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单词 go great guns
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go1 /gō/

intransitive verb (prp gōˈing; pap gone /gon/ (see separate entries); pat went (supplied from wend); 3rd pers sing pres indicative goes)
  1. Used to express futurity or intent
  2. To pass from one place to another
  3. To be in motion
  4. (of a path, etc) to lead or give access (to)
  5. To proceed
  6. To run (in words or notes)
  7. (of verse) to flow smoothly
  8. To walk (obsolete)
  9. To depart
  10. To work, to be in operation
  11. (of eg a bell or gun) to sound
  12. To make a (specified) noise, as in go bang, go moo
  13. To take a direction, turn, follow a course
  14. To extend
  15. (with to) to attend once or habitually (the cinema, church, etc)
  16. (of a rumour, story, etc) to be current
  17. To be valid, hold true
  18. To be reckoned, to be regarded (as)
  19. To be known (by or under a name)
  20. To be on the whole or ordinarily
  21. To tend, serve as a means
  22. To be or continue in a particular state (as in fear, in rags)
  23. To elapse
  24. To be sold
  25. To be spent, consumed
  26. To move or act in a way shown or specified
  27. To be assigned or awarded (to)
  28. (of colours, etc) to harmonize
  29. To break down, fail
  30. To die
  31. (with by or (up)on) to be directed by, to act according to
  32. (with on) to become chargeable to (an account, etc)
  33. (with to) to subject oneself (to expense, trouble, etc)
  34. (of a female) to be (eg a specific number of months) pregnant (with child, young, foal, etc)
  35. (of a female animal) to copulate (with to)
  36. To become, or become as if
  37. To be considered generally as a concept
  38. To be compared or ranked with others
  39. To change to a new system, as in go decimal, go metric
  40. To happen in a particular way
  41. To be accepted as ultimately authoritative
  42. To turn out
  43. To fare
  44. To contribute (to or towards a whole, purpose or result)
  45. To be contained
  46. To be able to pass
  47. To be finished or done away with
  48. To give way
  49. To urinate (informal)
  50. (with an infinitive without to) to move off with the intention of doing something, as in go see (N American; see also go and below)
transitive verb
  1. To pass through or over
  2. To stake, bet
  3. To call, bid or declare (cards)
  4. To eat or drink (a specific thing), usu in the phrase I could go a… (informal)
  5. To say (used when reporting speech; dialect)
noun (pl goes)
  1. A going
  2. A success (informal)
  3. Energy, activity (informal)
  4. A spell, turn, bout (informal)
  5. A portion supplied at one time (informal)
  6. An attempt (informal)
  7. An affair, matter (informal; archaic)
  8. (with the) the current fashion (informal; archaic)
  9. A bargain, deal (informal; archaic)
  10. Failure to play (cribbage)
  11. A score for an opponent's failure to play (cribbage)
adjective (informal)
  1. Ready
  2. In perfect condition
interjection

(called to start a race, etc) begin

ORIGIN: OE gān to go; cf Ger gehen, Du gaan

gōˈer noun

  1. A lively, energetic person
  2. A sexually promiscuous person, esp a woman
  3. Used in combination, denoting a person who regularly goes to or attends a particular place, institution, etc, as in cinema-goer
  4. Something that travels very fast

gōˈey adjective (informal)

Enterprising, go-ahead

gōˈing noun see separate entry

goˈ-ahead adjective

  1. Dashing, energetic
  2. Enterprisingly progressive
noun

Permission to proceed

goˈ-around noun

  1. An act or instance of going, taking a route, around something (as in air-traffic control, etc)
  2. An evasion, runaround
  3. A round, cycle, sequence (that is repeated)

goˈ-as-you-please adjective

  1. Not limited by rules
  2. Informal

goˈ-between noun (pl goˈ-betweens)

An intermediary

goˈ-by noun

  1. Any intentional disregard, as in give (someone) the go-by
  2. (in coursing) the act of passing by or ahead in motion
  3. Escape by artifice
  4. Evasion

goˈ-cart noun

  1. A wheeled apparatus for teaching children to walk (archaic)
  2. A form of child's carriage (archaic)
  3. Same as go-kart below

goˈ-devil noun (oil)

A cylindrical plug with brushes, scrapers and rollers able to move, under the oil pressure, through a pipeline to clean it

goˈ-down noun

  1. A cutting in the bank of a stream allowing animals to get to the water (US)
  2. See also separate entry godown

go-faster stripes plural noun (informal; facetious)

