单词 | to run round |
释义 | > as lemmasto run round to run round 1. intransitive. Of the head, mind, etc.: to spin; to experience feelings of giddiness. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > be or become excited [verb (intransitive)] > become dizzy with excitement (of the mind or head) reel1579 to run round1580 swim1702 spin1819 1580 A. Saker Narbonus i. 81 The teares flowed downe her face, and her head ran round shee knew not how. 1630 T. Randolph Aristippus (new ed.) 16 Heere you haue an Encuclopœdia [sic] of Sciences, whose method being circular, can neuer be so well learned, as when your head runnes round. 1678 R. L'Estrange tr. Of Happy Life ii. xi. 144 in Seneca's Morals Abstracted (1679) The Leacher, without any regard to Decency, or Scandal, turns up his Whore in the Market-Place. A Mans Tongue trips, his Head runs round; he Staggers in his Pace. a1777 F. Fawkes tr. Apollonius Rhodius Argonautics (1780) ii. 91 In dizzy fumes involv'd, his brain runs round, And swims beneath his feet the solid ground. 1856 Melbourne Punch 27 Nov. 135/1 You can run round until your head runs round. 1899 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 13/2 It was no good trying to think out a direction, for in the fog my brain was running round. 1914 F. J. Olcott Good Stories for Great Holidays 252 And the noise they made was like to make her head run round. 2008 Brantford (Ont.) Expositor (Nexis) 8 Nov. a1 This gas is awful stuff. My head was running round like a whirlwind, my throat and nose raw. 2. intransitive. Of an idea, emotion, etc.: to be persistently present or in circulation; = to run around 3 at Phrasal verbs 1. ΚΠ 1595 R. Southwell St. Peters Complaint 25 My eye, reades mournfull lessons to my hart, My hart, doth to my thought the griefe expound..Thus circkling griefes runne round without an end. 1679 R. L'Estrange Free-born Subj. 3 And so the Controversie shall run round World without end. 1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 186 While these Thoughts run round in my Head,..I observ'd my Landlord took him aside and whisper'd to him. 1847 Boston Musical Gaz. 27 Sept. 140/3 Thoughts ran round in my head, and I could not banish them. 1861 G. W. Curtis Trumps xxxvi. 218 His fancy was running round all the time. 1957 A. C. Clarke Tales from White Hart 46 I got saddled that way for a whole week with the big theme from the finale of Sibelius Two—even went to sleep with it running round inside my head. 1999 T. le Tissier Race for Reichstag vii. 124 The rumor ran round that Tempelhof had been outflanked from both east and west. 3. intransitive. To go about hurriedly, frantically, or aimlessly; = to run around 1 at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move swiftly and violently > rush around scour1297 startlec1300 reelc1400 rammisha1540 gad1552 ramp1599 fling1620 to run rounda1623 rampage1791 to run around1822 to rip and tear1846 hella1864 running around like a chicken with its head cut off (also like a chicken with no head)1887 to haul ass1918 tear-arse1942 a1623 W. Pemble Vindiciæ Gratiæ (1627) 214 As if we..ran round from the Scriptures to the Spirit, & againe from the Spirit to the Scriptures. 1675 H. Croft Naked Truth 38 He runs round to prove this by that, and that by this, and not one tittle out of Scripture for either. 1727 J. Wright Spiritual Songs for Children 64 Some Men endow'd with Pelf, Run round like Horse and Mule. 1819 ‘O. Moreland’ Charms of Dandyism I. xv. 114 There are some people who can only live in a whirl; like the squirrels, they only seem sensible of their life when they are running round at the rate of twenty miles an hour. 1857 S. F. Holbrook Threescore Years xxvii. 489 You are running round, trying to injure his reputation. 1900 Parl. Deb. (Victoria, Austral.) XCV. 1866/1 When I had confidence in the valuer,..I should not run round looking for a valuer who would give a higher valuation. 1970 K. Amis Lett. (2000) 730 I've been running round like a blue fly getting these pics done, interviewing shags and so on. 2000 Herald (Glasgow) 21 Aug. 1/4 I got lost twice..and was running round with the route map in my hand. 4. intransitive. colloquial. To associate or consort with (a person); (sometimes) spec. to have or pursue a romantic relationship with. Similarly with together. Cf. to run around 2 at Phrasal verbs 1. ΚΠ 1895 E. N. Blair Lisbeth Wilson 296 Is he runnin' round with good-for-nothin' fellers, an' takin' tew their ways? 1905 Cent. Mag. May 70/2 Sally may not be as good-lookin' as some I know, but she's good-natured, and she don't run round with sap-headed dudes. 1940 M. Allingham Black Plumes iii. 19 He and Phillida ran round together quite a bit. 1966 A. Powell Soldier's Art 78 Robert Tolland was running round with my sister, Flavia, before he went to France. 2008 T. E. Blue Keyshia & Clyde xxiii. 172 And who's this girl I hear you running 'round with? to run round —— to run round —— intransitive. Of an idea, thought, etc. : to persist or circulate in (the head, mind, etc.). ΚΠ 1866 tr. V. A. Thisted Lett. from Hell II. 178 I let it run round my head and my heart for some time. 1919 S. G. Millin Dark River (1920) xxii. 181 Over and over again the thought ran round her mind. 1981 J. Sullivan Only Fools & Horses (1999) I. 1st Ser. Episode 6. 58 Del. I've been thinking. Might not be a bad idea to survive the next war after all! Rodney. Why? You got something up yer sleeve Del? Del. No, no just a little idea that's been running round me old brain box, that's all. 2006 D. Hewson Lizard's Bite (2007) 86 If I get the chance, I throw myself into the work and try to forget what's running round my head. < as lemmas |
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