| 单词 | to run against |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto run against —— to run against —— 1. intransitive. To dash rapidly and forcibly against (a person or thing). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > impinge upon [verb (transitive)] > forcibly or violently beatOE to run against ——a1425 smitec1450 quash1548 dash1611 kick1667 lashc1694 daud?1719 besmite1829 buck1861 tund1885 ram1897 prang1942 c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Tale (Ellesmere) (1875) G. §4. l. 1415 Bayard the blynde..is as boold to renne agayn a stoon As for to goon bisides in the weye.] a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Gen. xxxiii. 4 And so Esau ran aȝens his brothir, and collide hym. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Paris & Vienne (1957) 73 I shal rather renne wyth my hede ayenst the walle. 1607 E. Grimeston tr. S. Goulart Admirable & Memorable Hist. 153 Those pieces [of ice] so ran against the boate and bruised it in such sort, that [etc.]. 1768 A. Dow tr. M. Firishtah Hist. Hindostan I. ii. v. 92 The projected pikes from the Sultan's boats, did such execution, when they ran against the craft of the Jits, that many of them were overset. 1798 J. Baillie Tryal ii. i, in Series Plays Stronger Passions I. 213 Take the black trunk..upon your shoulder..and be sure you dont run against any body with it. 1850 T. S. Arthur Brilliant 102 A glittering spear ran against his coat of armor. 1880 F. Buckland et al. Rep. Dis. Salmon 52 The fish..ran against the frozen gravel with their heads, and so got injured. 1908 M. Meyer tr. H. Ebbinghaus Psychol. i. 35 Perhaps I am inattentive, or it is dark, so that I run against the obstacle with my feet or my body. 1968 P. Anthony & R. E. Margroff Ring (1969) iv. 135 Jeff's leg shot out in some kind of kick..and the leader ran against it with his kneecap. 2. intransitive. To encounter suddenly or casually; = to run into —— 9b at Phrasal verbs 2. Now rare. Cf. to run up against at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (transitive)] > encounter or experience ymetec893 findeOE meetOE counterc1325 overtakec1390 limp?a1400 tidea1400 runa1450 to fall with ——?c1475 onlightc1475 recounterc1485 recount1490 to come in witha1500 occur1531 to fall on ——1533 to fall upon ——1533 beshine1574 rencontre1582 entertain1591 cope with1594 happen1594 tocome1596 incur1599 forgather1600 thwart1601 to fall in1675 cross1684 to come across ——1738 to cross upon (or on)1748 to fall across ——1760 experience1786 to drop in1802 encounter1814 to come upon ——1820 to run against ——1821 to come in contact with1862 to run across ——1864 to knock or run up against1886 to knock up against1887 1821 P. Egan Life in London ii. v. 285 Such is the hypocrisy displayed on the one side, and the saucy low independence exhibited on the other, which are to be run against every day in ‘Life in London’! 1865 R. M. Ballantyne Lighthouse iv. 33 Big Swankie..was about that business [sc. burglary] when Captain Ogilvy unexpectedly ran against him and Davy Spink. 1920 B. King Thread of Flame vi. 47 It was not to be expected that I should look after every blind man I happened to run against in travelling. 1931 T. Burke Pleasantries Old Quong 254 If we run against him again while we're here I shall know how to deal with him. < as lemmas |
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