单词 | walk in |
释义 | > as lemmasto walk in to walk in 1. intransitive. See sense 9f. 2. a. intransitive. To enter a room or building on foot; spec. to arrive unexpectedly; to enter premises, etc., with unusual ease.The use of walk in this context instead of the less specific come or go may sometimes imply an additional notion of absence of pausing or hesitation. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > reaching a point or place > reach a point or place [verb (intransitive)] > arrive comeOE to come to townOE yworthOE lend11.. lightc1225 to come anovenonc1275 wina1300 'rivec1300 repaira1325 applyc1384 to come ina1399 rede?a1400 arrivec1400 attainc1400 alightc1405 to come to handc1450 unto-comec1450 apport1578 to be along1597 to drop in1609 to come ona1635 to walk in1656 land1679 engage1686 to come along1734 to get in1863 to turn up1870 to fall in1900 to lob1916 to roll up1920 to breeze in1930 to rock up1975 1656 A. Cowley Poems iv. ii. 61 With sober pace an heav'enly maid walks in, Her looks all fair. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iv. ii. 20 We went through the second Room towards the third, here the Gray [horse] walked in first, beckoning me to attend. 1763 A. Murphy Citizen i. ii. 9 (stage direct.) Walks in on tip-toe. 1800 M. Edgeworth Castle Rackrent 153 One opens the door and walks in, and who should it be but Judy M'Quirk herself. 1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility II. viii. 128 Mrs. Jennings..opened the door and walked in with a look of real concern. View more context for this quotation 1872 R. D. Blackmore Maid of Sker I. vi. 48 Just as I had made up my mind to lift up the latch, and to walk in freely, as I would have done in most other houses, but stood on scruple with Evan Thomas. 1881 R. C. Praed Policy & Passion I. 294 The various ministers, the Oppositionists, and officials walked in. 1909 in I. G. Sieveking Francis W. Newman vi. 126 The door opened and the Professor walked in. 1934 D. Thomas Let. 2 May (1987) 121 The girl who thinks me jolly would be very much surprised if, tousled and red-eyed, livered and lachrymose, I was to walk in now. 1975 A. P. Cowie & R. Mackin Oxf. Dict. Current Idiomatic Eng. I. 356/2 The security is so bad here that anyone could simply walk in and take what he wanted. 1982 H. Engel Murder on Location 22 We just walked in this minute. I haven't even taken off my coat. 2007 Independent 6 Feb. (Extra section) 12/1 If a middle-aged neighbour were to walk in, the words ‘orgy’ and ‘swinging’ would spring to mind. b. intransitive. to walk in on: to visit unexpectedly; to surprise or intrude upon (a person), now esp. at an inconvenient or embarrassing moment. ΚΠ 1858 Irish Metrop. Mag. 3 542 ‘But if my nephew should happen to walk in on us, what shall we do?’ asked the fluttered lover. 1898 Scribner's Mag. Apr. 481/1 He wondered if he should suddenly turn, and walk in on them with a reminder of that old time, how they would receive him. 1930 N. Coward Private Lives ii. 53 What shall we do if they suddenly walk in on us? 1978 M. Duke Death of Dandy Dinmont iv. 39 I couldn't think of anything else to do. I was almost relieved when Hamilton walked in on me. 1993 Newsweek 6 Sept. 33/1 On a primetime edition of ABC's ‘Good Morning America’, the actor aired charming anecdotes such as the time he says he walked in on Loni and another man. 2004 A. Vona Bad Girl 51 She went to the bathroom and somehow accidentally walked in on him jerking off. 3. intransitive. See sense 16e. to walk in to walk over (the course): (literal, of a horse) to go over the course at a walking pace, so as to be accounted the winner of a race in which there is no opposition; (in extended use) to win a race or other contest with little or no effort; also to walk over (an opponent), to be declared the winner of a contest because of the opponent's failure to compete; to walk away from, to outdistance easily in a race (in quot. figurative). Also to walk away with, to win (a prize), steal (a show), with ease; to walk home, to win a contest with ease; to walk round (U.S. colloquial): to beat (an opponent) easily. to walk in: to win an election easily. Cf. to win in a walk at walk n.1 Phrases 4.extracted from walkv.< as lemmas |
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