单词 | coming up |
释义 | > as lemmascoming (right) up 24. intransitive. colloquial. coming (right) up: used to indicate that food or drink is being prepared or will be served shortly. Also in extended use.In early use perhaps literally: being brought up from the kitchens. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > [noun] > sprouting or germination shutea1300 springinga1387 bearinga1398 germination?1440 springing1531 sprouting1547 blading1548 shoot1572 sprout1586 spring1597 putting1623 eruption1626 spindling1626 germinating1644 spearing1707 spiring1733 flushing1810 plantulation1819 germing1832 germinance1841 stooling1854 coming up1908 the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [interjection] coming up1908 grub up!1957 1908 San Antonio (Texas) Light 14 July 4/4 ‘Where is that mock turtle soup I ordered?’ ‘Comin' right up, sah.’ 1917 Goodwin's Weekly 20 Oct. 5/3 I..caught hold of the waiter's coattail..and inquired after my order. It was ‘coming up, sir’, he assured me. 1941 R. Riskin Meet John Doe in Six Screenplays (1997) 632 Dan. And doughnuts! I know. Hey, Ma! Sinkers, a pair! Ma's Voice. Sinkers, a pair, coming up. 1944 Billboard 23 Sept. 10 Live announcements—in which CBS stations remind their audiences constantly of new and pleasant listening ‘coming right up’. 1968 L. Deighton Only when I Larf xiv. 183 ‘Perhaps a coca-cola.’ ‘Coca-cola coming up,’ said Spencer. 2014 Austral. Mag. (Nexis) 9 Aug. 16 He's asked the air force orderly for a second cup of coffee. ‘Coming up, sir,’ she replies smartly. coming up With adverbs or adverbial phrases in nouns of action chiefly corresponding to specialized senses at come v. Phrasal verbs 1, as coming about, coming up. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [noun] > occurring or happening chance1297 befallingc1374 betidingc1374 occasionc1390 happening1431 turna1475 event1601 cadence1603 turning up1628 eveniencya1646 cadency1647 coming1651 occurrence1725 eventuation1728 encounter1870 occurrency1920 the world > existence and causation > occurrence > future events > [noun] > supervening coming1651 the world > time > period > year > season > [noun] > coming or beginning of a season spring1600 coming1651 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [noun] leadinga1300 passagec1300 overstyinga1382 overpassingc1384 transita1500 pass1602 transitation1605 transcursion1624 transcent1626 transmeation1630 pertransition1653 tranation1654 transcurrence1656 coming1726 traversion1838 c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 2620 Tristrem is went oway Wiþ outen coming oȝain. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 223 Þe book of þe comynge forþ of þe soule; [1432–50 the begynnenge of the saule; L. libellum de origine animæ]. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 17646 Paisful be þi coming hedir. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. vi At the commyng vp of all maner of corne. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 207/1 Commyng nere, approche. 1611 Tarlton's Jests (1866) 221 At the first comming up of Tobacco. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. viii. 37 The comming on of Winter. 1680 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. xi. 194 The swift coming about of the Work. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iv. xii. 190 At my first coming over. 1798 Capt. Miller in Ld. Nelson Dispatches & Lett. (1846) VII. p. clv Her coming-to nearly abreast the inner side of the fifth ship. 1822 R. Pollok in D. Pollok Life (1843) vi. 132 I looked on the countenances of my friends, caught the warm comings-forth of their hearts. 1867 R. W. Emerson May-day & Other Pieces 25 The punctual coming-back,..of the birds. 1903 Living Age 19 Sept. 732/1 The coming up of a new Ireland is an event..which is beginning to be recognized. 1993 R. Hoppe & R. Pranger in T. Brante et al. Controv. Sci. xiv. 279 The coming about of coordinated response through shared meaning. < as lemmas |
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