Matching horizontal stripes painted along the sides of a car for sporty effect, which unaccountably give (esp young male) drivers of cars bearing them a sense of superior power and road skill

goˈ-forward noun (informal)

Momentum

goˈ-getter noun (informal)

A forceful ambitious person, determined to get what he or she wants

goˈ-getting adjective

Forcefully ambitious

goˈ-kart noun

  1. A low racing vehicle consisting of a frame with wheels, engine, and steering gear (now often simply kart)
  2. A child's home-made vehicle for riding on

goˈ-off noun (informal; old)

Start

go-slow see go slow below.

go'-to adjective (informal)

To be resorted to with confidence in an emergency

go-to-meeting see under Sunday

all systems go

  1. Everything in the spacecraft is operating as it should
  2. Everything in readiness

all the go (informal; old)

Very fashionable

a pretty go (archaic informal; ironic)

An awkward turn of events

as far as it goes

Bearing in mind certain limitations

at one go

In a single attempt or effort, simultaneously

be going on for

To be approaching (a particular age)

from the word go

From the very beginning

give it a go (informal)

To try, make an attempt at something

go about

  1. To pass from place to place
  2. To busy oneself with
  3. To seek, endeavour to (with gerund)
  4. (of a rumour, etc) to circulate
  5. (of a ship) to change course

go about one's business

  1. To attend to one's own affairs
  2. To be off, to leave or depart

go abroad

  1. To go to a foreign country or (old) out of doors
  2. (of rumour, etc) to circulate

go against

  1. To turn out unfavourably for
  2. To be repugnant to
  3. To be in conflict with

go ahead

To proceed at once

go all out for

To endeavour to achieve with great vigour

go along with

To agree with, support

go along with you (informal)

None of that!, away with you!, get away!

go and (informal)

  1. To be so stupid or unfortunate as to (eg hurt oneself)
  2. To go in order to (do something)

go around (or round) with

To be a regular companion of

go aside

  1. To err (archaic)
  2. To withdraw, retire

go at

To attack vigorously

go back

To have known someone for a long or specified time

go back on

To betray, fail to keep (a promise, etc)

go bail see under bail1

go by

To be guided by or act in accordance with

go down

  1. To sink, decline
  2. To deteriorate
  3. To be swallowed, believed, received or accepted (esp with pleasure)
  4. (of a computer or other electronic system) to break down
  5. To fail to fulfil one's contract (bridge)
  6. To leave a university
  7. To happen (US sl)
  8. To be sent to prison (slang)
  9. To be defeated in a competition

go down on (vulgar sl)

To perform fellatio or cunnilingus on

go down the drain, the toilet or the tubes (informal)

  1. To be wasted
  2. To become valueless

go down with (informal)

To contract (an illness)

go Dutch see under Dutch

go far

  1. To go a long way (lit and figurative)
  2. To achieve success

go for

  1. To assail
  2. To set out to secure
  3. To go to get or fetch
  4. To be attracted by (informal)
  5. To be true of

go for broke see under broke

go for it (informal)

To make every effort to succeed in an undertaking

go for nothing

To have no value

go great guns see under gun

go halves see under half

go hang (slang)

  1. To be forgotten, neglected
  2. To be no longer of concern

go hard (with) see under hard1

go in

  1. To enter
  2. (of the sun or moon) to become concealed behind cloud
  3. To begin batting (cricket)

go in and out

To come and go freely

go in for

  1. To make a practice of
  2. To take up as a career or special interest
  3. To take part in (a competition, etc)

go into

  1. To enter
  2. To examine thoroughly, investigate or elaborate on
  3. To adopt as a profession, etc
  4. (of a whole number) to be capable of dividing a number

go in unto (Bible)

To have sexual intercourse with

go in with

  1. To enter into partnership with
  2. To join, combine with

go it

To act in a striking or dashing manner (often in imperative by way of encouragement)

go it alone see under alone

go live /līv/ (informal; of a radio station, automation equipment, etc)

