词组 | come on |
释义 | come on 1. come on! spoken used to tell someone to come with you somewhere, or to hurry: ▪ Come on, Luke, let's go inside. ▪ Come on, you two! It's time to get up. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑come along used to encourage someone to do something, or to try harder: ▪ Come on, George, give me a kiss. ▪ "Come on," urged Marie, "You can tell me what's wrong." ▪ Come on United! Let's have another goal! used to tell someone that you do not believe or agree with what they have just said: ▪ Come on, John. You didn't think I'd believe that, did you? ▪ Oh, come on. She's a lot older than that. used to comfort someone or tell them not to worry: ▪ Come on. Everything's going to be fine. 2. come on in/over/up etc spoken used to tell someone to come in, over, up etc: ▪ "Come on in," Miller said, "Make yourself at home." ▪ Karen leaned out of her bedroom window. "Come on up," she said. 3. come on to start working - use this especially about lights, a piece of equipment, or a heating system: ▪ The front door light will come on automatically when it gets dark. ▪ My hi-fi comes on and wakes me up at 7 o'clock. ▪ Why hasn't the heating come on yet? ■ OPPOSITE: go off 4. come on if a television or radio programme comes on, it begins: ▪ The news usually comes on after `Neighbours' doesn't it? 5. come on • come on sth to appear on a stage, in a film, or on television or radio: ▪ He's one of those actors that make you laugh every time they come on. come on stage/television/radio ▪ Then President Clinton came on television and repeated Gore's message. ■ SIMILAR TO: appear 6. come on especially BrE to start to take part in a game of football, especially instead of another player: ▪ When Batty came on, Fairclough dropped back into the centre of defence. ▪ The game changed in Arsenal's favour when Paul Merson came on as substitute after half-time. 7. come on to improve, especially in something you are learning, or to make progress: ▪ Joe's really come on a lot since he went to his new school. how's sth/sb coming on? (=what progress is something or someone making) ▪ How's all your building work coming on? ■ SIMILAR TO: be coming along 8. come on strong to start to be very successful, or do something very well: ▪ In recent months, Cuba have been coming on strong, twice beating the US in World League play. ▪ Los Angeles, coming on strong as an arts centre, is getting its first big antiques fair in May. 9. come on if an illness or a pain comes on, you start to get the illness or feel the pain: ▪ I think I have a cold coming on. ▪ Nick said he had a headache coming on, so he's gone back to the house. 10. come on • come on sth to start speaking to you on the telephone, often after someone else has just finished: ▪ Then my mother came on, and started asking me if I was eating properly. come on the line/phone ▪ Sherman dialled the number in front of him, and waited for Levy to come on the line. 11. come on if a particular season, period of time, or type of weather comes on, it starts or is nearly starting: ▪ A lot of birds fly further south as winter comes on. ▪ Evening was coming on, so we found some dry wood and lit a fire. ▪ The rain suddenly came on so hard that we stopped and sheltered in a doorway. ■ SIMILAR TO: approach 12. come on sb/sth literary to meet someone or find something by chance or when you do not expect it: ▪ Turning the corner, we came on a group of about fifty cyclists. ▪ I was just in the library one day, when I came on this quite extraordinary book. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑come across, ↑come upon, ↑chance upon/on |
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