单词 | go by |
释义 | > as lemmasto go by to go by 1. intransitive. To move, walk, or travel past, to pass. Also of time or a period of time: to pass, elapse (cf. senses at main sense 49). ΘΚΠ society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > pass by passc1330 to go byc1449 hove1535 forpass1590 hit1911 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (intransitive)] > move past apassc1330 passc1330 to pass by ——c1395 to go byc1449 to come byc1450 to go (also flow, run, etc.) past1542 the world > time > [verb (intransitive)] overgoeOE agoeOE goOE forthgoOE runOE overdrivea1275 farea1325 overmetea1325 walka1325 passc1330 slidec1374 yern1377 to pass overa1382 wastec1385 waive1390 to pass awaya1400 overseyc1400 drive?c1450 to drive ona1470 slevea1510 to roll awaya1522 to roll overa1522 to wear out, forth1525 flit1574 to pass on1574 to run on1578 overhie1582 wear1597 overslip1607 spend1607 travel1609 to go bya1616 elapsea1644 to come round1650 efflux1660 to roll round1684 lapse1702 roll1731 to roll around1769 to roll by1790 transpire1824 to come around1829 tide1835 elabe1837 tick1937 c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 216 The seid solempne ȝeerli goyng bi ij. tymes in ech ȝeer. ?1507 Ballad of Kynd Kittok in W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen sig. b.v Drink with my guddame as ȝe ga by. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. f. xxxix/2 After they passed nat ferre of fro Berwyke, and went by without any assaut gyueng. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. iv. 356 The time goes by: Away. View more context for this quotation 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 66 They tooke no notice of vs, but let vs goe by without any Ceremonie. 1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy I. xii. 72 A footway crossing the church-yard close by the side of his grave,—not a passenger goes by without stopping to cast a look upon it. 1785 L. Chambaud & J. B. Robinet A. Boyer's New Dict. II. 235/2 The time goes by, Le temps s'ecoule. 1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. ix. 586 They see in those good old times which are now gone by, many sources of consolation. 1885 Mag. Art Sept. 463/2 They..let no day go by without its jest. 1901 J. P. Mowbray Journey to Nature (1903) xi. 137 There was nobody going by. 1968 H. S. Thompson Let. 3 Jan. in Fear & Loathing in Amer. (2000) 12 Not a day goes by without somebody claiming that I let them down, and of course they're all right. 2008 N. Wimmer tr. R. Bolaño 2666 iii. 239 All the taxis that went by had fares. 2. intransitive. To pass unnoticed or without comment, challenge, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore [verb (intransitive)] > escape attention to go by1508 pass1607 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (intransitive)] > fail to take advantage > pass by unused overslipa1470 to go by1508 1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. diiv Quhan on fortone quhelmys ye quheil thair gais grace by. 1576 G. Gascoigne Complaynt of Phylomene in Steele Glas sig. Q The Goddesse of al iust reuenge, Who let no blame go by. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. ii. 256 Sir, sir, the first's for me, let her go by . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. ii. 41 Mine were the verie Cipher of a Function To fine the faults, whose fine stands in record, And let goe by the Actor. View more context for this quotation 1763 R. Lloyd in St. James's Mag. Oct. 106 It were kind..to make Allowance for the merit's sake; And when such beauties fill the eye, To let the blemishes go by. 1837 W. G. Simms Martin Faber I. i. 17 Whatever I did or said..went by without notice. 1872 B. Harte Prose & Poetry I. 235 To have let ‘bigger things’ go by, and to be taken in by this cheap trick..is what gets me. 1917 Druggist's Circular Oct. 537/1 A few more resolutions went by without discussion. 