| 单词 | through |
| 释义 | through I. also thru 1. a. (1) — used as a function word to indicate penetration of or passage within, along, or across an object, substance, or space usually from one side or surface to the opposite one < sawed through the board > < put a bullet through his hat > < the oars cut through the water > (2) — used as a function word to indicate passage from one side to another of an object by means of an opening or openings < the party encountered the wire, and again crawled through it — P.W.Thompson > < walked through the gate > (3) — used as a function word to indicate extension from one end or boundary (as of a place or area) to another < a road through the desert > < a path through the woods > b. — used as a function word to indicate passage into and out of some treatment, handling, or process < had probably been through half a dozen men's hands by now — C.S.Forester > c. (1) — used as a function word to indicate the transmission of light or vision by some opening or medium < must conduct its observations through the restless, dust-filled, and moisture-laden atmosphere — J.G.Vaeth > < learned to look at trees through the eyes of a craftsman — W.F.Hambly > < looked through the window > < looked through the telescope > (2) — used as a function word to indicate movement by way of a specified channel or passage < went out through the kitchen > < walk across the platform, wait until a train pulls in, walk through this train to the next platform — A.C.Spectorsky > d. — used as a function word to indicate passage between or among the separate or separable units of something < a broad highway through overhanging palms — Rex Moorfoot > < a big “whew” went through the audience — Dart Smith > e. (1) — used as a function word to indicate passage around or past an obstacle or impeding force < took the shock of the man's shoulder without breaking stride, ran right through him — Irwin Shaw > (2) < drove through a red light > < went through a stop sign > f. — used as a function word to indicate the change in the quality of certain speech sounds consequent on the opening of the nasal passages < speaks through the nose > g. — used as a function word to indicate the penetration of one sound by a fainter or more distant sound < the radio whined so loud that it was a job to talk through it — Rose Macaulay > 2. a. (1) < he educated himself through correspondence courses — Current Biography > < this idea is somewhat more difficult to present through statistics — N.R.Heiden > (2) < speaking through the chairman of its committee on economic policy — Collier's Year Book > < speaking through an interpreter > (3) — used as a function word to indicate passage by an intermediary or transmission at second hand < a conception of politics derived through books > < has gotten his knowledge of the country through the reports of travelers > (4) — used as a function word to indicate descent from or relationship by means of a specified individual or group of individuals < the principle lines … are those through four celebrated stallions — Dennis Craig > < are related through their grandfather > b. < farmers at first refused to use it through fear that it might poison the soil — American Guide Series: New Jersey > c. < now extinct through disease — R.N.Rudmose-Brown > < through illness, he lost the use of his feet — Louise P. Kellogg > 3. a. < landmarks scattered through the pastoral countryside — Budd Schulberg > b. — used as a function word to indicate movement from point to point within a broad expanse or area < felt the earth wheeling through infinity — F.M.Ford > < he'd fly through the air with the greatest of ease, this handsome young man on the flying trapeze — George Leybourne > c. — used as a function word to indicate movement within a specified environment or exposure to a specified set of conditions < the drive … was through a radiant summer morning — Lucien Price > < didn't you know that she'd try to get it out of me, putting me through hell — Hamilton Basso > 4. a. < all through the year > < through life > — sometimes used postpositively < study the whole summer through > b. < remained standing through the earthquake > < never rested through the entire campaign > < put him through his paces > c. < estimated to cost $425 million for 1954 through 1957 — Wall Street Journal > d. — used as a function word to indicate extension (as of an action or process) into and to the end of a specified period < has decided to prolong his visit through the weekend > < will continue construction through the winter months > 5. a. — used as a function word to indicate completion or exhaustion of something < a rapid reader who has been known to go through three books in a morning — Current Biography > < went straight through the brandy and even then had not had enough to drink — Jean Stafford > < went through a fortune in one year > b. (1) — used as a function word to indicate completion of a stage in a process or course of development < passing through nature to eternity — Shakespeare > < many things only just through the prototype stage — Bertram Mycock > (2) — used as a function word to indicate a specified quantity, extent, or angle of change or movement < the heat required to raise one pound of water through 1° F. — S.F.Mason > < the airplane would roll or pitch very slowly through several degrees of rotation — H.G.Armstrong > c. — used as a function word to indicate achievement of a desired or successful outcome or result of a process, activity, or experience < got through his final examinations > < got through the ordeal of his speech > d. — used as a function word to indicate satisfaction or completion of the requirements for acceptance or approval by a group or official body < got his application through the committee > < got the bill through the legislature > II. also thru 1. a. < jealousy pierced her through > b. < always buy through to your farthest destination — Richard Joseph > < the next train goes through to New York > c. < a tree measuring twelve inches through > 2. a. < do you read books through — Samuel Johnson > < heard the speech through without interrupting > b. < were determined to see it through at whatever cost — D.W.Brogan > < think it through > < follow through > 3. < the rain is over, but I am soaked through — Ellen Glasgow > < returned to the house chilled through by the exposure — H.E.Scudder > < wet through > 4. < when the strong emotion did actually break through — H.A.Overstreet > III. also thru 1. a. < a through mortise > < through ventilation > b. (1) < a through road > < a through route > (2) c. < that rain pepped things up … corn and beans are through — H.R.O'Brien > 2. a. < through train > < through trailer > b. < a through rate > < a through bill of lading > < a through ticket > 3. a. < the patient receives his treament and then is through except for follow-up — Journal American Medical Association > < is almost through with his studies > b. < nor can you ever be quite sure when a man is through — Elmer Davis > < you are through, you're finished, your nerves are shot — Barnaby Conrad > c. < he was through with school and he was through with family — John Dos Passos > < through with gambling > < through with drinking > IV. 1. 2. throughs plural V. chiefly Scotland |
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