| 单词 | to come to the rescue |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto come (also go, etc.) to the (also a person's) rescue P1. to come (also go, etc.) to the (also a person's) rescue: to provide a person, place, etc., with relief, assistance, or aid. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > afford deliverance [verb (intransitive)] > by action or intervention to come (also go, etc.) to the (also a person's) rescuec1475 to save the situation1859 c1475 tr. C. de Pisan Livre du Corps de Policie (Cambr.) (1977) 67 (MED) Kyng Pirrus..cam to the rescue of the cite of Tarente agaynste the Romayns. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 156 Thider preced bothe partyes to the rescowe. 1565 J. Stow Summarie Eng. Chrons. f. 239 The French king also inuaded Flanders, and spoyled and brent Dunkirke, before kynge Philyp could come to the rescue. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. iii. 20 Spurre to the rescue of the Noble Talbot. View more context for this quotation 1684 A. Behn Voy. to Isle of Love 109 in Poems Several Occasions Love saw my Griefs, and to my rescue came. 1726 J. Barker Lining of Patch-work Screen 17 It was with difficulty that I hinder'd thus my Friend from going to their Rescue. 1775 T. Francklin Matilda i. 18 I forget his faults, and flee With all a lover's ardour to his rescue. 1843 Fraser's Mag. 28 715 The captain..came to our rescue. 1881 H. James Portrait of Lady II. i. 10 It had been his father who came to the rescue of the little Archers at the inn at Neufchâtel. 1917 A. Cahan Rise of David Levinsky (1993) viii. vi. 215 I was incessantly cudgeling my brains for some ‘angel’ who would come to my financial rescue. 1995 Sun (Baltimore) 25 Oct. f1/1 If you do buy frozen meat, let the microwave come to the rescue for quick thawing. < as lemmas |
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