单词 | to pull round |
释义 | > as lemmasto pull round to pull round 1. intransitive. To recover from illness; (also) to regain consciousness after fainting, to come round. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > recovery > recover or be healed [verb (intransitive)] wholeeOE botenc1225 cover1297 amendc1325 recovera1375 warisha1386 recovera1387 healc1390 recurec1400 soundc1402 mendc1440 convalesce1483 guarish1489 restore1494 refete?a1505 revert1531 to gather (or pick) up one's crumbs1589 cure1597 recruit1644 to perk upa1656 retrieve1675 to pick up1740 to leave one's bed1742 to sit up and take nourishment1796 to get round1798 to come round1818 to pull through1830 rally1831 to fetch round1870 to mend up1877 to pull round1889 recoup1896 recuperate1897 1889 Manitoba Daily Free Press 26 Jan. ‘With great care he might pull round again,’ returned the nurse, unwilling to commit herself one way or the other. 1891 R. Buchanan Come, live with Me II. xx. 253 The danger's over..and the little one is pulling round. 1914 M. Sinclair Three Sisters xx. 92 She looks extraordinarily well... I never saw her pull round so fast before. 1998 P. Lively Spiderweb (1999) iv. 41 She'd had a bit of a bad chest but was pulling round all right. 2. transitive. To restore (a person) to health after illness, etc.; to effect a recovery in the condition or circumstances of (a business, organization, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > heal or cure [verb (transitive)] > restore to health healc1000 temperc1000 recoverc1330 covera1375 restorec1384 recovera1398 rectifya1400 revert1446 recruita1661 re-establish1664 to set up1686 to bring toa1796 reinstate1810 tinker1823 recuperate1849 to bring about1854 to pick up1857 to fetch round1870 re-edify1897 to pull round1900 1900 Outrageous Fortune iv. 37 The attack of meningitis..was fortunately only slight, and the excellent nursing I received..served to quickly pull me round. 1928 Sunday Express 29 Apr. 20/1 In the second half Cardiff made a valiant attempt to pull the game round. 1955 A. L. Rowse Expansion of Elizabethan Eng. 230 Smith had pulled the colony round at its lowest point. 1999 Financial Times 9 Oct. 16/4 He will have to convince them that he can pull round the business. < as lemmas |
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