| 单词 | to come about |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto come about to come about 1. intransitive. a. To happen or occur as a result or events or circumstances; to come to pass. Also: to come into existence, to come to be. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (intransitive)] becomec888 i-tidec888 falleOE ywortheOE i-limp975 belimpOE i-timeOE worthOE tidea1131 goa1200 arearc1275 syec1275 betide1297 fere1297 risea1350 to come aboutc1350 overcomea1382 passa1393 comea1400 to come in (also to, on, etc.) placea1400 eschew?a1400 chevec1400 shapec1400 hold1462 to come (also go) to pass1481 proceed?1518 occura1522 bechance1527 overpass1530 sorta1535 succeed1537 adventurec1540 to fall toc1540 success1545 to fall forth1569 fadge1573 beword?1577 to fall in1578 happen1580 event1590 arrive1600 offer1601 grow1614 fudge1615 incur1626 evene1654 obvene1654 to take place1770 transpire1775 to go on1873 to show up1879 materialize1885 break1914 cook1932 to go down1946 c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 100 For feawe of ham conne þe skele Hou senne a-boute comeþ. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. l. 2378 Er the wisdom cam aboute Of hem that ferst the bokes write..Ther was gret labour. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iii. l. 2542 Late euery man..Taken his torne as it cometh a-boute. a1450 Generides (Pierpont Morgan) (1865) l. 8775 (MED) He meruelled hou it cam aboute. 1530 W. Tyndale Pract. Prelates sig. F.ivv The other shall serue their turne and bringe the game vnto their handes & no man shall knowe how it cometh aboute. 1578 T. Sampson Warning to take Heede of Fowlers Psalter 13 Notwithstanding all the bigge & braue bragges which Papists make, it seemeth that all thinges as yet do not come about, to serue the turne so roundly as they woulde. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. ii. 334 And let me speake, to yet vnknowing world How these things came about . View more context for this quotation 1695 J. Collier Misc. upon Moral Subj. 85 How comes it about that the Operations of Sense, and Reason, vary so much? 1717 C. Bullock Woman is Riddle v. 90 Ay, dear Madam, do me the Favour to let me know how all this came about? 1772 Lady's Mag. June 239/2 If you ask how this comes about—I answer, From the depravity of our nature. 1856 J. H. Newman Serm. Var. Occasions (1881) i. 8 And thus you see, my brethren, how that particular temptation comes about. 1883 R. Buchanan Love me for Ever iv. i. 220 What strange changes had come about in a year! 1905 S. R. Crockett Maid Margaret of Galloway xxix. 244 And if it so come about as you have said..I will even fight against you, my father! 1968 Times 13 Nov. 16/2 One view is that the red-shift comes about because quasars are remarkably distant at the boundaries of the known universe. 1998 Geogr. Jrnl. 164 111/2 The Oman Mountains came about through a fundamental plate-tectonic process. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > be or become true [verb (intransitive)] to come truea1527 to come about1597 subsist1747 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. iii. 47 To see how a ieast shall come about . View more context for this quotation 2. intransitive. Of a time or point in time: to arrive in due course; (also) †to pass, elapse (obsolete). Also of a due, expected, or recurrent event : to take place or happen in time. Cf. to come round 1a at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > cycle of time > [verb (intransitive)] > come with the revolution of time to come aboutc1405 to come round1597 to come around1773 c1405 (c1375) G. Chaucer Monk's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 176 In reyn with wilde beestes walked he Til certeyn tyme was ycome aboute. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 489/1 I was borne this day twenty yeres, as the yeres come aboute. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 285 Time being come about when they vsed to make a solemne yerely sacrifice. 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 69 Each entertayning such forrayne acquaintance, as will not fayle when their like turne commeth about, to requite him with the like kindnes. 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) viii. 333 It is obserued, in the Low Countries..that Euery Fiue and Thirtie years, The same Kinde and Sute of Years and Weathers, comes about againe. a1732 T. Boston Memoirs (1776) xii. 435 For about three weeks, as my study-day came about, I found myself unfitted for it. 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle III. c. 197 When quarter day came about, he applied to the steward of his lordship's heir for the interest of his money. 1818 Ld. Byron Beppo i. 1 Some weeks before Shrove Tuesday comes about, The people take their fill of recreation. 1889 C. E. L. Riddell Princess Sunshine I. vi. 96 That movable feast..came about in due season. 1914 Anchora of Delta Gamma June 379 Moving-up day comes about the first Tuesday in May. 1985 C. O'Farrill in I. Gitler Swing to Bop 256 When Benny's solo turn came about, I tried to simplify the harmonies. 2013 Metro Herald (Dublin) (Nexis) 16 Dec. 16 When Christmas came about, we were hard up and it was a treat to have a chicken. 3. intransitive. Nautical. a. Of the wind: to change direction, esp. favourably. poetic and rare in later use. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > blow (of the wind) [verb (intransitive)] > be favourable > become favourable to come abouta1513 large1582 present1653 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxvi. f. cxxxvi/2 The wynde shortly after came aboute and fylled the sayles. 1589 Voy. W. Towrson in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations i. 99 This after noone the winde came about. