英语词汇“come about”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

come about

1Happen; take place: the relative speed with which emancipation came about...

The amendment, which extends the recall statute to 10 years, comes about in response to a Congressional proposal.
The delay came about because the tunnel had come up short of a screen of trees, slowing the flow of escaping airmen.
Most of these shipwrecks came about by collision, by storm, or by bad navigation.

Synonyms

happen, occur, take place, transpire, fall, present itself, crop up, materialize, arise, arrive, appear, surface, ensue, follow

literary come to pass, befall, betide

archaic hap

rare eventuate

2(Of a ship) change direction.Signaling with one long shrill of his whistle followed by one short blast, he waits for an echo from the harbormaster, then comes about and eases his boat against the wharf of a two-story shed....

I came about and headed for home but my little boat didn't beat into the wind very well.
Lisan just sat there in her floating command chair, her focus was not upon the exploding ships but at the war cruisers that were slowly coming about and from the looks of it, they weren't planning on a retreat any time soon.

See parent entry: come

单词	come about
释义	come about 1Happen; take place: the relative speed with which emancipation came about... The amendment, which extends the recall statute to 10 years, comes about in response to a Congressional proposal. The delay came about because the tunnel had come up short of a screen of trees, slowing the flow of escaping airmen. Most of these shipwrecks came about by collision, by storm, or by bad navigation. Synonyms happen, occur, take place, transpire, fall, present itself, crop up, materialize, arise, arrive, appear, surface, ensue, follow literary come to pass, befall, betide archaic hap rare eventuate 2(Of a ship) change direction.Signaling with one long shrill of his whistle followed by one short blast, he waits for an echo from the harbormaster, then comes about and eases his boat against the wharf of a two-story shed.... I came about and headed for home but my little boat didn't beat into the wind very well. Lisan just sat there in her floating command chair, her focus was not upon the exploding ships but at the war cruisers that were slowly coming about and from the looks of it, they weren't planning on a retreat any time soon. See parent entry: come
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