英语词汇“to come short”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

8. to come short.

†a. To arrive too late. to come short of: to arrive too late for, or later than.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [verb (intransitive)] > be late > arrive late

to kiss the posta1529

to come short ofc1569

c1569 W. Forrest Hist. Joseph i, in Hist. Grisild the Second (1875) 167 To aske their [sc. Gower and Chaucer's] counsaylles I came all to shorte.

1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 116 Remembring that this morning..I hied me out thinking that if I had staied for you, I should haue come short.

1638 J. Suckling Aglaura v*. 43 Staring After't, like a man that's come too short o' th' ship And's left behinde upon the land.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 177/1 If any [Monk] come short to Prayers or his Meat, he is to stand apart by himself.

†b. To be ‘taken short’, be taken by surprise.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > happen or move unexpectedly [verb (intransitive)] > feel surprised

to think wonder (also ferly)lOE

to have wondera1400

admirec1429

startle1562

to think (it) strange of (or concerning)1585

to come short?1611

strange1639

to think (it) much1669

admirize1702

to go (all) hot and cold1845

to take to1862

surprise1943

not to know (or to wonder) what hit one1961

?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads v. 553 Lions..Rush out, and prey on sheepe, Steeres, Oxen; and destroy mens stals, so long that they come short, And by the Owners steele are slaine.

c. To be imperfect or inadequate.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > be insufficient [verb (intransitive)]

failc1400

to come short1579

insuffice1847

1579 in W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue sig. B i^v They will all comme to short in their reconing.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. ix. 131 I consider..how short the Latines come to expresse manie of the Greeke originals.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. F4 In arts Mechanicall, the first deuiser coms shortest, and time addeth and perfecteth.

a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) v. iii. 178 Your reputation comes too short for my daughter, you are no husband for her.

1677 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 414 To attaine The highth and depth of thy Eternal wayes All human thoughts come short, Supream of things.

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xi. 70 A faculty which we see Beasts come short in.

1881 B. Jowett tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War I. 121 Even those who come short in other ways may justly plead the valour with which they have fought for their country.

d. to come short of: (a) to fail to reach (a standard); not to equal in some quality; to be something less than, not to amount to; †(b) not to extend to (a place) (obsolete); †(c) to fail to get; also, to lose; (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > acquisition > not obtaining or acquiring > not to obtain [verb (transitive)]

mistec1275

missa1325

tinea1325

fail1377

losea1387

to come short of1570

to fall by1614

the world > space > extension in space > extend [verb (transitive)] > extend so far as to touch > not

to come short of1570

the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail in [verb (transitive)] > fail to satisfy expectation, etc. > fall short of

to come short of1570

to fall short of1590

undershoota1661

desert1664

the mind > possession > loss > lose [verb (transitive)]

losec950

forgarc1175

letc1200

leese?c1225

forgoc1275

tinec1300

wanta1425

lessena1500

becosta1522

amit1525

perish1531

to make shipwreck of1588

to come short of1690

1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. ☞^v Surmountyng the imperfection of coniecture..: and commyng short of high intellectuall conception.

1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) ii. i. 139/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I Some bishops, &c. in our time doo come short of the ancient gluttonie & prodigaltie of their predecessors.

1611 Bible (King James) Rom. iii. 23 For all haue sinned, and come short [Gk. ὑστεροῦνται, Revised Version fall short] of the glory of God.

1623 W. Lisle in tr. Ælfric Saxon Treat. Old & New Test. To Rdr. 33 Giotto came far short of Dominico.

1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 30 Whatsoever beareth the similitude of any other thing, must of necessitie come short of the thing it doth resemble.

1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia Generalis 346 He comes short of none for bravery.

1708 W. Whiston New Theory of Earth (ed. 2) ii. 180 I cannot well perceive how this Proposition comes short of Physical Demonstration.

1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 196 The Chinese come far short of us in the Magnificence of their Houses.

1889 A. C. Swinburne Study of Jonson i. 6 [They] came short of the triumph which might have been theirs.

(b)1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 217 The higher mountaines now comming short of the sea, do leaue a narrow leuel between.(c)1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ix. 420 Who Religiously feast upon the Corps of their aged Parents..for indeed the Wormes come short among the dead Tartars of their foode.1690 W. Walker Idiomatologia Anglo-Lat. 412 My Master is like to come short of his wife.

†e. to come short home: see home adv. Phrases 1a. Obsolete.

f. (See quot.)

ΚΠ

1889 F. M. Halford Dry-fly Fishing vii. 155 This unfortunate propensity of rising at the fly, and either not taking it at all or else handling it (or rather mouthing it) so gingerly as to be insecurely hooked, is technically called among dry-fly fishermen coming short.