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. vi. 63 The wind is come about Bassanio presently will goe abord. View more context for this quotation 1694 Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. 180 The Wind came about at South. 1708 London Gaz. No. 4464/7 The Wind coming about..to the S.W. the Fleet was oblig'd to alter its Course. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 47 [The hurricane] came about to the North-West, and then settled into the North-East. 1796 P. Hoare Lock & Key ii. 31 If the wind comes about a point to-morrow, we'll weigh, and then for Arethusa's glory. 1990 D. Walcott Omeros vii. 40 He saw..a yellow dress whipped like a sail in the wind when the wind comes about. b. Of a sailing vessel or its pilot: to change direction by tacking; to beat to windward; = tack v.1 7a. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > tack or make tacks to make boards1533 tack1557 traverse1568 ply1589 board1627 tackle1632 busk1635 trip1687 to beat abouta1774 to come about1777 to make short boards1777 society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > go about > by tacking traverse1568 to cast about1591 to throw about1591 staya1613 flat1622 cast1671 to put about1712 to come about1777 to throw round1882 1777 J. Cook Voy. S. Pole II. iii. vii. 90 When we had hardly room to veer, the ship came about, and having filled on the starboard tack, we stood off N.E. 1877 Spirit of Times 24 Nov. 438/1 The catamarans seem to possess a remarkable ability of steering well under any disposition of sail. I have beat them to windward, coming about surely every time with the jib alone, or with nothing but the mainsail. 1987 J. Barth Tidewater Tales (1988) 87 He goes to jiffy-reef the main [sail] before we come about and beat homeward. 2009 C. White Skipjack ii. 76 The captain..spun the wheel hard to starboard. Rebecca came about, salt spraying over the bow. 4. intransitive. To change from one side or point of view to another (often that of the speaker), esp. as a result of persuasion; to turn (eventually) to a more favourable opinion or mood. Also with to. Cf. to come around 2b at Phrasal verbs 1. Now somewhat rare.to come around and to come round are now the more usual terms. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > [verb (intransitive)] > turn favourably in opinion to come over1576 to come about1593 to come round1697 the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > [verb (intransitive)] > comply descend?a1400 condescend1429 yield?a1500 contentc1530 submit1667 comply1671 to come about1709 the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > be cheerful [verb (intransitive)] > become cheerful or cheer up cheer?1553 to look up1600 come1607 to cheer up1620 exhilarate1620 brighten1692 to come to1765 to come about1775 spurk1823 to hearten up1834 to buck up1844 chirk1844 pearten1851 to come around1853 to liven up1863 to chipper up1867 lighten1873 pep1910 to lighten up1911 the world > action or operation > amending > provide a remedy [verb (intransitive)] > come right to come about1829 to come right1844 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > speech intended to deceive > beguile, cajole [verb (transitive)] bicharrea1100 fodea1375 begoc1380 inveiglea1513 to hold in halsc1560 to get within ——1572 cajole1645 to cajole with1665 butter1725 veigle1745 flummer1764 to get round ——1780 to come round ——1784 to get around ——1803 flatter-blind1818 salve1825 to come about1829 round1854 canoodle1864 moody1934 fanny1938 cosy1939 mamaguy1939 snow1943 snow-job1962 1593 R. Bancroft Suruay Holy Discipline viii. 138 You haue heard how Beza and some others disliked of Zanchius confession, and wherefore. But now hee is come about, and is grown to be fully of Zanchius iudgement. 1616 B. Jonson Epicœne iv. i, in Wks. I. 565 The lady Havghty lookes well to day, for all my dispraise of her..I thinke, I shall come about to thee againe. View more context for this quotation a1652 R. Brome New Acad. ii. ii. 38 in Five New Playes (1659) La . Can she talk thus? ha! Whim. A merry harmlesse Girle. Fear not, good Madam, she will come about. 1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xlv. 456 He had been a very zealous protestant, but under Q. Mary came about, and was as hot the other way. 1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals i. ii. 14 If you were just to let the servants forget to bring her dinner for three or four days, you can't conceive how she'd come about. 1825 W. Scott Jrnl. 29 Nov. (1890) I. 62 After a cessation of friendship for some years, we have now come about again. 1829 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Weekly Polit. Reg. 26 Sept. 401 Some people..consoled themselves by saying things would come about again... They deceived themselves, things did not come about; the seasons came about, it was true; but something must be done to bring things about. 1944 G. Heyer Friday's Child xiv. 156 I don't deny I am a trifle scorched this year, but I shall come about! 1997 ‘A. Scott’ Dangerous Angels xxiv. 371 Daresay he's annoyed to think Gabriel pulled the wool over his eyes, but he'll soon come about. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > revolve or rotate [verb (intransitive)] wharvec888 turnOE runOE to turn aboutOE to turn roundc1450 to go roundc1460 revolute1553 gyre1598 veer1605 to come about1607 circumvolve1626 circumgyre1634 to turn around1642 roll1646 revolve1660 circulate1672 twist1680 circumgyrate1683 rotate1757 gyrate1830 1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. ii. sig. C3v To her indeed tis, this wheele comes about. 1680 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. xi. 197 If the Diameter of the Rowler be smaller, the Work comes so much swifter about. < as lemmas |
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