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单词 to walk into
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to walk into ——
to walk into ——
colloquial.
1. intransitive. To make a vigorous attack upon someone or something. Also in extended use. Now rare.
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society > armed hostility > attack > attack [verb (transitive)]
greetc893
overfallOE
riseOE
assail?c1225
to lay on or upon?c1225
onseekc1275
to set on ——c1290
infighta1300
saila1300
to go upon ——c1300
to turn one's handc1325
lashc1330
annoyc1380
impugnc1384
offendc1385
to fall on ——a1387
sault1387
affrayc1390
to set upon ——1390
to fall upon ——a1398
to lay at?a1400
semblea1400
assayc1400
havec1400
aset1413
oppressa1425
attachc1425
to set at ——c1430
fraya1440
fray1465
oppugn?a1475
sayc1475
envaye1477
pursue1488
envahisshe1489
assaulta1500
to lay to, untoa1500
requirea1500
enterprise?1510
invade1513
assemblec1515
expugn1530
to fare on1535
to fall into ——1550
mount1568
attack?1576
affront1579
invest1598
canvass1599
to take arms1604
attempt1605
to make force at, to, upon1607
salute1609
offence1614
strikea1616
to give a lift at1622
to get at ——1650
insult1697
to walk into ——1794
to go in at1812
to go for ——1838
to light on ——1842
strafe1915
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make attack [verb (intransitive)]
onreseeOE
onslayc1275
entera1425
to be upon (also on) a person's jack1588
endeavour?1589
to fall aboard1591
to let fly1611
strikea1616
to lift (up) the hand(s, (occasionally one's arm)1655
to fall on board (of)1658
tilt1708
to walk into ——1794
to run in1815
to peg it1834
to sail in1856
to wade in1863
to light in1868
to roll into ——1888
to make for ——1893
1794 Ld. Hood Let. 14 July in Ld. Nelson Disp. & Lett. (1844) I. 438 (note) From your rapid firing last night I flattered myself it was intended to walk into the Mozelle as this night.
1846 T. De Quincey Syst. Heavens in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 573/2 A voice was heard, 'Let there be Lord Rosse!' and immediately his telescope walked into Orion; destroyed the supposed matter of stars; but, in return, created immeasurable worlds.
1852 C. B. Mansfield Paraguay, Brazil, & Plate (1856) 20 Some small spermaceti whales, which came in for a lark (luckily for them, after the American and French vessels had left, who would assuredly have walked into them).
1859 J. Lang Wanderings in India 399 His Excellency ‘walked into’ the President, and recommended him to study some catechism of the Law of Courts Martial.
1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. ix. 161 He walks into us all as if it were our faults.
1930 E. E. Leisy in J. F. Dobie Man, Bird & Beast (1965) 152 My indignation was so great, that on collaring him, I walked into him with my club without pausing for explanation or to learn his name.
2. intransitive. To make large inroads into a supply of food or drink; also occasionally a stock of money, to ‘make a hole in’. Obsolete.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > spend [verb (transitive)] > spend large amount of
to walk into ——1836
1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xxii. 225 I wish you could ha' seen the shepherd walkin' into the ham and muffins.
1850 F. E. Smedley Frank Fairlegh xiv. 127 I must walk into old Coleman's champagne before I make a fresh start.
1859 H. Kingsley Recoll. G. Hamlyn xv ‘And you've got her money?’ ‘Yes,’ he said; ‘but I've been walking into it.’
1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant III. iii. 78 He..with most voracious swallow Walks into my mutton chops.
1907 P. G. Wodehouse White Feather iii. 29 ‘Where's that cake?’ ‘Finished. My brother simply walked into it.’
3. intransitive. to walk into (a person's) affections: to win the love of (a person) immediately and without effort. Also ironically: to attack (cf. sense 1).
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the mind > emotion > love > loved one > win the affection of [verb (transitive)] > endear > endear effortlessly and immediately
to walk into (a person's) affections1840
1840 New Sporting Mag. Sept. 184 Oh, ho! Mr. Vulpes!.. If we don't do our best to ‘walk into your affections’ before we have done with you, our name is not ‘Master Harry!’
1858 J. Hampton Let. 14 Jan. in K. Young Delhi—1857 App. D. 328 Major Erskine was fearful that the jolly 50th would have walked into the affections of the Madrassees, and then all would have gone a regular smash.
1910 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 27 Mar. 32/2 He had more charm than anything I've ever met, and so it is only natural that he should have walked into our affections.
1978 New Eng. Q. 51 573 With the daring boldness of Murat, he walked into his affections, by seizing his gun and letting him have the charge in his face!
4. intransitive. To obtain or achieve something, esp. a job, easily or undeservedly.
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1872 F. W. Robinson Bridge of Glass III. vii. 164 I think that in your place I should have been more elated!.. It's a devilish cool manner of walking into a fortune.
1943 D. Goldring South Lodge xii. 158 If he got sacked from one bar, he simply walked into a job at a rival establishment, and took all his customers with him.
1999 Artists & Illustrators Sept. 38/2 Clearly not every art graduate is going to walk straight into a contract with a major gallery.
2005 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 29 Aug. e1 Twenty years ago if you had a liberal arts degree you could walk into a good job.
5. intransitive. To get into an awkward situation, fall for a trick as a result of one's own unwariness.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > of difficulty: beset (a person) [verb (transitive)] > get into difficult situation
to walk into ——1911
the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > enter into incautiously or rashly [verb (transitive)]
to go it blind1840
to go bald-headed (into, for, at)1848
to walk into ——1911
1911 G. B. Shaw Doctor's Dilemma iii. 60 Ridgeon: I don't so much mind your borrowing £10 from one of my guests and £20 from the other—Walpole: I walked into it, you know. I offered it.
1942 J. Sweeney in W. Murdoch & H. Drake-Brockman Austral. Short Stories (1951) 384 No sooner does the gong go for the third than Irish walks into a haymaker.
1978 M. Birmingham Sleep in Ditch 188 I had walked into this with my eyes wide open. No one could taunt me with being always right.
2001 P. Theroux Hotel Honolulu (2002) v. 22 I leaned over and looked... As I did so..Buddy pushed me into the pool. ‘You walked straight into that one!’ Buddy said.
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