单词 | to start out |
释义 | > as lemmasto start out to start out 1. intransitive. a. To emerge suddenly, as from a place of concealment. Now rare.Cf. also use with out of at sense 2a of the simple verb. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out [verb (intransitive)] > from concealment, confinement, or obscurity to break outOE to come forthOE to start outa1382 unnesta1413 to break covert (also cover)1602 untapis1602 unkennel1695 emerge1700 unburrow1744 tibble1840 tib1853 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out [verb (intransitive)] > suddenly springeOE outleaplOE outspring?a1200 loukc1275 start?1316 bursta1325 to start outa1382 out-braida1400 sprentc1400 thringa1500 flush1548 flunge1582 protrude1626 explode1840 flounce1865 plunge1891 dartle1893 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1965) Tobit ii. 3 He..anoon stertinge out [L. exiliens] fro his mete seete, leuynge þe mete: fastinge cam to þe bodi. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) viii. l. 1392 With this noise and with this cry, Out of a barge faste by..Men sterten out. c1480 (a1400) St. Philip 17 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 176 A fel dragone, lyk to be wod, come startand owt al sudanly. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Præsilio, silire, to lepe before, to sterte oute. 1579 H. C. Forrest of Fancy sig. f.iv Knocking at the gate, Straight started out an ougly wighte. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1652 (1955) III. 69 At a place calld the procession Oake, started out two Cutt-throates. 1729 Proc. Old Bailey 3 Dec. 23/1 The Prisoner started out from behind a Brewhouse, knock'd me down and bruised me. 1825 tr. F. H. K. de La Motte Fouqué Magic Ring III. xvii. 201 Suddenly..there started out from the rustling thickets a strange and unlooked-for figure. 1899 Secret Service 4 Aug. 6/1 At this moment the wolf-dog started out from under the bench with a growl. 1939 Auk 56 332 A second later, a jerky head started out from behind a cat-tail clump and a gallinule burst out into the open. Π 1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions i. vi. sig. F.viv Assone as thei [sc. greate beastes] haue druncken, and haue well laden their bealies with watre, the Ethiopes startynge out [L. adoriuntur] vpon them with stakes..and with arrowes, and suche like weapon, at this aduauntage slea them vpon heapes. 1665 R. Head Eng. Rogue I. xxxiii. 263 Passing by a small Coppice in a bottom between two Hills, a Gentleman..well armed, and handsomely accoutred, started out upon me, and bid me deliver instantly. 1693 Vertue Rewarded 53 The Prince, methought, in my absence, had hidden himself in my Bed-chamber, and, when I came in, started out upon me. 1734 Proc. Old Bailey 11 Sept. 176/1 When we came to the End of the Field, the same Man started out upon West, from behind a Hedge. 1823 Asiatic Jrnl. & Monthly Reg. Mar. 291/2 He allowed him to open a drawer and begin taking out some articles, and then started out upon him. 1863 H. Holl King's Mail II. 98 The guard..told the crowd of anxious listeners how the four men had started out on him. 1865 A. Smith Summer in Skye I. 226 All at once the prince started out upon him like another Meg Merrilees, a large knotted stick in his fist. a. To flush out (a quarry); = sense 7a(a). Also in extended use. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunt [verb (transitive)] > drive from lair or cover starta1393 raisec1425 to put upa1475 rear1486 uprear1486 to start out1519 rouse1531 uncouch?a1562 to den outa1604 dislodge1632 tufta1640 draw1781 jump1836 1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xxxii. f. 283v I haue nede of a feret, to let into this beery to styrt out the conies: that they may be take aboue ground. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xl. 1077 When we beat all the blind bushes, by-woods, & thickets, to start him out, we had much ado to find [him]. b. To bring to light; to cause to become apparent; to put forth, produce. Obsolete. ΘΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > project from (something) [verb (transitive)] > cause to project or stretch forth straightc1400 protend?a1475 shoot1533 raise1568 to set out1573 project1624 protrude1638 to start out1653 penthouse1655 portend1657 to throw out1689 obtend1697 to lay out1748 bumfle1832 out-thrust1855 rank1867 1653 J. Davies tr. C. Sorel Extravagant Shepherd vii. 186 If I had made verses for the first [lass], I endeavored to start out the same occasion for to present them to the second. 1657 J. Davies tr. G. Naudé Hist. Magick ix. 87 The wantonizing conjectures of this Writer..proceed..from an ambition in him to start out some new observation upon so thread-bare a subject. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo 260 in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors It is somewhat strange, that at so great a distance from the Continent, the Sea should start out an Island about 7. Leagues in compass. 3. intransitive. To project, to stand out; to become visible or conspicuous, to burst into view.In quot. 1566: (perhaps) to become displaced from its proper position (cf. sense 11b). ΘΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > be visible [verb (intransitive)] > appear or become visible > suddenly bursta1325 swirk?a1513 to start out1566 flash1590 rush1594 spring1698 upstart1874 1566 T. Blundeville Order curing Horses Dis. cxxiv. f. 90v, in Fower Offices Horsemanshippe Let it [sc. a cord] be so much strayned, as it may bring hys sore leg more forwarde than the other, to kepe the bone from starting out. 1610 G. Markham Maister-peece ii. clix. 469 You shall see the ends of the veines start out like pape heads. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Jetting along, or out, a Man Dancing in his Gate, or Going; also a House starting out farther than the rest in the Row. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. ix. 90 On the sides [of the gulph] pyramidical rocks starting out between apertures that emit smoke and flame. 