| 单词 | to get left |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto get left P7. colloquial (originally U.S.). to get left: to find oneself remaining after the departure of a person or thing, especially against one's wishes; to be left behind or out; to be abandoned or left in the lurch; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > present difficulties [verb (intransitive)] > be in difficulties or straits > be left in the lurch to be left in the laps1558 to lie in the lash1573 to get left1827 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > delude [verb (intransitive)] > be deluded to lie in the lash1573 to have found (also spied) a mare's nest1576 overtake1581 hallucinate1652 mare's-nest1859 to get left1884 1827 N.-Y. Spectator 4 Sept. He (Seymour) got left and had to run after the stage. 1868 Galaxy Sept. 373 A man hastening to the train, will say that he is afraid of getting left, and tell you afterward that he did or did not get left. 1884 B. Nye Baled Hay 56 That is where we get left, if I may be allowed an Americanism, or whatever it is. 1894 G. Moore Esther Waters xii. 84 While our quarrel was going on Miss Peggy went after him, and that's how I got left. 1908 Daily Chron. 16 Nov. 5/2 ‘Oh, never mind those,’ says the admiral; ‘what has the Navy got?’ ‘Got left, as usual,’ replies the lieutenant. 1909 G. Stratton-Porter Girl of Limberlost xi. 208 I will watch, and if I find Elnora is ‘getting left’ I'll buy her some more things myself. 1980 T. Murtha Short Stories 132 Later the girl was whispering to her companions, and laughing; possibly they laughed about the woman who was getting left. 2012 R. Kavanaugh Diary of Hijacker iv. 195 It was still five minutes until departure but he didn't want to risk getting left. < as lemmas |
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