| 单词 | come now |
| 释义 | > as lemmascome now b. Used as a call or appeal to a person to recover his or her thoughts or emotions, or as a mild rebuke expressing impatience, objection, or deprecation. Often emphasized by reduplication, or as come now. Cf. to come on 1c at Phrasal verbs 1. Now somewhat formal. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > expressions of disapproval [interjection] fie1297 avoyc1300 spyc1315 comec1450 tuta1529 oh1533 hum1598 rufty-tufty1606 aroint thee!1608 hoot1681 boo1778 hoots1824 boo hoo1825 now, now1847 aw1852 tch1898 tsk1947 c1450 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (BL Add. 36983) App. ii. l. 823 Come þou art mys-bileuyd. 1594 Taming of a Shrew sig. D Come come why should we fall out? a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. i. 112 Come: you are a tedious foole. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) i. ii. 68 Come Dromio, come, these iests are out of season. View more context for this quotation 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1708 Come, come, no time for lamentation now. View more context for this quotation 1688 S. Penton Guardian's Instr. 41 Come, come, act like a man. 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 189 Come, come, Col. says he, don't flatter me. 1728 C. Cibber Vanbrugh's Provok'd Husband ii. i. 37 Come, Sir Francis, don't put your self in a Heat for what can't be helpt. 1825 New Monthly Mag. 13 422 Oh! oh! come now, softly. It is not fair. 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist I. xvi. 267 Come, come, Sikes..we must have civil words. 1894 ‘M. Twain’ Pudd'nhead Wilson xx. 273 Come, cheer up, old man; there's no use in losing your grip. 1946 E. O'Neill Iceman Cometh i. 56 (stage direct.) Come now, Lieutenant, isn't it a fact that you're as guilty as hell? 1991 M. Nicholson Martha Jane & Me (1992) i. 17 Oh come, come now, Mrs Davies, please. What are you suggesting? 2010 B. Agbaje Off Endz ii. 15 Come, Keisha, you can't even talk like that. < as lemmas |
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