1992 E. Hoagland Balancing Acts 147 A photograph..was flashed on a screen. I was asleep..and let it go by. 2004 Sun (Nexis) 6 Nov. (Sport section) 8 The error was pointed out but wee Gordon was gracious enough to let it go by. to go by —— to go by —— ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > be careless or heedless of [verb (transitive)] atletc1200 forheedc1275 forget1297 lachesc1425 remiss1443 to go by ——?c1450 unregard1545 recklessc1560 to fling aside1587 disregard1641 unheed1847 the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore, disregard [verb (transitive)] fordita800 forheedc1275 forget1297 to let out ofa1300 spele1338 to go beside ——a1382 waivec1400 remiss?a1425 to go by ——?c1450 misknowledge?a1475 misknow1483 misken1494 to go besides ——1530 to let pass1530 unregard1545 unmind1562 overlook1570 mislippen1581 suspend1581 omit1589 blanch1605 to blow off1631 disregard1641 to pass with ——1641 to give (a person or thing) the go-by1654 prescind1654 nihilify1656 proscribe1680 unnotice1776 ignore1795 to close one's mind1797 cushion1818 to leave out in the cold1839 overslaugh1846 unheed1847 to write off1861 to look through ——1894 scrub1943 ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 7167 (MED) Þair ordure reule þai went bathe by, And leuyd our dishonestly. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vii. viii. 66 The messinger is nocht gone by myne eris [L. non..meas effugit nuntius aures]. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) viii. 56 O ignorant..pepil, gone by the path vaye of verteouse knaulage. a1591 H. Smith Serm. (1592) 234 When you can goe by an offence, and..suffer trouble quietly, you haue a kinde of peace and ioy in your heart. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defeat > be defeated [verb (intransitive)] to have (also get) the worsec1275 leesec1300 to lick the dust, the earth1382 to get (also have) the waura1393 to go downa1400 to go away (also flee) with the worsea1413 to have the worsta1470 to go to (also unto) the worse1485 to go by the worse (also worst)1528 to have the overthrow1536 lose1548 tine1681 1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. bviii It was a thynge playnly acorst, That masse went thus by the worst, Havynge so many on his wynge. 1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia i. f. 23 To whom the Heduanes..had..gyuen battell: wherin going by the wors, they had receyued great domage. 1639 F. Robartes Gods Holy House ix. 63 As he [sc. Moses] lifted up his hands to God, Amalek went by the worst. 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 904 In argument with men a woman ever Goes by the worse . View more context for this quotation 1767 London Mag. Feb. 66/1 The most judicious are seldom the most forward, active and busy..and are likely therefore to go by the worst in this skirmish. 3. intransitive. To pass (one's prime). Frequently in perfect tense. Now rare. ΚΠ 1818 Sporting Mag. 1 295 Rainer..was considered rather gone by his day. 1900 29th Ann. Rep. Secretary State Hort. Society Michi. 1899 93 When an orchard has gone by its prime it can not be brought back into prime condition. 1924 Market Growers Jrnl. 1 Mar. 28/3 The dandelion crop very quickly goes by its prime. 1988 Field & Stream Nov. 39/2 Decent spread, but no height; gone by his prime, not a shooter. 4. intransitive. To use (something) as a basis for action, opinion, theory, etc. Cf. to go on —— 4 at Phrasal verbs 2, to go upon —— 5 at Phrasal verbs 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > attest, bear witness [verb (transitive)] > use as evidence to go upon ——1762 to go on ——1817 to go by ——1830 1830 Periscope Aug. 528/1 Having nothing else to go by than the appearances after death, he was bound to suppose that the injury which had been inflicted had been the cause of the death. 1865 H. Wood Oswald Cray II. xiii. 148 He's as well as a body can be; leastways if this luncheon's anything to go by, which he have just eat. 1909 H. James Ambassadors (new ed.) Pref. xi One could only go by probabilities, but there was the advantage that the most general of the probabilities were virtual certainties. 1915 Watson's Mag. Oct. 341/1 Unless we go by the record, we are left to the folly of saying week after week, ‘You're a liar!’ and ‘you're another!’ 1988 E. Abbey One Life at Time, Please 166 For the purpose of daily life,..I am willing to go by appearances. 2003 A. Notaro Back after Break vi. 56 The restaurant..was indeed the in place to be, if the noise level was anything to go by. < as lemmas |
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