单词 | to go foreign |
释义 | > as lemmasto go foreign 1. Nautical and regional. Abroad, overseas; for foreign parts. Also: to another part of the country. Frequently in to go foreign, to sail foreign. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [adverb] > in or to foreign land(s) beyond the seasc900 without1297 o brodea1400 on brodea1400 abroada1450 overseas1583 oversea1616 in foreigna1640 foreign1813 over sea1845 exterritorially1853 out foreign1895 1813 Hampshire Chron. 15 Mar. The latter ship is ordered to fit foreign. 1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack xiii. 89 In consequence of our being about to sail foreign. 1888 S. Baring-Gould Richard Cable II. xxxviii. 253 Her mother had chosen to desert the house of her childhood and ‘go foreign’; and Mrs. Cable was foreign born and bred; she did not even speak like a Cornish woman. 1896 ‘G. Setoun’ Robert Urquhart (U.S. ed.) xxiii. 242 His regiment's ordered foreign soon—India or Africa, I forget. 1938 Yachting Monthly Mar. 452/2 A tabloid cruiser that goes foreign ought to be registered. 1986 T. Murphy Bailegangaire ii, in Plays: 2 (1993) 164 Her soft Willie was her pet went foreign after the others. 2012 SNL Daily Coal Rep. (Nexis) 3 Sept. The vessel was allowed to discharge her cargo and sail foreign. 2019 B. Evaristo Girl Woman Other (2020) iii. 268 We was just two people who went foreign. < as lemmas |
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