To go into operation

go native

To assimilate oneself to an alien culture or to the way of life of a foreign country (usu less advanced than one's own)

go off

  1. To leave
  2. To explode
  3. (of an alarm) to sound
  4. To deteriorate
  5. (of food) to become rotten and inedible
  6. To proceed to an expected conclusion
  7. To cease to like or be fond of (a person, etc) (informal)
  8. To go to sleep
  9. To experience an orgasm (slang)
  10. To scold, reprimand (with at; Aust sl)
  11. To be raided by the police (old Aust sl)
  12. To get married (old Aust sl)
  13. To cease to operate
  14. To die (Shakespeare)

go off with

  1. To go away with
  2. To remove, take away (informal)

go on

  1. To continue, proceed
  2. An exclamation expressing disbelief (informal)
  3. To behave, conduct oneself (informal)
  4. To happen, as in What's going on?
  5. To talk at length (informal)
  6. To be capable of being fitted onto
  7. To appear on stage
  8. To fare
  9. To begin to function
  10. To proceed from (as in nothing to go on)

go on at

To carp at persistently

go one better

In some card games, to take a bet and increase the stake (also go better)

go one better (than)

  1. To outdo, excel
  2. To cap a performance
  3. To achieve something more impressive, effective, etc (than someone or something)

go one's own way, go one's way see under way1

go out

  1. To become extinguished
  2. To become unfashionable
  3. To be broadcast
  4. To mingle in society (old)

go out with

To have a romantic relationship with

go over

  1. To examine or check in review
  2. To recall
  3. To revise

go over to

To transfer allegiance to

go places

  1. To travel widely
  2. To go far in personal advancement

go round

To be enough for all

go slow

(of workers) deliberately to restrict output or effort in order to obtain concessions from employers (go-slowˈ adjective and noun)

go slow with

To be sparing with

go steady

To court romantically, date regularly (with with)

go the whole hog see under whole

go through

  1. To perform to the end, often perfunctorily
  2. To examine in order
  3. To undergo
  4. To be approved
  5. To use up or spend (informal)

go through fire and water

To undertake any trouble or risks (from the usage in ancient ordeals)

go through with

To carry out

go to (archaic)

Come now (a kind of interjection, like the L agedum, the Gr age nyn)

go to pieces see under piece

go to show (or prove)

To serve as an illustration for or as evidence of

go to the country see under country

go to the wall see under wall

go under

  1. To become submerged, overwhelmed or ruined, eg (of a business) to fail, fold
  2. To die (archaic)

go up

  1. To ascend
  2. To be erected
  3. To be destroyed by fire or explosion
  4. (of costs, prices, etc) to increase
  5. To enter a university

go with

  1. To accompany
  2. To agree with, accord with
  3. To court romantically

go without

To suffer the lack of

go without saying

To be self-evident (a Gallicism; Fr cela va sans dire)

great go

  1. At Cambridge University, a degree examination, contrasted with little go (last held in 1961), a preliminary examination
  2. At Oxford University, Greats (obsolete)

have a go (informal)

  1. To make an attempt
  2. (of a member of the public) to tackle a criminal

have a go at (informal)

  1. To criticize severely
  2. To attack physically
  3. To tease or pick on

have something going for one (informal)

To enjoy the advantage of something

I could go (informal)

I could do with, I wouldn't mind (a drink, rest, etc)

let go see under let1

make a go of

To make a valiant attempt to succeed at something

no go

  1. Not possible
  2. Futile
  3. In vain

no-go area

A part of a city, etc to which normal access is prevented by the erection of barricades, esp by local militants, a paramilitary group, etc

on the go

Very active

to be going on with (informal)

For the moment, in the meantime

to go (usu N American)

(of food or drink from a restaurant or cafe) to be consumed off the premises

gun /gun/

noun
  1. A weapon containing a tube from which projectiles are discharged, usu by explosion
  2. A cannon, rifle, revolver, etc
  3. A device for spraying, squirting, or otherwise propelling material
  4. A signal by gun
  5. A person who carries a gun, a member of a shooting-party
  6. A professional killer (US inf)
  7. The throttle of an aircraft (slang)
  8. The accelerator of a car (slang)
  9. (slang usu in pl) a well-developed bicep muscle
  10. An expert or champion, esp in shearing (Aust and NZ informal)
transitive verb (gunnˈing; gunned)
  1. To shoot (with down)
  2. To shoot at
  3. To provide with guns
  4. To open the throttle of, to increase speed (also give the gun; slang)
  5. To rev up (an engine) noisily (slang)
intransitive verb
  1. To shoot
  2. To go shooting
adjective (Aust and NZ)

