific Oceans vii. 226 We could not keep our ship free with all the pumps, and as many hands as could go to and work at them. 1895 E. A. Bibb Poems 51 Go to! and tune thy Muse, To sing us truthful news. 2011 N.Y. Times Mag. 24 Apr. 47/1 I set out to capture the flavors with a farmed duck instead of a wild goose... Though if you can get your hands on a mallard or a canvasback, go to. b. imperative. Expressing (playful) impatience or dismissiveness, or (mock) disbelief, derision, etc.: ‘get away’. Now archaic and rare. ΚΠ ?1531 tr. Erasmus Treat. perswadynge Man Patientlye to Suffre sig. C.iij Nowe go to, tell me [L. sed age], what losse is it, that ye susteine by my deth? 1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall Ded. sig. A3 Go to Martin, go to: I know a man is a man, though he haue but a hose on his head. 1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida iii. sig. E Goe to, goe to; thou liest Philosophy. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxxi. 190 Go to, go to, naughty mistrustful Mrs. Pamela. 1798 T. Twining Let. 11 Dec. in Recreat. & Stud. (1882) 232 Go to with your doubts and your wisdom. 1822 Ld. Byron Werner ii. i. 429 Go to! you are a wag. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. i. 6 Go to: why should we not make the public pay for the great benefits we confer on them? 1909 A. Bierce Coll. Wks. V. 249 Go to! go to!—you're as unfitted quite To give advice to writers as to write. 1922 G. Calderon Cromwell in Three Plays & Pantomime ii. i. 223 Go to, thou subtle shaveling. 2. intransitive. Esp. of a door: to shut or close suddenly (with a specified action or noise). ΚΠ 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 22 Tybert..was a ferde and sprange forth, the grynne wente to [Du. ghink toe], thenne began he to wrawen, for he was almost y stranglyd. 1871 J. E. Cooke Out of Foam iii. xxiii. 319 Wilde..closed the huge door. It went to with a dull clash. 1893 G. Macdonald Poet. Wks. II. 190 Ah, my poor little brother, He's caught in the trap That goes-to with a snap! 1922 Collier's 30 Dec. 21/2 The gate went to with a crash. 1978 R. Thrift Hinderers 341 The bathroom door went to with a quick clap. 2000 C. Reynolds Monuments i. vi. 139 The door went to with a barely audible click. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > sun > solar movement > move [verb (intransitive)] > set nipeeOE grindc1050 to go to gladec1200 settlea1375 fall?c1400 shaftc1400 rebash1481 to go to1584 sinka1586 welk1590 wave1592 verge1610 sit1621 western1858 1584 King James VI & I Ess. Prentise Poesie sig. Niiij Thow maid the Sunne in tyme go to, that lest He still sould shyne, then night sould neuer come. 1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 152 Thou sall pay him the price of his labour befoir the sunne ga to. to go to —— to go to —— intransitive. colloquial. to go to it: to go ahead; to get started, get down to it, ‘get cracking’. Frequently imperative in go to it!, as an exhortation to do this. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin action or activity [verb (intransitive)] > resolutely or energetically to go to it1490 busklea1535 settle1576 to lay on1587 to put in (also get into) one's gearsa1658 to put (occasionally lay, set) one's shoulder to the wheel1678 yark1721 to get going1822 to pitch in1835 to roll up one's sleeves1838 square1849 to clap on1850 to wire in (also away)1864 to dig in1884 hunker1903 tie into1904 to get cracking1937 to get stuck in1938 to get weaving1942 to get it on1954 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) viii. 194 Lete vs goo to it hardly [Fr. alons y hardiment], For we durste well assaylle the devylle, when ye be wyth vs. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 733/1 Go to it, man, be nat a frayde, I wyll stande by the who so ever come. 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique i. f. 31v Well, go to it, tell as many as you can, & spare not. 1602 Contention Liberalitie & Prodigalitie iii. iii. sig. Dv I say, that I like it: goe to it, I pray you. 1655 tr. A. Semedo Hist. China i. xxix. 148 They..go to it with their fists. 1735–6 S. Legge Alphabet of Kenticisms (1876) 30 Going to 't, i.e. going to do it; as, ‘do this or that;’ the answer is—‘I am going to 't.’ 1856 G. H. Boker Widow's Marriage iv. iii, in Plays & Poems II. 191 Go to it boldly, Ruffler. 1952 C. Day Lewis tr. Virgil Aeneid ix. 188 How they went to it then! 1990 A. Duff Once were Warriors (1995) ii. 25 Yah! and now Moose is sticking his big nose in! Go to it, Moosie! to go to (also away with) ΚΠ 1529 Malory's Mort Darthur (de Worde) i. ix. sig. avv/1 Fyght not wt the swerde..tyll ye se yt ye go to ye worste [1485 Caxton vnto the wers]. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ i. ii. 36 There was a shrewd brush lately twixt the young King and his Mother, who..met him in open field.., but she went away with the worst. < as lemmas |
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