| 单词 | to go and come |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go and come b. to go and come. extracted from comev. (a) To depart and arrive again (either once or repeatedly); (hence also) to go here and there, to move around freely. Cf. to go in and come out at go v. Phrasal verbs 1.For the now more common term, to come and go, see Phrases 1a(a). ΚΠ eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) xliv. 324 Ga, & cum to morgenne, ðonne selle ic ðe hwæthwugu. a1400 (?a1325) Medit. on Supper of our Lord (Harl.) (1875) l. 232 Y go and come to ȝow aȝen, Forsoþe eftsones y wyl ȝow sen. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes ii. xxxv. sig. Kiij The ambaxatours of the sayd cytee went and came for to treatte of peas. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lxxjv Those that shall bryng vitailes necessarie to thesaied assembly, maie without daunger, trouble, impechement or noysaunce go and come. 1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 331 It was ordayned..That no stewholder or his wife should let or stay any single woman to go and come freely at all times. 1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 75 The poasts and vessels of intelligence..going and coming incessantly. 1712 Spectator No. 280 ¶1 The footman hires himself for bodily labour, subjected to go and come at the will of his master. 1768 J. Boswell Acct. Corsica 329 I went and came as I pleased. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. vii. 190 Officers of the Earl's household, livery-men, and retainers, went and came. 1892 Cornhill Mag. Aug. 155 ‘Flighting’, or shooting them as they go and come, is a favourite method of procuring wild ducks. 1922 Boys' Life Mar. 9/3 The rover is something of a free lance who goes and comes pretty much as he pleases. 1989 ‘D. Wait’ in K. Smith Inside Time xx. 110 Four times a day, the nonces from F Wing walk past, going and coming from work. 2007 in P. Hall London Voices, London Lives x. 291 I missed the freedom..to go and come, you know. (b) To occur, exist, or be present or prevalent only transiently or for a limited time. Also of time or a period of time: to pass swiftly.For the now more common term, to come and go, see Phrases 1a(b). Now somewhat rare. ΚΠ ?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 350 I suffre not siche batels alwey contynue in alle tymes, but þei go & come, as me semeþ to be needful & speedful to þe soule. 1493 Tretyse of Loue (de Worde) sig. Fvj/2 The rychesse of this worlde is but thyng that gooth & comyth. ?1535 tr. M. Luther Treat. Good Workes sig. v.iii Such an herte..dyspyseth honoure, fauour, thankes, and ryches of all worldly thynges sufferyng all thyng to go and come, that wyll not last & tary. 1588 A. Munday tr. C. Colet Famous Hist. Palladine Eng. xxxi. f. 67 Shaking like a leafe on the tree, her cullour went and came very strangelye. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. i. i. v.16 That transitory Melancholy, which goes and comes vpon every small occasion of sorrow. 1658 J. Hall Emblems with Elegant Figures 77 By the reedy bancks of aged Cam, My golden minuts softly went and came. 1717 Dict. Rusticum (ed. 2) at Wheezing This Impediment goes and comes, and is only occasion'd by abundance of phlegmatick Stuff. ?1790 T. Powell Edgar & Elfrida i. 15 Your colour goes and comes in such a way I never saw before. 1824 T. Campbell Ritter Bann 19 The Ritter's colour went and came, And loud he spoke in ire. 1892 Gleanings Bee Culture 1 May 338/1 Years go and come, and there are few business enterprises on earth than seem more firmly established than Müller's work. 1914 Assoc. Men July 524/1 The days went and came and the two weeks were over without the least trouble. 1987 P. Roth Counterlife 234 The vitality..goes too, of course, but if you will just sit tight, it comes back again..and so it goes and comes, comes and goes. < as lemmas |
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