单词 | to roll round |
释义 | > as lemmasto roll round to roll round 1. intransitive. Of a regular or due event or time: to arrive, come; to happen. ΚΠ 1684 J. Dryden tr. Virgil in Misc. Poems 31 Saturnian times Rowl round again. 1720 W. R. Chetwood Voy. Capt. R. Falconer Pref. The Age of Gallantry I observe seems to roll round again. 1840 J. Keese in Wintergreen (1844) 159 And Pilgrim daughters on this isle..Will greet thy presence with a smile When Thanksgiving rolls round. 1868 Proc. & Deb. Constit. Convent. State N.Y. IV. 2554/4 The majority that apparently was had..is fast passing away, and will become..a beautiful minority before another election rolls round. 1918 I. S. Cobb Old Judge Priest ii. 58 [They] shall have covers and places provided for them when anniversary night rolls round. 1984 Economist (Nexis) 20 Oct. 46 Similar legislation is expected to be introduced.., aimed at taking effect by the time the lovely boating weather rolls round again. 2004 Waikato Times (Hamilton, N.Z.) (Nexis) 8 July (Business section) 1 Each year as summer rolls round Bartley..gears up for his busiest weeks. 2. intransitive. Of time or a period of time: to go by; to pass, elapse. Also transitive (reflexive). ΘΚΠ the world > time > [verb (intransitive)] overgoeOE agoeOE goOE forthgoOE runOE overdrivea1275 farea1325 overmetea1325 walka1325 passc1330 slidec1374 yern1377 to pass overa1382 wastec1385 waive1390 to pass awaya1400 overseyc1400 drive?c1450 to drive ona1470 slevea1510 to roll awaya1522 to roll overa1522 to wear out, forth1525 flit1574 to pass on1574 to run on1578 overhie1582 wear1597 overslip1607 spend1607 travel1609 to go bya1616 elapsea1644 to come round1650 efflux1660 to roll round1684 lapse1702 roll1731 to roll around1769 to roll by1790 transpire1824 to come around1829 tide1835 elabe1837 tick1937 1684 T. Creech tr. Theocritus Idylliums 99 He stains red Altars with a Thousand Beasts As Months roul round, and bring the solem Feasts. 1707 I. Watts Hymns & Spiritual Songs ii. 128 The Year rolls round, and steals away The Breath that first it gave. 1781 J. Swain Coll. Poems 38 O may they still increase as time rolls round, And each new day with new-born joys crown'd. 1845 W. A. Caruthers Knights of Horse-shoe xxi. 85 Before another half century rolls round, the borders of this most magnificent of all inland seas will be sought for by travellers. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 45 As the year Roll'd itself round again to meet the day When Enoch had return'd. 1866 Rural Amer. (Utica, N.Y.) 15 Dec. 369/3 I am delighted with the Rural this year... The children, especially, are all very anxious to have the time roll round for the paper to come. 1910 A. Bierce Coll. Wks. V. 256 The years rolled round: His humble mound Sank to the level of the ground. 1945 P. Sargent Between Two Wars 528 As the centuries roll round, mankind, discovering new things that are true for him, puts the old and discarded behind. 2002 Church Times 27 Sept. 13/1 I've written about Michaelmas Goose before—how the years roll round!—but C. J. Jackson..offers a whole delicious Michaelmas menu. < as lemmas |
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