单词 | to cheer on |
释义 | > as lemmasto cheer on to cheer on transitive. To encourage or urge (a person or animal) to an action, state, etc. Now chiefly: to shout cheers of encouragement for (a person, team, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > motivate [verb (transitive)] > incite or instigate > urge on or incite > vocally to cheer on1577 word1602 halloo1606 loo1667 chirrup1785 hark on1813 yell1851 hark forward1865 1577 J. Grange Golden Aphroditis sig. L.iijv Moste courteously shee cheared him on, saying: what is thy will? 1605 A. Munday tr. G. Affinati Dumbe Divine Speaker xvi. 179 Caesar and Alexander cheered on their souldiers and boldly encouraged them to the battaile. 1632 J. Vicars tr. Virgil XII Aeneids v. 124 Mnestheus trudging to and fro About the ship, his men cheeres on to row. 1767 W. J. Mickle Concubine ii. xxviii. 57 The cunning Huntsman now cheers on his Pack. 1838 Sporting Mag. Apr. 436 He cheered on his hounds, who slowly paced the edge of the covert. 1889 Scribner's Mag. July 35/2 The two raced down to the ‘wire’, cheered on by the applause of the spectators. 1937 H. Klein Stage-coach Dust 203 Their comrades cheered them on with patriotic and other songs. 1985 B. Young & M. Moody Lang. Rock 'n' Roll 26 Most of RCA were in the theatre to cheer us on. 2013 Time Out N.Y. 14 Nov. 16/2 Friendly groups of expats and soccer fans head to this spacious, European-style public house to cheer on their footy teams. < as lemmas |
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