单词 | to come along |
释义 | > as lemmasto come along to come along 1. intransitive. a. To travel with or accompany a person, group, etc. Frequently with with. ΚΠ ?1566 W. P. tr. C. S. Curio Pasquine in Traunce f. 105v He came along with me, euen vnto Prima porta. 1591 M. Sutcliffe Treat. Eccl. Discipline sig. B1 Certaine sory Hindes, and Ragazzoes..come along with the baggage of the Campe. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo iii. 280 in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors There came along with them the President's Lady, whom he had not seen in seven years before. 1701 G. Farquhar Sir Harry Wildair ii. ii. 14 Hang your Family-Dinners; Come along with me. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xxiv. 219 Yo, ho! brother, you must come along with me. 1825 European Mag. Jan. 40/1 I left all the Indians but two, who came along with me to a part of the wood. 1852 W. L. G. Smith Life at South xxxii. 480 ‘Come, Dinah, I'm guine to de hotel,’ said Pompey. ‘An' leave Tommy so quick?’ she said. ‘No. He can come along too.’ 1904 R. E. Young Henderson iii. 88 If you are going to supper, I'll come along, too. 1951 Motor Boating Nov. 80 He agreed to accompany me for nothing. Bertram and his younger brother also came along. 2007 H. Kunzru My Revolutions 33 Only Alan came along with me as I pushed my way forward. b. To move onward (esp. so as to come near to the speaker). Frequently imperative as an exhortation to do this, or as a command to hurry up. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > move forward or advance [verb (intransitive)] > towards or with the speaker to come along1590 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards [verb (intransitive)] > move towards the speaker or this place comeeOE oncomeOE to come upc1390 to come onc1450 to come forward1518 resort?1548 to come along1590 to step up1660 hither1856 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > call to advance [interjection] to come ona1470 to come along1734 1590 R. Wilson Three Lordes & Three Ladies London sig. C3 What lacke ye? Come along and buy nothing: fine Ballades, new Ballades, what lack ye? 1597 M. Drayton Englands Heroicall Epist. f. 67v And in precession as they came along, with Himeneus sang thy marriage song. 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist iii. v. sig. H3 Come along, Sir I now must shew you Fortunes priuy lodgings. View more context for this quotation 1694 Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. 26 I kept a Light out all Night, that the Pink might see if she came along. 1734 A. Pope Ess. Man: Epist. IV 341 Come then, my Friend! my Genius! come along. 1746 Rep. Conduct Sir J. Cope 139 A Column of them in Disorder were coming along westwards under a ‘spouty’ bank. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) ii. 7 ‘Come along, then’, said he of the green coat. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xxxvii. 58 I murmur'd, as I came along, Of comfort clasp'd in truth reveal'd. View more context for this quotation 1868 S. E. Rookes Heir of Beech Hall 78 Come along, missus, I can't be a waiting here all night. Come along, will you? 1902 M. B. Betham-Edwards Mock Beggars' Hall xiv. 131 Come along, Jimmy, and help me to roar out the bread. 1998 S. Waters Tipping the Velvet i. 27 ‘Just that you like her,’ he said simply. ‘Now will you come along, or what?’ 2. intransitive. a. To arrive, turn up, appear. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > reaching a point or place > reach a point or place [verb (intransitive)] > arrive comeOE to come to townOE yworthOE lend11.. lightc1225 to come anovenonc1275 wina1300 'rivec1300 repaira1325 applyc1384 to come ina1399 rede?a1400 arrivec1400 attainc1400 alightc1405 to come to handc1450 unto-comec1450 apport1578 to be along1597 to drop in1609 to come ona1635 to walk in1656 land1679 engage1686 to come along1734 to get in1863 to turn up1870 to fall in1900 to lob1916 to roll up1920 to breeze in1930 to rock up1975 1734 Select Trials Old-Bailey I. 454/2 As she was standing at the End of Stone-Cutters Alley, a Gentleman came along, and asked her what she stood there for? 1842 Trumpet & Universalist Mag. 3 Dec. 95/3 When the freight train came along..he was scraped up by the ‘cow catcher’ and thrown aside. 1873 London Reader 1 Oct. 437/1 One of these days ‘Mr. Right’ would come along, and all would be well. 1928 Bismarck (N. Dakota) Tribune 7 Dec. 4/ ‘Don't sit down,’ the wardrobe mistress cautioned the girls when she came along and found some of them perched upon a ‘prop’ table. 1933 E. A. Robertson Ordinary Families x. 225 You see, the man she'd married before I came along, 'e 'adn't been bothering 'er for years. 2007 Evening News (Edinb.) (Nexis) 9 Oct. 18 Bruce changed the rugby landscape in Scotland. Before he came along, all the FP clubs were virtual closed shops. b. To come to notice or prominence; (also) to come into fashion or regular use. ΚΠ 1946 Billboard 28 Sept. 41/3 Martin [is] still one of the best new singers to come along in many a day. 1952 R. Sherbrooke-Walker Khaki & Blue i. 3 The problem became acute when ‘Ground Defence’ came along in the early days. 1994 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 19 Feb. a15/1 [The net-cam] is probably the most exciting development in hockey coverage to come along since the instant replay. 2007 Independent 9 Oct. (Extra section) 13/2 Nicotine gum came along in the 1970s, while the nicotine patch was invented in 1989. 3. intransitive. To advance in growth or development; to improve, make progress; to progress, get on; = to come on 3 at Phrasal verbs 1. Frequently with adverb or prepositional phrase as complement. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > progress or advance in an action [verb (intransitive)] wadec1374 passc1387 proceeda1393 followa1400 to pass ona1400 to get forward1523 pace1597 step1599 to get on1655 to get along1768 to tide one's way1827 to come along1844 press1870 1844 Standard (London) 10 July Our plantations are coming along well—shaking off the vermin, and hourly becoming more clean and healthy. 1881 Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star 4 July 430/1 The people there were coming along well, striving to live their religion and doing their best to build up the kingdom of God. 1941 N.Y. Times 24 Aug. v. 8/2 Crowley said the All-Stars had come along satisfactorily and he felt they would be in top shape for their meeting with the football Giants. 1952 B. Hamilton So Sad, so Fresh iv. 35 How are the cami-knicks coming along, Miss Demarest? 1996 D. Paterson in H. Ritchie New Sc. Writing 72 The new poem is coming along like a dream. 2005 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 27 Nov. 66/5 The green bridge across the Brisbane River to the University of Queensland is coming along nicely. < as lemmas |
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