Expert, pre-eminent

ORIGIN: ME gonne, prob from Gunna used as a pet name for an engine of war, poss from the woman's name Gunhild (ON gunnr war, and hildr war)

gunˈless adjective

gunnˈage noun

The number of guns carried by a warship

gunnˈer noun

  1. A person who works a gun
  2. A private in the artillery
  3. A branch officer in charge of naval ordnance (nautical)
  4. An aircraftman who works a gun in a bomber

gunnˈery noun

The art of managing guns, or the science of artillery

gunnˈing noun

gun barrel noun

The tube of a gun

gunˈboat noun

A small vessel of light draught, fitted to carry one or more guns (gunboat diplomacy the show or threat of (orig naval) force in international negotiation)

gun carriage noun

A carriage on which a cannon is mounted

gunˈcotton noun

An explosive prepared by saturating cotton with nitric and sulphuric acids

gun deck noun

A deck in old warships carrying guns below the main deck (earlier below spar deck)

gun dog noun

A dog trained to work with a shooting-party

gunˈfight noun

A fight involving two or more people with guns, esp formerly in the old American West (also intransitive verb)

gunˈfighter noun

gunˈfire noun

  1. The firing of guns
  2. The bullets fired
  3. The hour at which the morning or evening gun is fired (military and nautical)
  4. An early-morning cup of tea, esp one laced with rum (milit sl)

gunˈflint noun

A piece of flint fitted to the hammer of a flintlock musket

gunˈhouse noun

A protective shelter for a gun, and gunner, on a warship

gunˈlayer noun

A person who sets the sights of a ship's gun

gunˈlock noun

The mechanism in some guns by which the charge is exploded

gunˈmaker noun

gunˈman noun

A man who carries a gun, esp an armed criminal

gunˈmetal noun

  1. An alloy of copper and tin or zinc in the proportion of about 9 to 1, once used in making cannon
  2. Any of various metals used in imitation of this
  3. Any of various colours with a metallic sheen

gun moll noun (slang)

  1. A woman who associates with criminals
  2. A gangster's moll

gunˈplay noun

The use of guns, esp in a fight or display of skill

gunˈpoint noun

The muzzle, or directed aim, of a gun (at gunpoint see below)

gunˈport noun

A porthole or similar opening for a gun

gunˈpowder noun

  1. An explosive mixture of saltpetre, sulphur and charcoal
  2. A type of green China tea

gunˈroom noun

  1. A room where guns are kept
  2. On board ship, orig the gunner's apartment, now a mess-room for junior officers

gunˈrunner noun

gunˈrunning noun

Smuggling guns into a country

gunˈship noun

An armed ship, helicopter, etc

gunˈshot noun

  1. A shot fired from a gun
  2. The distance to which shot can be propelled from a gun, the range of a gun

adjective

Caused by the shot of a gun

gunˈ-shy adjective

Frightened by guns or by the sound of guns (also figurative)

gunˈsight noun

A device helping the user of a gun to aim at a target

gunˈslinger noun (informal)

A gunfighter

gunˈsmith noun

A workman who makes or repairs guns or small arms

gunˈstick noun

A ramrod

gunˈstock noun

The piece on which the barrel of a gun is fixed

gunˈstone noun (Shakespeare)

A stone shot

as sure as a gun

Quite sure, certainly

at gunpoint

Under, or using, the threat of injury or death from a gun

beat the gun

To jump the gun (see under jump1)

blow great guns

(of wind) to blow tempestuously

go great guns (informal)

To function, be carried out, etc with great success, speed, efficiency, etc

great gun

  1. A cannon (obsolete)
  2. (also big gun) a person of great importance (informal)

gun for

  1. To seek, try to obtain
  2. To seek to ruin or destroy

hired gun (informal)

  1. A gunman hired to kill for a fee
  2. A mercenary, professional fighter or killer
  3. A person hired to destroy the opposition, or some unwelcome party, on behalf of another

kiss the gunner's daughter

To be tied to a gun for a flogging

son of a gun

  1. A soldier's bastard son (obsolete)
  2. A rogue, rascal (slang)
  3. Used as an affectionate greeting
  4. An interjection expressing surprise or frustration (N American)

spike someone's guns see under spike1

stick (or stand) to one's guns

To maintain one's position staunchly
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