单词 | come |
释义 | come/kʌm![]() verb (past came /keɪm/; past participle come) 1 [no object, usually with adverbial of direction] Move or travel towards or into a place thought of as near or familiar to the speaker: Jess came into the kitchen they came here as immigrants he came rushing out...
Synonyms move nearer, move closer, approach, advance, near, draw nigh, draw close/closer, draw near/nearer; proceed, make progress, make headway, forge 1.1Arrive at a specified place: we walked along till we came to a stream it was very late when she came back my trunk hasn’t come yet...
Synonyms arrive, get here/there, reach one's destination, make it, appear, put in an appearance, make an appearance, come on the scene, come up, approach, enter, present oneself, turn up, be along, come along, materialize; West Indian reach informal show up, show, roll in, roll up, blow in, show one's face 1.2(Of a thing) reach or extend to a specified point: women in slim dresses that came all the way to their shoes the path comes straight down Synonyms extend, stretch, continue, carry on, spread; reach, come as far as, not stop until 1.3 (be coming) Approach: someone was coming she heard the train coming...
1.4Travel in order to be with a specified person, to do a specified thing, or to be present at an event: the police came come and live with me [with infinitive]: the electrician came to mend the cooker figurative we have come a long way since Aristotle...
1.5 [with present participle] Join someone in participating in a specified activity or course of action: do you want to come fishing tomorrow? 1.6 (come along/on) Make progress; develop: he’s coming along nicely she asked them how their garden was coming on...
Synonyms progress, make progress, develop, shape up, make headway; come on, turn out, take shape, go; improve, show improvement, get better, pick up, rally, recover, mend progress, make progress, develop, shape up, make headway; come along, turn out, take shape; improve, show improvement 1.7 (in imperative also come, come!) Said to someone when correcting or reassuring someone: Come, come, child, don’t thank me...
2 [no object] Occur; happen; take place: twilight had not yet come his father waited for a phone call that never came a chance like this doesn’t come along every day...
Synonyms happen, occur, take place, come about, transpire, fall, present itself, crop up, materialize, arise, arrive, appear, surface, ensue, follow literary come to pass, befall, betide archaic hap rare eventuate 2.1Be heard, perceived, or experienced: a voice came from the kitchen it came as a great shock...
2.2 [with adverbial] (Of a quality) become apparent or noticeable through actions or performance: as an actor your style and personality must come through Synonyms be communicated, be perceived, penetrate, get through, get across, be got across, be clear, be understood, be comprehended, register, be taken in, sink in, be grasped, strike home 2.3 (come across or British over or US off) (Of a person) appear or sound in a specified way; give a specified impression: he’d always come across as a decent sort...
Synonyms seem, appear, look, sound, give the impression of being, have the appearance/air of being, strike someone as, look as though one is, look to be; British come over; North American come off 2.4(Of a thought or memory) enter one’s mind: the basic idea came to me while reading an article a passage from a novel came back to Adam...
3 [no object, with complement] Take or occupy a specified position in space, order, or priority: prisons come well down the list of priorities I make sure my kids come first...
3.1Achieve a specified place in a race or contest: she came second among sixty contestants...
4 [no object, with complement] Pass into a specified state, especially one of separation or disunion: his shirt had come undone...
Synonyms break up, fall to bits/pieces, come to bits/pieces, disintegrate, splinter, come unstuck, crumble, separate, split, tear, collapse, dissolve 4.1 (come to/into) Reach or be brought to a specified situation or result: you will come to no harm staff who come into contact with the public the vehicle came to rest against a traffic signal...
4.2 [with infinitive] Eventually reach a certain condition or state of mind: he had come to realize she was no puppet...
5 [no object, with adverbial] Be sold, available, or found in a specified form: the cars come with a variety of extras the shirts come in three sizes...
Synonyms be available, be made, be produced, be for sale, be on offer 6 [no object] informal Have an orgasm. Synonyms climax, achieve orgasm, orgasm preposition informal When a specified time is reached or event happens: I don’t think that they’ll be far away from honours come the new season...
noun [mass noun] informal Semen ejaculated at an orgasm. UsageThe use of come followed by and, as in come and see for yourself, dates back to Old English, but is seen by some as incorrect or only suitable for informal English: for more details see and (usage). Phrasesas —— as they come come again? come and go come from behind come off it come right come the —— come to nothing come to pass come to that (or if it comes to that) come to think of it come what may have it coming (to one) how come? to come when it comes to —— where someone is coming from Phrasal verbscome about come across come along come amid come around come at come away come back come before come between come by come down come down on come down to come down with come for come forward come from come in come in for come into come of come off come on come on to come out come out in come out with come over come round come through come to come under come up come up against come up with come upon OriginOld English cuman, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch komen and German kommen. Rhymes |
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