come on
phrasal verbwithcomeverbuk/kʌm/us/kʌm/came|come
(START)
C1
tostarttohappenorwork:
开始发生；开始工作Theheatingcomes on at six in themorning.早上6点开始供暖。
If you have anillnesscoming on, it isstartinggradually:
患上（病）IthinkI've got acoldcoming on.我觉得我要感冒了。
UKinformal
If a woman comes on, herperiod(= thebloodcoming from thewombthathappenseverymonth)starts.
（女子）来月经- Whattimedoes theheatingcome on?
- I've set theovento come on at ten.
- All thelightscame on.
- Thestreetlightscome onautomaticallyatdusk.
Starting and beginning
- be in the first flush ofidiom
- be/get in on the ground flooridiom
- become
- begin
- branch out
- develop
- export
- get down to businessidiom
- grow
- half-cock
- here
- here goes!idiom
- hit the ground runningidiom
- inaugurate
- strike
- strike out(somewhere)
- stuck
- stumble intosomething
- swing into actionidiom
- takesomethingup
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Obstetrics: processes & stages connected with sexual reproduction
(ENCOURAGEMENT)
B1
said toencouragesomeone to do something,especiallytohurryortryharder, or totellyou something:
（尤指催促、鼓励或让某人告知某事）快点儿，加油，快点儿说吧Come on - we're going to be late if you don'thurry!快点儿——再不抓紧我们就要迟到了！
Come on, Helen, you cantellme. I won'ttellanyone.快讲吧，海伦，你可以告诉我。我不会告诉任何人的。
Expressions telling people to hurry up
- c'mon
- come
- come along
- gee
- geesomeoneup
- get a wriggle onidiom
- look
- look lively/sharp!idiom
- make
- make it quick/fastidiom
- make it snappyidiom
- move it!idiom
- quick
- shake
- shake a legidiom
- skate
- snap
- time
- weave
- wriggle
(SEXUAL INTEREST)
informal
to makeyoursexualinterestknownto someone:
表露性兴趣；献殷勤；勾引Then hiswifelefttheroomand hestartedcoming ontome.后来他妻子离开了房间，他就开始向我大献殷勤。
She was coming onstrongand,naturally, Iresponded.她表现得很殷勤，我自然要有所反应。
(APPEAR)
(of anactor) towalkonto thestage:
（在戏、电影或广播电视节目中）登台，出场，露面There wasgreatapplausewhen theRussianballerinacame on.那位俄罗斯芭蕾舞女演员出场时掌声雷动。
Cinema & theatre: acting, rehearsing & performing
- act out
- amateur theater
- appear
- blocking
- camp
- chew
- chew the sceneryidiom
- corpse
- dumb show
- greasepaint
- interpreter
- method acting
- overact
- re-enactment
- recreation
- rep
- tread
- walk throughsomething
- walkthrough
- wrap party
(NOT BELIEVE)
informal
used totellsomeone that you do notbelievethem or that youdisagreewith them, or to show that you areangrywith them:
（用于表示不相信、不同意或生气）得了吧，算了吧，别逗了Oh come on, Kylie, you made the sameexcuselastweek!噢，得了吧，凯莉，上周你也是同样的借口！
Linguistics: interjections
- aiyo
- alack
- alas and alackphrase
- attaboy
- attagirl
- auf Wiedersehen
- aw shucks
- figure
- goodo
- more
- more power toyourelbow!idiom
- need
- need I say more?idiom
- neener, neener
- no siridiom
- period
- small wonderidiom
- sweet
- the rest is historyidiom
- you seeidiom