1825 R. Chambers Trad. Edinb. I. 236 The pin..was formed of a small rod of iron, twisted or notched, which was placed perpendicularly, starting out a little from the door, and bore a small ring of the same metal. 1863 J. Hughes Pract. Photogr. (1866) 21 If it [sc. the image] start out at once, directly the developer has flowed over the plate, the exposure has been too long. 1889 E. J. Wickson Calif. Fruits 160 When the twigs below start out a little way pinch off the terminal bud. 1907 G. M. Fenn Trapped by Malays xxxvi. 339 The scene..seemed to start out vividly and picture itself before the listener's eyes. 1983 J. Fuller Flying to Nowhere i. 11 The creature strove fiercely, muscles and veins starting out from its neck and flanks. 4. intransitive. a. To begin or proceed to do something; to make a start (on or upon a task, enterprise, etc.).Apparently rare until the mid 19th century, when it began to be common in U.S. use. ΘΠ 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 1574 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Job cli. 712/1 I would fayne start out [Fr. m'esgayer] to play the suttleheaded fellow in replying against God. 1691 tr. G. P. Marana Lett. Turkish Spy II. ii. v. 132 [It] hindred his Respiration so long, that his Nose suddenly started out a-bleeding. 1826 New Monthly Mag. 17 17 I ever thought that playing before a private audience is more terrific than starting out on the public stage. 1849 H. Bibb Narr. Life & Adventures iv. 47 By the permission of my keeper, I started out to work for myself on Christmas. 1858 Southern Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 14 491 Start out to deal with it, under the firm and full conviction, that you cannot cure it; and this conviction..will save the life of many a patient. 1865 U. S. Grant in Cent. Mag. (1889) Nov. 146/2 The whole captures since the army started out gunning, will amount to not less than twelve thousand men and probably fifty pieces of artillery. 1908 Edinb. Rev. July 94 He is a rash person who would start out to explain the evolution of the Martian canals from a spiral nebula. 1974 Times 19 Apr. 15/5 A sports parachutist just starting out could expect to spend £500 on his kit. 1992 Economist 2 May 143/2 [He] believes that South Africans, in effect, are starting out to build the ‘new South Africa’ saddled with a large mortgage and a variable interest rate. 2013 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 18 Oct. 42 When we started out only a few people came to our gigs. b. To begin upon one's way, begin a journey; = to set out 23a at set v.1 Phrasal verbs 2. ΘΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > depart, leave, or go away [verb (intransitive)] > set out forthfarec888 foundOE seta1000 to go forthOE to fare forthc1200 partc1230 to pass forthc1325 to take (the) gatec1330 to take the wayc1330 to take one's waya1375 puta1382 treunt?a1400 movec1400 depart1490 prepare?1518 to set forth1530 to set forward(s)1530 busklea1535 to make out1558 to take forth1568 to set out1583 sally1590 start1591 to go off1600 to put forth1604 to start outa1626 intend1646 to take the road1720 to take one's foot in one's hand1755 to set off1774 to get off1778 to set away1817 to take out1855 to haul out1866 to hit the trail (less commonly the grit, pike, road, etc.)1873 to hit, split or take the breeze1910 hop1922 a1626 L. Andrewes XCVI Serm. (1629) 713 Not to start out, till we be sent; nor to goe on our owne heads, but to stay till we be called. 1680 R. L'Estrange Seasonable Memorial 4 There started out a Party upon the Forelorn, to make Discoveries, and try the Temper of the Government. 1717 Censor 2 May 147 Others started out to the Quarters of Poverty. 1788 Whitehall Evening-post 21–23 Oct. Our ships of war would then be ready at all times to start out..for the prevention of any illicit trade. 1843 Godey's Lady's Bk. June 288/1 He turned his steps towards his son's store as soon as he started out for a walk. 1895 Northwestern Reporter 64 507/1 When she [sc. a tug] started out on that morning, the fire was raked down. 1933 E. O'Neill Ah, Wilderness! ii. 71 He dared me to race him... So I said all right and we started out. We swam and swam and were pretty evenly matched. 1978 W. F. Buckley Stained Glass xii. 117 There are escort vessels, and it is quite a muddle if every boat decides for itself when to start out. 2014 B. T. Sissel Safe Keeping iii. 30 The drive down to the beach wasn't bad. If you started out early enough, it made a nice day trip. c. With subject complement (sometimes preceded by as or to be). To be (what is expressed by the complement) initially or at the outset (in later use generally in contrast to subsequently becoming something different). Π 1747 J. Mottley Compl. List Poets & Plays in T. Whincop Scanderbeg 237/1 He [sc. David Garrick] commenced Player in the Year 1740..and started out such an Actor at once, as, I believe, no one ever did before him. ?1797 H. More Hist. Mr. Fantom 3 To start out a full grown philosopher at once, to be wise without education..was a short cut to fame, which well suited his vanity. 1839 London & Westm. Rev. 19/1 We see the rough, sorrowful, over-violent, voracious, unrefined man, start out as a hero, a worn, unwearied wrestler for conscience sake. 1894 D. L. Moody in Northfield Echoes I. 273 Forty years before he had started out as a good many college students have started. 1913 Michigan Alumnus May 386 He started out an ordinary homeless peace-loving colored man. But he soon found out it was no use. 1935 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 15 Apr. 1/3 They were enjoying what started out to be a balmy Sunday when the duster swept out of the North over western Kansas and eastern Colorado. 1971 A. Heilbut Gospel Sound vi. 136 Her voice..may start out a loud, shaky baritone and then soar to a gravelly falsetto. 2013 Irish Farmers Jrnl. 6 Apr. (Irish Country Living section) 30/2 Basically, you start out as a farm worker and progress to become a farm manager. < as lemmas |
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