单词 | to get caught up in |
释义 | > as lemmasto get caught up in 8. transitive (in passive). Chiefly in to get caught up in. extracted from catchv. a. To be or become trapped or entangled.In figurative context in quot. 1855. ΚΠ 1855 Van Wert (Ohio) Amer. 15 Aug. The people of Ohio..so cajoled, so hoodwinked, so caught up in the Gosimer webs of those wily politicians. 1891 R. Kipling City Dreadful Night 67 Our machinery is fenced and guard-railed as much as possible, and these men don't get caught up by the belting. 1965 Mt. Vernon (Illinois) Reg.-News 24 May 12/7 A new kind of rotary power mower sails a quarter inch above the ground...It's almost impossible to get feet or fingers caught up in the blade. 2010 L. K. Bonasia Summer Shift 77 Mary pressed her head back against the tree...She felt her hair get caught up in the rough bark. b. To be or become involved or embroiled in a situation, often against one's will; to be or become immersed in or taken up by one's work. ΚΠ 1910 F. Pollock in Cambr. Mod. Hist. XII. xxii. 748 Trade Unionism..got caught up in 1830-5 in one of the many phases of Owenism. 1926 Observer 29 Aug. 5/3 He gets caught up in a series of mildly criminal adventures very much in the Wodehousian tradition. 1964 J. Symons End of Solomon Grundy i. 10 ‘You're late.’ He waved one hand. ‘I got caught up.’ 2016 Radio Times 9 Jan. (South/West ed.) 49/1 A Hitchcockian tale of ordinary people caught up in extraordinary situations. < as lemmas |
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