英语词汇“to start on”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. intransitive (a) To make a sudden attack upon someone or something; to rush at someone or something with hostile intent. (b) To attack someone or something verbally; to begin to berate, harangue, nag, etc., a person.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > attack > attack [verb (transitive)] > attack suddenly

to come on ——eOE

to come upon ——c1175

to start upon ——a1393

to start on ——a1398

descend?a1425

to come down1539

surprise1548

ambuscade1676

insult1775

swoop1797

Pearl Harbour1943

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

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. xxxix. 1188 [Mareys hors] is glad of þe noyse of symphony and of a trumpe. And starteþ and reseþ on enemyes [L. saltat in hostem].

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 19454 (MED) On steuen all þai stert; þai draf him vte o tun allan, And þai demed him to stain.

1793 J. Trusler Life III. xliv. 172 Ramble started on him, seized him by the wrist that held the dagger, and [etc.].

1838 Niles' National Reg. 18 Aug. 394/3 The fiend that pursued me for a long time previous to 1830, and then let me rest,..has started on me again with redoubled fury.

a1851 W. Cameron Hawkie: Autobiogr. Gangrel (1888) (modernized text) vi. 53 The lodging-house keeper started on him like a terrier..telling him, ‘That she was ashamed to put her head out of the door on account of him.’

1907 G. B. Shaw Major Barbara ii. in John Bull's Other Island 214 When trade is bad..and the employers az to sack arf their men, they generally start on me.

1967 J. Morrison in Coast to Coast 1965–6 140 The minute I mentioned it she started on me.

1998 N. Williams in E. ap Hywel Power 84 Don't start on me now, I can't think, I haven't got time for all that.

2. intransitive. To embark upon a course of action, task, venture, etc.

ΘΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)]

beginc1000

take?a1160

comsea1225

gina1325

commencec1330

tamec1386

to take upa1400

enterc1510

to stand to1567

incept1569

start1570

to set into ——1591

initiate1604

imprime1637

to get to ——1655

flesh1695

to start on ——1885

1885 1st Ann. Rep. Women's Educ. & Industr. Union 34 We started on our protective duties under the direction of our chairman.

1897 B. Stoker Dracula xx. 268 Sam is a rare one when he starts on the booze.

1915 Winnipeg Free Press 5 June 2/2 The women are getting ready to start on a signature campaign.

1947 ‘A. P. Gaskell’ Big Game 12 The coach would stand on the platform and start on his old game of building us up to fighting pitch.

1990 High Life (Brit. Airways) Sept. 38/2 Even before we start on the film of Phantom we've sold two million albums and CDs.

2006 N.Y. Mag. 3 July 71/2 KT, who enjoys needlepoint herself, would soon start on a Christmas stocking for one of her ‘grans’.

单词	to start on
释义	> as lemmas to start on —— to start on —— 1. intransitive (a) To make a sudden attack upon someone or something; to rush at someone or something with hostile intent. (b) To attack someone or something verbally; to begin to berate, harangue, nag, etc., a person. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > attack [verb (transitive)] > attack suddenly to come on ——eOE to come upon ——c1175 to start upon ——a1393 to start on ——a1398 descend?a1425 to come down1539 surprise1548 ambuscade1676 insult1775 swoop1797 Pearl Harbour1943 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 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. xxxix. 1188 [Mareys hors] is glad of þe noyse of symphony and of a trumpe. And starteþ and reseþ on enemyes [L. saltat in hostem]. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 19454 (MED) On steuen all þai stert; þai draf him vte o tun allan, And þai demed him to stain. 1793 J. Trusler Life III. xliv. 172 Ramble started on him, seized him by the wrist that held the dagger, and [etc.]. 1838 Niles' National Reg. 18 Aug. 394/3 The fiend that pursued me for a long time previous to 1830, and then let me rest,..has started on me again with redoubled fury. a1851 W. Cameron Hawkie: Autobiogr. Gangrel (1888) (modernized text) vi. 53 The lodging-house keeper started on him like a terrier..telling him, ‘That she was ashamed to put her head out of the door on account of him.’ 1907 G. B. Shaw Major Barbara ii. in John Bull's Other Island 214 When trade is bad..and the employers az to sack arf their men, they generally start on me. 1967 J. Morrison in Coast to Coast 1965–6 140 The minute I mentioned it she started on me. 1998 N. Williams in E. ap Hywel Power 84 Don't start on me now, I can't think, I haven't got time for all that. 2. intransitive. To embark upon a course of action, task, venture, etc. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] beginc1000 take?a1160 comsea1225 gina1325 commencec1330 tamec1386 to take upa1400 enterc1510 to stand to1567 incept1569 start1570 to set into ——1591 initiate1604 imprime1637 to get to ——1655 flesh1695 to start on ——1885 1885 1st Ann. Rep. Women's Educ. & Industr. Union 34 We started on our protective duties under the direction of our chairman. 1897 B. Stoker Dracula xx. 268 Sam is a rare one when he starts on the booze. 1915 Winnipeg Free Press 5 June 2/2 The women are getting ready to start on a signature campaign. 1947 ‘A. P. Gaskell’ Big Game 12 The coach would stand on the platform and start on his old game of building us up to fighting pitch. 1990 High Life (Brit. Airways) Sept. 38/2 Even before we start on the film of Phantom we've sold two million albums and CDs. 2006 N.Y. Mag. 3 July 71/2 KT, who enjoys needlepoint herself, would soon start on a Christmas stocking for one of her ‘grans’. extracted from startv. < as lemmas
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