| 单词 | send |
| 释义 | send I. transitive verb 1. a. < send an arrow > < send a bullet > < send a rocket to a distant planet > b. obsolete c. < sent a blow straight to his chin > d. < sent the ball between the goalposts > 2. a. < God sends not ill — Alexander Pope > b. < heaven … send me just thoughts — Charles Dickens > < God send your mission may bring back peace — Sir Walter Scott > < God … send your sleep is light — New York Times > 3. < send him a letter of appreciation > < send our compliments > 4. a. b. (1) < send a son to college > < send a representative to Congress > (2) < able to send both his children to boarding school > c. < sent him to the dictionary > < sent him to the information desk > d. < next he sends him to Paris > e. < never ceased to hope that they would be sent a child > < sincerely believed he had been sent to save his people > f. < send him home with a reprimand > < send him from me > 5. a. < send the rebels flying > < sent all the townspeople scuttling out of their houses — Laurence Critchell > b. < send one mad > < sent the household into a frenzy of excitement > 6. a. < clouds sending forth long-needed rain > b. < send forth a cry > < sent out a bitter bleating > < the steeples sent forth a joyous peal — T.B.Macaulay > c. < tropical flowers sent out clouds of warm perfume — Eve Langley > d. < each branch and twig began to send out clusters of small buds — William Beebe > < an ice cap which … sends out steep glacier tongues to the south — Valter Schytt > 7. < send a convict to the gallows > 8. a. < send flowers by wire > b. < send in dinner > c. < asked us to send a taxi for him > 9. < sent an inquiring glance at his wife — Laura Krey > 10. < visiting choirs … send their music through the pine forest — Oscar Schisgall > 11. < sent him as ambassador to France > 12. < send up a rocket > < sent prices down > 13. < send a current > < send blood to the lungs > 14. < send him sprawling > 15. < send the engines full speed ahead > 16. 17. < trumpet never failed to send his listeners > intransitive verb 1. < send to one to come > < sent to invite her to supper — C.C.Clarke > — often used with away, off, out < send away to the manufacturer for instructions > < sent off for a replacement > < send out and order some coffee and doughnuts > 2. a. < the ship sends violently > b. 3. 4. Synonyms: < send an order for the supplies > < send gifts to the children > < send a letter by special delivery > < send a murderer to the electric chair > < he sent all his children to college > dispatch may suggest speed in sending and heighten notions of specific destination or cause < an ambulance and doctor can be dispatched within thirty seconds after a call for aid has been received — American Guide Series: New York City > < a messenger was dispatched with a reprieve but failed to arrive before the soldier has been shot — American Guide Series: Connecticut > forward indicates a sending on or forward, usually of something stopped, delayed, or missent < forward a letter > < if sent in a commercial code the censor, before passing it, decodes the message and if he considers that the message might contain a hidden meaning, the cable is never forwarded — H.O.Yardley > transmit is likely to be accompanied by an indication of the force or medium involved in sending < a disease transmitted by body lice > < a message transmitted by shortwave radio > remit may mean a sending back, although this is not its most common meaning today < your account is overdue; please remit > < the case was remitted to the lower court > < to find himself awakened at the small inn to which he had been remitted until morning — Charles Dickens > route suggests a sending along a determined route, course, or itinerary < heavy trucks being routed over a detour avoiding the bridge > < when the four railroads to the Pacific coast were completed, all freight from the West was routed through what was called the Minnesota Transfer — American Guide Series: Minnesota > < mail routed to the accounting departments > ship is sometimes interchangeable with send but is likely to suggest carriage in some specific means of transport, as a ship, train, truck, or plane < she was being shipped by her father and her mother to marry the youth across the sea — Francis Hackett > < ship freight by rail > < orchids shipped by plane > • - send about one's business - send for - send in one's papers - send packing - send to the rightabout - send word II. 1. a. < borne on the send of the sea — H.W.Longfellow > b. 2. archaic 3. |
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