单词	to come short
释义	> as lemmas to come short 8. to come short. †a. To arrive too late. to come short of: to arrive too late for, or later than. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [verb (intransitive)] > be late > arrive late to kiss the posta1529 to come short ofc1569 c1569 W. Forrest Hist. Joseph i, in Hist. Grisild the Second (1875) 167 To aske their [sc. Gower and Chaucer's] counsaylles I came all to shorte. 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 116 Remembring that this morning..I hied me out thinking that if I had staied for you, I should haue come short. 1638 J. Suckling Aglaura v. 43 Staring After't, like a man that's come too short o' th' ship And's left behinde upon the land. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory* iii. 177/1 If any [Monk] come short to Prayers or his Meat, he is to stand apart by himself. †b. To be ‘taken short’, be taken by surprise. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > happen or move unexpectedly [verb (intransitive)] > feel surprised to think wonder (also ferly)lOE to have wondera1400 admirec1429 startle1562 to think (it) strange of (or concerning)1585 to come short?1611 strange1639 to think (it) much1669 admirize1702 to go (all) hot and cold1845 to take to1862 surprise1943 not to know (or to wonder) what hit one1961 ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads v. 553 Lions..Rush out, and prey on sheepe, Steeres, Oxen; and destroy mens stals, so long that they come short, And by the Owners steele are slaine. c. To be imperfect or inadequate. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > be insufficient [verb (intransitive)] failc1400 to come short1579 insuffice1847 1579 in W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue sig. B i^v They will all comme to short in their reconing. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. ix. 131 I consider..how short the Latines come to expresse manie of the Greeke originals. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. F4 In arts Mechanicall, the first deuiser coms shortest, and time addeth and perfecteth. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) v. iii. 178 Your reputation comes too short for my daughter, you are no husband for her. View more context for this quotation 1677 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 414 To attaine The highth and depth of thy Eternal wayes All human thoughts come short, Supream of things. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xi. 70 A faculty which we see Beasts come short in. 1881 B. Jowett tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War I. 121 Even those who come short in other ways may justly plead the valour with which they have fought for their country. d. to come short of: (a) to fail to reach (a standard); not to equal in some quality; to be something less than, not to amount to; †(b) not to extend to (a place) (obsolete); †(c) to fail to get; also, to lose; (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > not obtaining or acquiring > not to obtain [verb (transitive)] mistec1275 missa1325 tinea1325 fail1377 losea1387 to come short of1570 to fall by1614 the world > space > extension in space > extend [verb (transitive)] > extend so far as to touch > not to come short of1570 the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail in [verb (transitive)] > fail to satisfy expectation, etc. > fall short of to come short of1570 to fall short of1590 undershoota1661 desert1664 the mind > possession > loss > lose [verb (transitive)] losec950 forgarc1175 letc1200 leese?c1225 forgoc1275 tinec1300 wanta1425 lessena1500 becosta1522 amit1525 perish1531 to make shipwreck of1588 to come short of1690 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. ☞^v Surmountyng the imperfection of coniecture..: and commyng short of high intellectuall conception. 1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) ii. i. 139/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I Some bishops, &c. in our time doo come short of the ancient gluttonie & prodigaltie of their predecessors. 1611 Bible (King James) Rom. iii. 23 For all haue sinned, and come short [Gk. ὑστεροῦνται, Revised Version fall short] of the glory of God. View more context for this quotation 1623 W. Lisle in tr. Ælfric Saxon Treat. Old & New Test. To Rdr. 33 Giotto came far short of Dominico. 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 30 Whatsoever beareth the similitude of any other thing, must of necessitie come short of the thing it doth resemble. 1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia Generalis 346 He comes short of none for bravery. 1708 W. Whiston New Theory of Earth (ed. 2) ii. 180 I cannot well perceive how this Proposition comes short of Physical Demonstration. 1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 196 The Chinese come far short of us in the Magnificence of their Houses. 1889 A. C. Swinburne Study of Jonson i. 6 [They] came short of the triumph which might have been theirs. (b)1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 217 The higher mountaines now comming short of the sea, do leaue a narrow leuel between.(c)1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ix. 420 Who Religiously feast upon the Corps of their aged Parents..for indeed the Wormes come short among the dead Tartars of their foode.1690 W. Walker Idiomatologia Anglo-Lat. 412 My Master is like to come short of his wife. †e. to come short home: see home adv. Phrases 1a. Obsolete. f. (See quot.) ΚΠ 1889 F. M. Halford Dry-fly Fishing vii. 155 This unfortunate propensity of rising at the fly, and either not taking it at all or else handling it (or rather mouthing it) so gingerly as to be insecurely hooked, is technically called among dry-fly fishermen coming short. extracted from shortadj.n.adv. < as lemmas
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