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单词 come hither
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come hither
a. come hither (in imperative).
(a) Used to encourage a person (or animal) to approach; ‘come here’. Now archaic and regional. [In regional use also in a variety of contracted forms: see note at sense Phrases 3a(b).]
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1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ruth ii. 12 Whan it is eatinge tyme, come hither, and eate of the bred.
1591 (?a1425) Slaughter of the Innocents (Huntington) in R. M. Lumiansky & D. Mill Chester Myst. Cycle (1974) I. 186 How, prettye Pratte, my messingere, come hither to me withouten weare!
1602 B. Jonson Poetaster iv. iii. sig. G3 Come hither Cocatrice: here's one, will set thee vp, my sweet Punque. View more context for this quotation
1665 R. Head Eng. Rogue I. sig. E6v Come hither Sirrah, I know what you would have, I'le save your longing.
1714 J. Byrom Phœbe v, in Spectator No. 603 Phœbe..to my dog said, Come hither, poor Fellow, and patted his Head.
1763 I. Bickerstaff Love in Village ii. xv. 54 The very couple I wished to meet, come hither both of you.
1823 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 23 Aug. 491 Come hither, you unrevolutionized Englishmen;..come here and partake of the freedom and the happiness we enjoy.
1866 Punch 20 Oct. 165/2 He went up to the cage, and thrustin his face in between the iron bars, he said, soothinly, ‘Come hither, pretty creetur.’
1928 N. Coward Lorelei in B. Day N. Coward: Compl. Lyrics (1998) 92/1 Lorelei, Lorelei, Call to sailors drifting by, Cooo, cooo, come hither.
1992 T. Enright tr. S. O'Crohan Day in our Life (1993) 113Come hither, little boy,’ says Murchadh. ‘Is anything the matter with you?’
(b) regional. spec. Used to command or urge a horse to move to the left or towards the person who is leading it. [Also in a variety of contracted forms, as e.g. camether (Suffolk), comither (Warwickshire, Somerset), commather (Essex, Sussex, Hampshire), etc. (compare quots. and see further Eng. Dial. Dict. at come-hither and Sc. National Dict. at come ather).]
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1799 Sporting Mag. Feb. 256/2 This necessary manœuvre, of ‘Come hither, who-o,’ the little tyrant of the whip is determined to inculcate.
1810 Farmer's Mag. Dec. 513 To make them [sc. horses] come to the left-hand, the word ‘Mather’, pronounced more gently, is used. ‘Mather’, is evidently a contraction of ‘Come hither’.
1851 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm (ed. 2) II. 160/1 Hie here, Come ather, are common in the midland counties of Scotland.
1857 A. Taylor in Stonehaven Jrnl. 14 MayCommaather! weesh! there, there, ye jad!’ He keepit cryin'.
1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) Ho,..a word used in guiding horses to the left; come hither.
1925 J. Wight in Sc. National Dict. (1952) III. 181/2 Old horsemen of 40 or 50 years ago used to turn their horses to the left with ‘Come aither’ or ‘Come aidder’.
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