单词 | to start in |
释义 | > as lemmasto start in to start in intransitive. colloquial. a. To begin (to do something). Cf. to start out 4a at Phrasal verbs 1.Quot. 1737 (and quot. 1830, which closely echoes it) may represent a slightly different sense in Scottish usage; other examples before the 20th cent. are predominantly from U.S. contexts. 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 1737 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. IV. 168 When we had three times toom'd our Stoup..In started, to heeze up our hope, Young Andro. 1830 W. Scott Lady of Lake Introd., in Poet. Wks. (new ed.) VII. p. v I remember that about the same time a friend started in to ‘heeze up my hope’, like the minstrel in the old song. 1843 ‘R. Carlton’ New Purchase II. lii. 200 The second fiddle..was sometimes so utterly lost, that Dan would tell him to stop, and ‘start in when the tune kim round agin!’ 1865 J. W. Barber & H. Howe Loyal West 687 Late on Saturday evening the Almighty started in to make a tremendous great river. 1885 Lisbon (Dakota Territory) Star 2 Jan. 7/1 The United States commissioner for Dakota..started in to give the world a comprehensive idea of the resources..of the territory. 1902 O. Wister Virginian xxix. 371 I was starting in to die when she found me. 1912 P. G. Wodehouse Prince & Betty iv. 53 Then we start in. 1978 T. Allbeury Lantern Network vii. 87 Chaland had started in straightaway. ‘Bonnier your group is far too big.’ 1990 P. Matthiessen Killing Mister Watson (1991) 212 Charlie T. laughed..and Isaac whooped again and slapped his thigh, and some women started in to hissing about sacrilege. 2001 D. Freund Four Corners vi. 79 She knew damn well that they'd start in as soon as the truck left the driveway. b. to start in on (or upon). (a) To make a start on an activity, enterprise, topic, etc. 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 world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] > attack with hostile words or measures fangc1320 hurtlec1374 impugnc1384 weighc1386 to fall upon ——a1398 to start on ——a1398 oppugn?1435 to lay to, untoa1500 onseta1522 wipe1523 to set against ——1542 to fall aboard——1593 aggress1596 to fall foul1602 attack1613 appugn1615 to set upon ——1639 to fall on ——1641 to lay home, hard, hardly to1650 tack1720 bombard1766 savage1796 to pitch into ——1823 to begin upon a personc1825 bulldog1842 to down on (also upon)a1848 to set at ——1849 to start on ——a1851 to start in on1859 set on at or to1862 to let into1872 to go for ——1890 swash1890 slog1891 to get at ——1893 tee1955 1859 Calif. Culturist Mar. 438 As we really want to talk about hogs, and our rule being always to use the fewest words and the shortest, in expressing our ideas, we shall start in on hog. 1887 Harper's Young People 17 May 459/1 I'm exactly in the same condition as I was when I started in on my speculations. 1925 J. Buchan John Macnab vii. 144 In this country, once you start in on politics you're fixed in a class and members of a hierarchy. 1940 H. R. S. Society Rag Nov. 2/1 Clarinetist Albert Nichols starts in on some old standard like High Society or maybe Dinah. 2005 J. Weiner Goodnight Nobody ix. 80 Back in the kitchen, I started in on the sinkful of dishes. (b) To attack physically or verbally; to make an onslaught upon. Cf. to start on —— at Phrasal verbs 2. ΚΠ 1861 7th Ann. Rep. Iowa State Agric. Soc. 1860 300 They [sc. army worms] started in upon a field of oats belonging to one of our citizens..; after advancing some ten or fifteen feet into the field..they suddenly ceased their work of destruction and disappeared. 1891 Ballou's Monthly Mag. Nov. 428/1 I thought ev'ry minnit, soon's he'd satisfied himself that I war fit to kill, he'd start in on me. 1953 K. Tennant Joyful Condemned iii. 23 I'll give you five minutes, and then I'll start in on you. So hand over the two quid. 1968 N. Bethell & D. Burg tr. A. Solzhenitsyn Cancer Ward I. xxi. 332 The critics may start in on you. 2003 R. Liddle Too Beautiful for You (2004) 187 I lose it a bit and really start in on her. < as lemmas |
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