acrostprep.adv.

Brit.

/əˈkrɒst/, U.S.

/əˈkrɔst/,

/əˈkrɑst/, Australian English

/əˈkrɔst/

Forms: 1700s– acrost, 1800s– acrorst, 1800s– acrossed, 1800s– acrosst, 1900s– acrawst.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: across prep.; across adv.

Etymology: Variant of across prep. and across adv., with excrescent -t , as also in amidst adv., against prep., amongst prep., etc.

U.S., British, and Australian regional and nonstandard.

A. prep.

= across prep.

ΚΠ

1759 in Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. (1882) XIX. 145 Ye Enemy fird at our men a Crost ye River.

?1778 G. Olmsted Jrnl. (Libr. of Congress MS 0340B) (1978) 16 The Nigers tender Came a Crost us.

1831 Louisville (Kentucky) Advertiser 17 Oct. I came acrost a feller..fast asleep.

1839 A. Bywater Sheffield Dial. 24 Away he ran, reit acrosst street.

1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxii. 60 A good, round, school-boy hand, that Tom said might be read ‘most acrost the room’.

1886 H. Baumann Londinismen 1/2 Acrost.., statt across. Quer über.

1894 ‘M. Twain’ Tom Sawyer Abroad i. 24 Ef we..slips acrost de river to-night arter de moon's gone down, en kills dat sick fambly.

1894 ‘G. Egerton’ Discords 119 It woz then I came acrorst a book on ‘'ereditty’.

1902 H. Lawson Children of Bush 209 They got up a darnse at Peter Anderson's shanty acrost the ridges.

1906 F. Lynde Quickening 2 A-smashin' the whisky jug acrost the wagon tire.

1947 S. J. Perelman Acres & Pains xv. 93 Just ran acrost this in my feed bin.

1980 F. Dobson Fungus 14 A gaate acrost the cartroad as went straight thruff Five Graaves Spinney.

1993 V. E. Mitchell Windows on Lost World xx. 236 That beastie were tryin' fair hard to spread our innards acrost the floor.

B. adv.

= across adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [adverb] > across

thwart1511

across1580

athwart1611

acrost1775

1775 J. Greenman Jrnl. 6 Oct. in Diary of Common Soldier (1978) 15 After we got all a crost we pushed on 2 milds.

1779 W. McKendry Jrnl. 6 Sept. in Proc. Mass. Hist. Soc. (1886) 2 467 The Lake..is..about 8 miles acrost.

1846 F. M. Whitcher Widow Bedott Papers (1856) vii. 77 Kier said he heered her stretch her neck acrost and whisper.

1898 Fores's Sporting Notes 15 169 I'll just go acrorst and put it on with Dick Dunn.

1899 McClure's Mag. Mar. 36 I've drawed a line acrost from this town of Lansing.

1922 Atlantic Monthly May 601 I tuck my foot in my hand..and went acrost to see 'em.

1980 E. Jolley Palomino (1984) 33 Ain't youse goin' to carry them acrorst?

1990 W. W. Johnstone Survival in Ashes 165 We's comin' acrost to join up!

2009 L. Tate Power in Blood 37 I guess it ain't more'n ten miles acrost.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	acrost
释义	acrostprep.adv. Brit. /əˈkrɒst/, U.S. /əˈkrɔst/, /əˈkrɑst/, Australian English /əˈkrɔst/ Forms: 1700s– acrost, 1800s– acrorst, 1800s– acrossed, 1800s– acrosst, 1900s– acrawst. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: across prep.; across adv. Etymology: Variant of across prep. and across adv., with excrescent -t , as also in amidst adv., against prep., amongst prep., etc. U.S., British, and Australian regional and nonstandard. A. prep. = across prep. ΚΠ 1759 in Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. (1882) XIX. 145 Ye Enemy fird at our men a Crost ye River. ?1778 G. Olmsted Jrnl. (Libr. of Congress MS 0340B) (1978) 16 The Nigers tender Came a Crost us. 1831 Louisville (Kentucky) Advertiser 17 Oct. I came acrost a feller..fast asleep. 1839 A. Bywater Sheffield Dial. 24 Away he ran, reit acrosst street. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxii. 60 A good, round, school-boy hand, that Tom said might be read ‘most acrost the room’. 1886 H. Baumann Londinismen 1/2 Acrost.., statt across. Quer über. 1894 ‘M. Twain’ Tom Sawyer Abroad i. 24 Ef we..slips acrost de river to-night arter de moon's gone down, en kills dat sick fambly. 1894 ‘G. Egerton’ Discords 119 It woz then I came acrorst a book on ‘'ereditty’. 1902 H. Lawson Children of Bush 209 They got up a darnse at Peter Anderson's shanty acrost the ridges. 1906 F. Lynde Quickening 2 A-smashin' the whisky jug acrost the wagon tire. 1947 S. J. Perelman Acres & Pains xv. 93 Just ran acrost this in my feed bin. 1980 F. Dobson Fungus 14 A gaate acrost the cartroad as went straight thruff Five Graaves Spinney. 1993 V. E. Mitchell Windows on Lost World xx. 236 That beastie were tryin' fair hard to spread our innards acrost the floor. B. adv. = across adv. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [adverb] > across thwart1511 across1580 athwart1611 acrost1775 1775 J. Greenman Jrnl. 6 Oct. in Diary of Common Soldier (1978) 15 After we got all a crost we pushed on 2 milds. 1779 W. McKendry Jrnl. 6 Sept. in Proc. Mass. Hist. Soc. (1886) 2 467 The Lake..is..about 8 miles acrost. 1846 F. M. Whitcher Widow Bedott Papers (1856) vii. 77 Kier said he heered her stretch her neck acrost and whisper. 1898 Fores's Sporting Notes 15 169 I'll just go acrorst and put it on with Dick Dunn. 1899 McClure's Mag. Mar. 36 I've drawed a line acrost from this town of Lansing. 1922 Atlantic Monthly May 601 I tuck my foot in my hand..and went acrost to see 'em. 1980 E. Jolley Palomino (1984) 33 Ain't youse goin' to carry them acrorst? 1990 W. W. Johnstone Survival in Ashes 165 We's comin' acrost to join up! 2009 L. Tate Power in Blood 37 I guess it ain't more'n ten miles acrost. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < prep.adv.1759
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