单词 | to meet with |
释义 | > as lemmasto meet with to meet with 1. intransitive. To come across, come upon by chance, find, encounter (a thing or person). Now rare with a personal or physical object. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > meeting or encounter > meet or encounter [verb (transitive)] meeteOE yaina1000 yseeOE oftakelOE to meet withc1300 finda1325 encounter1520 occur1527 bemeet1608 to fall in1675 c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) 1426 Hii mette wid [v.r. Imetten heo faren] Numbert þeos kinges sonde of þan erþ. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 19604 (MED) Saulus soght aiquar and thrett All þe cristen he wit mett. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) 4327 (MED) Þai spared nouthir kynn na kyth, Man na woman þat þai mett with. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Giiv His grace preuenteth vs, before we mete with it. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 27 Socrates mette full butte with Xenophon, in a narrowe backe lane, where he could not stert from hym. a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 51 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) When hee commeth to experience of service abroad..hee maketh as worthie a Souldiour as any Nation hee meeteth with. 1626 F. Bacon New Atlantis 21 in Sylua Syluarum And continually we mett with many things, right worthy of Obseruation, and Relation. 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 14 Others..wander up and downe to meet somewhere with a refreshing shade. 1686 tr. P. O. de Vaumorière Agiatis 59 As he returned, he was met with by an Achaian. 1705 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1885) I. 52 Mr. Dalton..met with some High-Constable, who not giving way, there was some justleing. 1740 D. Hume Treat. Human Nature III. iii. 217 'Tis..rare to meet with persons, who can pardon another any opposition he makes to their interest. 1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. III. lxi. 318 This was the first public opportunity he had met with. 1782 S. Johnson Lett. to Mrs. Thrale 13 June In the penury of fuel..I have yet met with none so frugal as to sit without fire. 1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. vi. 94 We cannot read a history of foreign art without meeting with the name of Charles. 1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch IV. lxxxii. 304 If..he should chance by some strange coincidence to meet with her, there was no reason for him to be ashamed. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 592 Though abscess beneath the tentorium usually occurs in the substance of the hemisphere it may be met with in other situations. 1949 H. W. C. Vines Green's Man. Pathol. (ed. 17) xxxiii. 922 Eclampsia..is more common in primiparæ, and is met with in about one out of every 500 pregnancies. 1991 P. Fussell BAD 14 It will deal also with numerous awful things to be met with in the United States. 2. intransitive. To go to see, come together with (a person) intentionally; to have a meeting with. Now chiefly North American. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > meeting or encounter > meet or encounter [verb (transitive)] > as intended result of going to to meet withc1300 meeta1325 join1713 c1300 (?c1225) King Horn (Cambr.) (1901) 155 (MED) Þe children ȝede to Tune..Hy metten wiþ almair king. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) 3778 Þat body forþ þai bryngeþ..to þe pauyllouns..& meteþ with þe Amyrel. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 20145 In þe temple wit her he met, Anurd hir and tar hir grette. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 120 Whan Iason was come to this temple Medea cam & mette with him. 1567 G. Turberville Epitaphes, Epigrams f. 123 v So hazard thou to come Vnto the pointed place, To thwart thy Friend, and meete with him That longs to see thy face. 1661 A. Brome Songs & Other Poems 186 Pray come to T.—bring thy beloved Sue, My Mat. and I will meet with her and you. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 41 I had met with the Portugal Captain. 1816 T. Chalmers Let. in W. Hanna Mem. T. Chalmers (1850) II. 78 We fell in with Mr. Cook, who came out to meet with me. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth viii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 227 An appointment to meet with the others of his company at the sign of the Griffin. 1968 E. Cleaver Soul on Ice ii. ii. 89 Robert Kennedy called together a group of ‘influential’ Negro entertainers and athletes to meet with him in secret. 1993 N.Y. Times 7 Nov. v. 9/1 Men..wander home to meet with friends and chew until early evening. