| 单词 | to send in |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto send in to send in 1. transitive. To give (one's name), hand (one's card) to a servant when making a call. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > visit > visiting > visit [verb (transitive)] > send in name or card to send in1748 to leave one's (also a) card1749 spit1782 to send up1884 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. liii. 204 The Colonel..sent in his name; and I..introduced the afflicted gentleman. 1897 T. Watts-Dunton Aylwin v. ii On sending in my card I was shown at once into the studio. 2. To cause (a thing) to be delivered at its destination, to the person entitled to receive it or to the appointed receiver; esp. to render (an account, a bill).to send in one's jacket: see jacket n. Phrases 4.to send in one's papers: see paper n. 12b. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come into [verb (transitive)] > send in insenda1300 immit1578 immiss1647 to send in1715 society > travel > transport > [verb (transitive)] > cause to be conveyed or send > cause to be delivered at destination deliverc1300 to send in1715 1715 D. Defoe Family Instructor I. ii. i. 196 At Church there are Bills sent in, for the Minister to pray for Folks. a1777 S. Foote Nabob (1778) i. 22 Sir Robert Bumper's butler is to send in the wine. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple III. xxiii. 300 My father's bills had been sent in, and amounted to twelve hundred pounds. 1887 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 19 518 It is suggested that to send in a bill is not to demand payment of it, but this is a fanciful view. 1895 G. Saintsbury Corrected Impressions 179 An editorial notice of a poem which had been sent in. 3. Cricket. To send (a batter) into the field to bat. Also, to send (the opposing side) in to bat first. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > bat [verb (transitive)] > put (person) in to bat to put in1823 to send in1857 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > bat [verb (transitive)] > put (team) in to bat first to put in1823 to send in1912 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. viii. 398 Arthur is sent in, and goes off to the wicket. 1898 G. Giffen With Bat & Ball viii. 111 Bonnor was sent in third wicket down. 1912 P. F. Warner Eng. v. Austral. vi. 48 Trumper beat Douglas in the toss, and sent us in. 1930 C. G. Macartney My Cricketing Days iii. 18 They might have given us a good game had not our captain..won the toss and sent them in on a bad wicket. 1969 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (ed. 106) 478 Although Lancashire were without..their opening bowlers, Leicestershire sent them in on winning the toss. < as lemmas |
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