单词 | to work in |
释义 | > as lemmasto work in to work in 1. transitive. To insert, incorporate, or introduce (a physical or abstract thing).In quot. ?c1450 intransitive with object implied. ΘΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > insert or put in [verb (transitive)] > add by insertion to work in?c1450 redact1570 to let in1575 to let into1596 enchase1611 to piece in1720 inlet1860 ?c1450 in G. Müller Aus Mittelengl. Medizintexten (1929) 38 Anoynte where þat it is sor, with þat oyle, and it helyth, oþer werk yn with a clystir. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Inframettere, to inlay or worke in among other things. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 78 Then scarifie the wound with that oyntment, till it be wrought in. 1675 A. Browne Ars Pictoria (ed. 2) App. 11 Working in, driving, and sweetening the same Colours one into another. 1728 E. Smith Compl. Housewife (ed. 2) 129 Work in three quarters of a pound of Sugar. 1826 M. Crosfield in Jrnl. Friends Hist. Soc. 20 93 The 5 American Epistles..abound with choice passages of Scripture well wrought in. 1847 A. Helps Friends in Council I. i. viii. 124 I would try and work in the old good thing with the new. 1870 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (ed. 2) II. App. 584 A..tale in which several particulars..are worked in with a lofty contempt for chronology. 1930 E. Waugh Vile Bodies (1938) ix. 147 Part of Butcher Cumberland's army... It's always good to work in a little atmosphere like that. 1984 Gardening from Which? July 26/1 Work in plenty of leaf-mould. 2007 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 17 June e9 This last phrase appears to be Norm's catch-cry, as he manages to work it in several times during our conversation. 2. intransitive. To make one's way in, esp. gradually or with difficulty. ΘΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come in [verb (intransitive)] > gradually to edge in1683 to work in1703 dribble1865 1703 [implied in: Philos. Trans. 1702–03 (Royal Soc.) 23 1297 By this Gnawing and Working in with their Body, they [sc. animalcules] cause a most troublesome Itching.]. 1886 C. Bigg Christian Platonists Alexandria vi. 233 Great is the truth and it will prevail, if it have but time to work in. 1918 Westm. Gaz. 29 Apr. 5/4 Yorkshire troops..threw the enemy out of the village..but the enemy again worked in. 2008 C. Wright et al. IT Regulatory & Standards Compliance Handbk. xiii. 328 Start at the perimeter and work in towards the centre. 3. With with. a. intransitive. Of a thing: to fit in with something else; to be suitable to or in harmony with a plan, system, etc. Π 1849 A. Helps Friends in Council ii. i. 12 All he meets seems to work in with, and assimilate itself to, his own peculiar subject. 1896 Rep. Sel. Comm. Old-age Pensions 28 in Votes & Proc. (New S. Wales Legislative Assembly) V. 831 I should like to know how our present police administration works in with the existing system. 1920 Fourth Estate (N.Y.) 27 Nov. 25/2 Some impractical scheme for developing business which will not work in with our plans at all. 1944 Bath Weekly Chron. & Herald 24 June 3/1 (advt.) By budgeting my points to work in with the rest of the rations, we make out very well. 2003 Sc. Sun 22 Mar. (Supergoals section) 6/3 I've been doing the community coaching for Motherwell... It works in well with my course in Sports Studies. b. intransitive. Of a person: (originally) to fit in with a group of people; (later) to cooperate or get along with someone. ΘΠ society > society and the community > social relations > co-operation > co-operate with [verb (transitive)] coadjuvate1601 rally1706 to work in1875 to sit in1925 1875 C. Nordhoff Communistic Societies U.S. 159 If one comes with low motives, he will not be comfortable with us;..but if he has the true vocation he will gradually work in with us. 1894 ‘Old Sleuth’ Wonder Jack iv. 97 If you will work in with me you can make the best pull you ever made. 1915 E. Fenwick Diary 14 Oct. in Elsie Fenwick in Flanders (1981) 89 I had tried so hard to work in with her. 1960 M. Spark Ballad of Peckham Rye viii. 181 If Mr. Druce thought I was working in with you, he'd kill me. 1974 O. Manning Rain Forest i. ix. 101 I am a very fast learner, and I work in well with Mr. Axelrod. 2001 J. Hickey in M. Hickey Irish Days (2004) 59 The bricklayers..depended on the carpenters and the carpenters worked in with them. < as lemmas |
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