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > fight (a battle, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > meet in battle meeteOE to meet withc1325 abattlec1400 recounter1455 check1535 to come up against1535 entertain1555 yoke1581 cope1594 conflict1599 clash1650 engage1697 engage1698 c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 3205 Vter..wende toward seint dauid to mete wiþ is fon. c1390 G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale 693 Is it swich peril with hym for to meete? I shal hym seke by wey and eek by strete. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iv. l. 250 Thus Wallace sone can with the capteyn meite. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iv. iv. 13 At Shrewsbury..The king with mighty and quicke raised power Meetes with Lord Harry. View more context for this quotation 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. iii. 202 How in fight you met At Kingston with a May-pole Idol. 1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 176 Let us never desire to meet with an enemy, nor vaunt as if we could do better, when we hear of others that they have been foiled. View more context for this quotation ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > be near to [verb (transitive)] > be in contact with toucha1350 meeta1400 to meet witha1400 raise1591 buss1609 taste1634 osculate1740 incidea1774 nuzzle1891 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > meeting or encounter > meet or encounter [verb (transitive)] > come into physical contact with (of things) meeta1400 to meet witha1400 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 9915 (MED) Þe grund neist þar es ful tru Metand wit þat rochen stan. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) 371 When þe water of þe welkyn wyth þe worlde mette. a1450 Generides (Pierpont Morgan) (1865) 4460 (MED) Ful litle wanted the soket That with the throte it had y-met. c1500 Lyfe Roberte Deuyll 324 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 232 With hys shyelde Robert mette playne And stroke so soore that he smote it euen in twayne. 1574 A. Golding tr. A. Marlorat Catholike Expos. Reuelation 22 A long garment..[which] meteth iust with the feete. 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. ii. i. f. 48v/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I The Winrush..meeteth wyth the Isis west by south of Northmore. 1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Abbut,..one lands end meets with another. 1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 145 In its Fall, meeting with the Fore-yard broke it in the Slings. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > engage in sexual activity with [verb (transitive)] > have sexual intercourse with mingeOE haveOE knowc1175 ofliec1275 to lie with (or by)a1300 knowledgec1300 meetc1330 beliea1350 yknowc1350 touchc1384 deala1387 dightc1386 usea1387 takec1390 commona1400 to meet witha1400 servea1400 occupy?a1475 engender1483 jangle1488 to be busy with1525 to come in1530 visitc1540 niggle1567 mow1568 to mix one's thigh with1593 do1594 grind1598 pepper1600 yark1600 tumble1603 to taste of1607 compressc1611 jumble1611 mix?1614 consort?1615 tastea1616 bumfiddle1630 ingressa1631 sheet1637 carnal1643 night-work1654 bump1669 bumble1680 frig?c1680 fuck1707 stick1707 screw1719 soil1722 to do over1730 shag1770 hump1785 subagitatec1830 diddle1879 to give (someone) onec1882 charver1889 fuckeec1890 plugc1890 dick1892 to make a baby1911 to know (a person) in the biblical sense1912 jazz1920 rock1922 yentz1924 roll1926 to make love1927 shtupa1934 to give (or get) a tumble1934 shack1935 bang1937 to have it off1937 rump1937 tom1949 to hop into bed (with)1951 ball1955 to make it1957 plank1958 score1960 naughty1961 pull1965 pleasurea1967 to have away1968 to have off1968 dork1970 shaft1970 bonk1975 knob1984 boink1985 fand- a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 1197 (MED) Bod-word..þat he suld wit his wijf yete mete..A child to rais. a1450 York Plays (1885) 107 (MED) Thy wombe..wreyes þe þat þou has mette with man. c1450 (?a1400) Quatrefoil of Love (BL Add.) (1935) 121 (MED) Þat were a mekill meruelle þat I a childe solde bere; Was I neuer maryede ne with man mett. 6. intransitive. To experience, undergo (a particular fortune or treatment); to receive (a particular reaction); = sense 2. ΚΠ c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. iv. 126 (MED) For nullum malum he may mete with Inpunitum. a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) 2009 God..Yff grace that she mete with good! 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. iv. 50 He that hath [printed htah] suffered this disordered spring, Hath now himselfe met with the fall of leafe. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. iii. 6 Elsewhere they meete with charitie. View more context for this quotation 1660 T. Blount Boscobel 3 At Warrington Bridge [he] met with the first opposition made by the Rebels. 