| 单词 | to happen in |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto happen in (c) intransitive. Chiefly North American. to happen in: to go or come in casually; esp. to drop in unexpectedly or unannounced. Also to happen in with: to fall in with, to meet casually. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > visit > visiting > visit [verb (intransitive)] > visit informally to call in1573 to drop in1609 to look ina1616 to come round1620 to go round1636 to put in1668 to go around1742 to happen in1749 to run in and out1779 to come around1822 to pop in and out1846 to happen in with1883 to stop in1904 stop1905 1749 J. Smith Jrnl. 22 Aug. in G. O. Seilhamer Hist. Amer. Theatre before Revol. (1888) i. 2 Joseph Morris and I happened in at Peacock Bigger's, and drank tea there. 1825 J. F. Cooper Lionel Lincoln II. xi. 288 Being there, I went out of the town with some company that I happened in with. 1845 C. M. Kirkland Western Clearings 116 He could hardly have ‘happened in’ at a more fortunate juncture. 1873 A. D. Whitney Other Girls xxxiii. 422 A friend or two happening in now and then to see them. 1883 W. Blaikie in Harper's Mag. Nov. 905/1 Just happen in with them at meal-time. 1922 Canad. Forum Oct. 16/2 One day..we happened in with a gang of four or five bigger boys. 1970 New Yorker 26 Sept. 35/3 To any of the girls who happened in before she fell asleep she explained that she was taking forty winks. 2010 L. R. Holben For All Saints 290 Whoever happened to come in and sit behind the desk assumed control until someone else happened in to sit. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。