单词 | to follow on |
释义 | > as lemmasto follow on to follow on 1. intransitive. To move on in the same direction as a person who or thing which is moving in front; to continue to go after a person or thing in motion. Also: to go in chase or pursuit of a person or animal, esp. with intent to overtake and capture, harm, or kill. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > follow behind [verb (intransitive)] followOE to follow ona1325 suec1390 ensuec1500 to follow alonga1594 tag1676 hark after1899 a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1751 He toc and wente and folwede on, And ðhogt in mod iacob to slon. a1450 Castle Perseverance (1969) l. 933 Whanne Wrath gynnyth walke..Envye flet as a fox and folwyth on faste. 1606 W. Arthur & H. Charteris Rollock's Lect. 1st & 2nd Epist. Paul to Thessalonians (1 Thess.) xiiii. 165 Follow on him, if it were through Hell (if he bid thee goe throgh Hell, go throgh it, close thy eyes, follow on). 1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia ii. 68 Yee troopes of horse set forth with hast: And bands of foot come follow on. 1884 W. Cook Billiards i. 9 A following stroke is when you cause your ball to follow on after the ball it strikes. 1991 Working Terrier Feb. 25/1 I started to climb over the brambles after him with the Jack Russell bitch following on behind me. 2010 Diss (Norfolk) Express (Nexis) 1 Jan. Harold always arrives at the church early..but Katherine had told him she would follow on later. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > following up, through, or prosecution > follow up, through, or out [verb (transitive)] suec1325 pursuea1393 follow1425 pass1473 prosecute?a1475 ensue1509 convey1530 persecute1546 to follow on?1557 transact1636 to follow up1659 to follow up on1927 ?1557 tr. St. Elisabeth of Schönau Liber Viarum Dei sig. F.vii When he appeared agayne, I praied him that he wold prosecute or folowe on the exhortation of his sermon begun. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 515 Sylla valliantly following on his victory, shuffled in among them as they fled, and in thende tooke all together. 1652 J. Wadsworth tr. P. de Sandoval Civil Wars Spain 363 If, after the taking of Torrelobaton, hee had followed on his victorie. 1691 ‘N. N.’ Blatant Beast Muzzled 142 The Dutch being by this means our Betters at Sea, would not follow on their blow. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > continue doing or keep going in a course of action [verb (intransitive)] to hold a wayOE to hold forthc1200 to hold ona1225 reignc1300 lasta1325 continuea1340 to continue doing or to doc1384 pursuea1425 perseverec1425 to hold one's wayc1480 prosecute1528 to go on1533 to run on1533 keep1548 to follow on1560 insist1586 to keep on1589 to carry on1832 to carry on1857 string1869 1560 A. L. tr. J. Calvin Serm. Songe Ezechias ii. 46 We shold fight against them [sc. temtations], and styll to followe on tyll we fele the relefe that he doth promyse vs. 1611 Bible (King James) Hosea vi. 3 Then shal we know, if we follow on to know the Lord. View more context for this quotation a1732 T. Boston Illustr. Doctr. Christian Relig. (1773) III. 599 To gain experience of religion, they get some taste of it, but then they do not follow on. 1785 W. Hutton Bran New Wark 14 Nor hes tau followed on, as Hosea says, to love thy fellow creatures. 4. intransitive. To carry on; to proceed or progress, esp. from something else. ΚΠ 1825 N.-Y. Med. & Physical Jrnl. 4 453 Writers have quietly followed on in the same track, more ready to warp stubborn facts into a convenient shape. 1961 C. Isherwood Diary 12 Nov. in Sixties (2010) II. 134 It is bad about the show, because he ought to follow on from the London one, right away. 2008 Independent 10 Sept. 17/2 A soggy August following on from a later spring confined bees to their hives..at a crucial time for honey production. 5. intransitive. Cricket. Of a team batting second in a four-innings match: to bat again immediately after completing its first innings, a penalty which may be enforced when the opposing team leads by more than a stipulated number of runs after both sides' first innings are completed. A follow-on gives the team batting first an opportunity to win the game without having to bat a second time.The Law was introduced in 1835; the modern term developed from the earlier expression to follow their innings at innings n. Phrases. The number of runs stipulated depends on the number of days the match is scheduled to last. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > bat [verb (intransitive)] > follow on to follow their innings1815 to follow on1865 1865 F. Lillywhite Guide to Cricketers (ed. 21) 86 Surrey ‘followed on’, but left only 23 runs for Oxford to get to win. 1891 Leeds Mercury 2 May 6/4 Being left in a minority of 93 they had to follow on. 1923 John Wisden’s Cricketers’ Almanack (ed. 60) ii. 51 When Essex followed on Russell and afterwards Freeman played finely. 1930 A. H. Graham Cricket at Univ. Pennsylvania 63 Forced to follow on, Pennsylvania sent in Patterson and Noble and some magnificent cricket was seen. 1956 L. Hutton Just my Story iii. 57 I wanted to take the last two wickets as quickly as possible and force West Indies to follow-on. 1996 India Today 30 June 142/1 With the team forced to follow on,..Hazare notched up a chanceless 145, becoming the first Indian to score centuries in each innings in a Test. 2009 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 12 Sept. (Sport section) 14 The probability is that if Australia had followed on, they would have set England 200 at least to chase. < as lemmas |
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