单词 | to come to town |
释义 | > as lemmasto come to town P1. to come to town: to make an appearance, to arrive. Formerly also: †to become established, to become common (obsolete). Cf. to come to land at land n.1 Phrases 1c.Originally with reference to sense 3b, later reinterpreted as showing sense 4. 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 the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > deprive of refinement [verb (intransitive)] > be or become vulgar to come to town1600 vulgarize1605 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > behave badly [verb (intransitive)] > behave in ill-mannered or unrefined way > become unrefined to come to town1600 the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [verb (intransitive)] mode1654 to come in1680 to come up1704 to come to town1905 to hang five, ten1962 OE Menologium 8 For þy se kalend us cymeð geþincged on þam ylcan dæge us to tune. lOE Laws: Gerefa (Corpus Cambr.) x. 454 Me mæig..on hærfeste ripan, in Agusto & Septembri & Octobri mawan, wad spittan.., ær to tune to stið winter cume. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 9160 Allse bidell birrþ beon sennd. To ȝarrkenn. & to greȝȝþenn. Onnȝæn hiss laferrd þær þær he Shall cumenn sket to tune. a1250 (?c1200) Prov. Alfred (Maidstone) (1955) 121 (MED) Elde cummeþ to tune mid fele unkuþe costes. a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 43 Lenten ys come wiþ loue to toune. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 14277 ‘Crist,’ sco said, ‘es cummen to tun.’ a1450 (?c1350) Pride of Life l. 157 in N. Davis Non-Cycle Plays & Fragm. (1970) 95 (MED) I am Hele icom to toun, Þi kinde curteyse kniȝte. 1600 Newe Metamorphosis (MS) in J. O. Halliwell & T. Wright Nares's Gloss. (1859) II. 893/2 This first was court-like, nowe 'tis come to towne; Tis comon growne with every country clowne. 1661 M. Nedham True Char. Rigid Presbyter 78 The old Saviour needs must gang Now a new one's come to town. 1683 J. Oldham Poems & Transl. 174 Fair stood his hopes, when first he came to Town, Met every where with welcomes of Renown. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. xii. viii. 174 Why here's more News of Madam Sophia come to Town. 1840 C. Giles Convent. of Drunkards (ed. 2) 13 Since this new plague has come to town, The whiskey signs are tumbling down. 1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles & St. James (new ed.) ii, in Writings I. 11 I've been quite in the way of babies to-night,..young master's come to town. 1905 Daily Chron. 11 Mar. 4/6 This Thrums sketch proved to delighted Londoners that J. M. Barrie had ‘come to town’. 1952 E. B. White Let. 6 Apr. (1976) 355 Spring is making little sashays about coming to town, but it has been a fairly unconvincing demonstration so far. 2001 High Country News 23 Apr. 15/3 Move over, SUVs, the T-Rex of all sport utility vehicles is coming to town. < as lemmas |
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