1697 J. Pollexfen Disc. Trade & Coyn 100 These Manufactured Goods from India, met with such a kind reception, that [etc.]. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 122. ¶9 In our Return home we met with a very odd Accident. 1718 Free-thinker No. 75. 1 It has always met with the Approbation of the Wisest Men. 1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. II. 176 Sir William Gascoigne..met with praises instead of reproaches. 1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain II. viii. 168 I have..never met with ill-usage, except once..amongst the Papists. 1873 W. Black Princess of Thule xix. 323 Mariners..who had met with their death on this rocky coast. 1893 Earl of Dunmore Pamirs II. 311 This system of semi-official marauding met with the approval of the Czar. 1926 E. A. Powell In Barbary xvii. 317 In spite of government encouragement, the industry has not met with much success. 1936 D. Carnegie How to win Friends iii. iv. 185 If I had tried to get the rent reduced by the methods the other tenants were using, I am positive I should have met with the same failure they encountered. 1958 Life 14 Apr. 113 (advt.) The new shining star among motorcars... Never has a car met with such a magnificent reception. 1988 D. Hogan Lebanon Lodge 85 The coloured lights had still slashed into the black street the night her son had met with the accident. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] > confront abidec1275 stand?1316 visagec1386 bidec1400 to stand to ——1562 affront1569 to look (a person, etc.) in the face1573 outface1574 front1582 to meet with1585 confront1594 propose1594 to stand up to1596 outfront1631 to stand forth to1631 head1682 meet1725 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes iv, in Wks. 285/1 And all this good fruite woulde a fewe mischieuous persons..vndoutedlye bring into thys realme, if the prince and prelates..did not in the beginnyng mete with their malice. 1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. xi. 172 Paul in this treatie of a magistrate meeteth with both these errors. 1600 in W. K. Clay Liturg. Services Q. Eliz. (1847) 694 Meet with the purposes and practices of all ambitious Absalons. 1603 H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth sig. B2v A prudent man..meeteth with euerie mischiefe, and is not ouertaken, with non putaui, had I wist. 1668 Rolle's Abridgment Publ. Pref. The body of Laws..consists of infinite particulars, and must meet with various Emergencies. 1698 R. South 12 Serm. III. 524 To meet with their doubts, and to answer their Objections. 1712 J. Arbuthnot Lewis Baboon iv. iv. 20 Let it suffice at present that you have been met with. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > be in agreement [verb (intransitive)] accord1340 cordc1380 to be condescendedc1386 to be consentedc1386 consenta1400 intend1421 onec1450 drawc1480 to be of (also in) one (or a) mind?1496 agreea1513 gree?a1513 to draw by one string1558 conspire1579 to meet witha1586 conclude1586 condog1592 consign1600 hit1608 centre1652 to be of (another's) mind1717 to go all the way (also the whole way) with1829 to sing the same song1846 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. C1 Wherein I know not, whether by lucke or wisedome, wee Englishmen haue mette with the Greekes, in calling him a maker. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ix. 83 Lords of right noble extraction..(whose titles met with their estates in the Northern Parts). 1661 J. Worthington Let. 14 Nov. in Diary & Corr. (1855) II. i. 68 Upon enquiry I cannot meet with Sebaldus Schnellius against Abarbanel. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > treat one as he has been treated [verb (transitive)] > requite or pay back (a person) foryield971 to quit or yield (one) his whilec1175 acquitc1300 quitc1330 restore?a1400 refound1438 requite1530 regrate?c1550 repay1557 redub1558 quittance1590 to meet witha1593 to pay (a person) (off) scot and lot1598 meeta1625 retaliate1629 reimburse1644 compensate1804 to even up on1879 a1593 C. Marlowe Tragicall Hist. Faustus (1604) sig. E Ile meete with you anone for interrupting me so. 1601 A. Dent Plaine Mans Path-way to Heauen 330 God..though he meete with some in this life, yet he lets thousands escape. 1667 E. Waterhouse Short Narr. Fire London 129 For which sins God may meet with you also. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > payment of debt > pay debt [verb (transitive)] > pay a creditor satisfy1426 repaya1530 dischargea1560 clear1609 to meet with1854 straighten1946 1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters xiii. 276 They had been unable, term after term, to meet with the laird, and were now three years in arrears. < as lemmas |
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