单词 | to come back |
释义 | > as lemmasto come back to come back 1. intransitive. To move back towards a place or person; to return to a previous state or condition; to return or revert to a topic or subject; to return in one's memory, to come to mind. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > have in one's mind, remember [verb (intransitive)] > recur to come back1523 rejounce1556 recourse1561 recurse1638 recur1651 the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > treat one as he has been treated [verb (transitive)] > retort or retaliate upon (one) to come back1523 riposte1823 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. f. ccxviiiv/1 At the dethe of kyng Henry, nor at the coronacyon of Johan his sonne, we were nat present, for by that tyme we were come backe in to Nauer. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. iii. 9 Nurce come back again. 1639 J. Saltmarsh Pract. Policie 76 Balles come backe as they are racketted from you. 1680 R. L'Estrange tr. Erasmus 20 Select Colloquies xiv. 200 If I live to come back again. 1756 J. Wesley Let. 6 Jan. (1931) III. 370 Renounce, despite, abhor all the high-flown bombast, all the unintelligible jargon of the Mystics, and come back to the plain religion of the Bible. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho IV. ix. 176 Emily..gave the conversation another turn, but it soon came back to the subject of the unhappy nun. 1844 New Monthly Mag. Nov. 348 I left him to come back to consciousness by himself. 1858 C. M. Yonge Christmas Mummers iv. 37 The pink scarf came back in his mind. a1902 F. Norris Pit (1903) vi. 204 Never since that night could she hear the..piping of night frogs that the scene did not come back to her. 1925 H. L. Foster Trop. Tramp with Tourists 137 The tourists..all came back to the train at a painfully slow walk. 2004 H. Strachan Make a Skyf, Man! xx. 229 He must have come back straight after his food. 2. intransitive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > race [verb (intransitive)] > lose ground to come back1855 1855 Sporting Mag. Mar. 166 All he could do was to keep creeping up inch by inch, and trust to the gallant chesnut ‘coming back’ under such terrible treatment, and then catching him close at home. 1890 Field 29 Mar. 462/2 Wade succeeded in maintaining a lead..but from the seventh mile he began to ‘come back’ to his men. 1904 Morning Tel. Racing Chart Bk. Jan. 142 Footlights Favorite easily raced Mohave into submission and then sprinted away from her field, but tired and was coming back to Dollnda at the finish. 1922 H. Cox Chasing & Racing xi. 142 Now it suddenly dawned upon my companion, that instead of their coming back to us, we were dropping further astern. b. Finance. Of a share: to fall in price or value (by a specified amount or to a specified value). ΚΠ 1879 Ballarat (Victoria) Courier 23 June King's Birthday..rose from 9s 9d to 13s, although after the excitement shares came back to 11s 9d. 1961 Railway Gaz. 1 Dec. 640/1 Westinghouse Brake shares came back from 26s. to 24s. 9d. 1984 Foundry Trade Jrnl. 24 May 445/3 Of those to lose a little ground during the past fortnight Glynwed came back 5p at 153p. 2001 Express & Echo (Exeter) (Nexis) 31 Jan. 20 Exeter Investment Group's share came back 12.4 per cent from its all-time high of GBP 10 as a result of profit taking. 3. intransitive. Originally U.S. To retort, retaliate; to reply or respond, esp. quickly or sharply. Frequently with at. Cf. comeback n.2 3b. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [verb (intransitive)] > retort return1579 retort1603 revie1604 to come back1860 1860 in Speech G. B. Adrain on Organization of House 6 It is not very chivalric to attack a gentleman when he has no opportunity to come back at you. 1883 ‘M. Twain’ Life on Mississippi iii. 20 Bob called him a heap rougher names and the Child come back at him with the very worst kind of language. 1905 B. Tarkington In Arena 182 ‘Hello, Ben! I hear you're not for me!’ he said cordially. ‘How are you running?’ I came back at him, laughing. ‘Oh, we're going to beat you,’ he answered. 1928 F. N. Hart Bellamy Trial i. 12 Just as I was thinking of something really bright to come back with, a nice soft little voice in the back of the hall said [etc.]. 2004 S. Hunter Hell Bent for Leather (2005) viii. 123 Previously I would've come back at him with cheap insults and big-man swearing. 4. intransitive originally U.S. a. To become popular, successful, or fashionable again; to make a comeback (comeback n.2 5). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [verb (intransitive)] > again to come back1882 1882 Mt. Desert (Maine) Herald 2 Nov. 1/6 Cloak makers would be thankful for a glimpse into the future in order to know whether or not hoops are coming back. 1893 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 25 June 22/7 The old aimless, foolish-looking, wallpaper-and-dado style of ornamenting skirts is coming back. 1929 Times Lit. Suppl. 9 May 374/4 The way in which the tulip has ‘come back’ as a garden flower. 1934 Punch 11 Apr. 393/3 A West-End barber denies that beards are coming back. 2015 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 10 Feb. b1 The retro look is coming back. b. Esp. of a sportsperson or team: to return to form or regain the initiative during a contest; to recover from a losing position. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > athletics > contend in athletics [verb (intransitive)] > regain form in event to come back1900 1900 Boston Globe 19 Dec. 8/1 The ‘Twin’ came back strongly again in the 11th round and with a succession of lefts..he again sent Payne to his corner somewhat in distress. 1955 Times 2 May 5/7 The Scots, however, ‘came back’ excitingly through tries by Elgie and their stocky little half-back. 2007 Wisden Cricketer July (Sri Lanka Suppl.) 9/2 In 2000–1..we came back from 1–0 down to win the series. < as lemmas |
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