3
[VN] ~ A
and/with B to do two or
more things at the same time ) ; mm The
trip will
combine business with pleasure. jJt&Jfrfr#JEtBUfn&ilA
£q iflSAo 0 She has successfully combined a career and bringing up a family. Mfinite AM 7 A±7) #7 ft»
4 to come together in order to work or act together;
to put two things or groups together so that they work or act together 77; $})]: [V] They combined against a
common enemy, ftkf]M7 {5Jft7$cAo o [VN] the
combined effects of the two drugs o
You should try to combine exercise with a healthy diet, jfo 7® Ao O It took the combined
efforts of both the press and the public to bring about a change in the law.
77
o fTflTn see force n.
a noun /'knmbain; NAmE 'ka:m-/ 1 (BrE also .combine harvester) a large farm machine
which cuts a crop and separates the grains from the rest of the plant $£-£• iBc
t1! HI 2 a group of people or organizations acting together in
business H®; lk 77:!lk com'bining form noun (grammar if $£) a form of a
word that can combine with another word or another combining form to make a new
word, for example techno- and -phobe in technophobe is] f& jf, *R if A ^
( in technophobe
—isJAfft techno- ft) -phobe )
combo /'kmnbau; NAmE ‘kaimbou/ noun
(pi. -os)
1 a small band that
plays jazz or dance music
7jSiif±'7 IA; 2 (informal, especially NAmE) a
number
of different things
combined together, especially different types of food ?S7$I; ( Xfm'kWlW) )
7
ft : I'll have the steak and
chicken combo platter.
corn-bust /kam'bASt/ verb [V, VN] to start
to burn; to start to burn sthJF^o'ii^; JF J&
material/gases / A 7
com bus tion /kam'bAstJan/ noun [U] 1 the process of burning
2
(technical A
if) a chemical process in which substances combine with the oxygen in the air to produce heat and
light
com bustion chamber noun a space in which
combustion takes place, for example in an engine (
mmm)
COITie
0-w /kAm/
verb, exclamation, noun m verb (came /keim/ come)
►
TO A
PLACE itk ):• 1 to move to or
towards a person or place A : [V, usually -t-adv./prep.] He came into
the
room and shut the door, T ^ |0j , IEfl A± 0
0 She
comes to work by bus. Ml A 7 A A 7 A J: Si 0 o My son is coming home soon, JL 7 fg '[£ ffi W [el M 7 „ o Come here! fiJj^JLA!
o Come and see us soon! J££tA#4£fn BE ! o Here comes Jo (= Jo is coming)/ ^ A
nf£ ! o There’s a storm coming, f J^Mllc3FTo 0 [V to inf]
They’re coming to stay for a week. ffeCllf
Aff±—IL$]o i:\iU In spoken English come
can be used with and plus another verb, instead of with to and
the infinitive, to show purpose or to tell sb what to do. When did she last come and
see you? o Come and have your dinner. f£ ^ if P if 7 A 7 F1A fi if A A Ml
fDJ lift H, come nj % and M tFj ~iftMW.fR, to fP^jia]^^^: When did
she last come and see
you? 0 Come and have your
dinner. The and is sometimes left out, especially in NAmE
: Come
have your dinner. * and
7 if 7 : Come have your
dinner. 2
[V] - (to ... ) to arrive at or reach a place A5*J;
M iis, JftiA ( AM ) : They continued until they came to a liver. mi
J it A J'J fBT iS o O What time did you come (= to my house)? ifoif ;i, ( 7c A ) #J? o Spring came late
this year. 77# A AF##L 0 Your breakfast is coming soon, f/j; W ft § iM ffc PJ
0 o Have any letters come for me? W in He A fg 4 ? 0 Help came at last. $$[!§
7 PJ 7 0 0 The CD comes complete with all the words of the songs. ^ ft & BE # JR Eft I# £ fP
ft M » 0 The time has come (= now is the
moment) to act. A Mir #}#) B't HI PJ 7 o 3 ~
for/about sth | ~ to do sth to arrive
somewhere in order to do sth or
get sth AfA
A
%: [V] I’ve
come for my book. fAAAHcffHA o I’ve come about my book. 0 I’ve come to get
my book. Ao 0 [V -ing] He came looking for
me. JtfeAHc^o 4 ~ (to sth) (with sb) to move or travel,
especially with sb else, to a particular place or in order to be present at an
event A ( sRffl
) : [V] I’ve only come for an hour. f^ATT*-^
<> Are
you coming to the club with us tonight? % 0 Thanks for coming (= to my house,
party, etc.). iU#A:l[So 0 [V -ing] Why don’t you come skating tonight?
►
RUNNING/HURRYING ETC. 49#^ 5 [V
-ing, usually
+adv./prep.] to
move in a particular way or while doing sth else ( - - Ttfe ) A; A : The children came
running into the room. ^AJil^^SMATo
►
TRAVEL frJS 6 [VN] to travel a
particular distance
( ) : We’ve come 50 miles this
morning. f£CI
A A ± X X 7 50 ^ M o 0 (figurative) The company
has come
a long way (= made a lot of progress) in the last 5 years. W 5
►
HAPPEN 7 [V] to happen The agreement came
after several hours of negotiations, ifr il if 11 /I M W i^
0
The
rains came too late to do any good. M^AJfABfc, FP
Affl-tJl'&Wo o Her death came as a terrible shock to us. M M X {£ IHll ® A M 1st 0 o His resignation came as no surprise. #, W M $1 'M 7 Q A 1v> if o 8 [V to inf] used in questions
to talk about how or why sth happened ( fflAMl'sJ'&L V'A ) :
How did he come to break his leg? A JEM# ®t61i
? <>
How do you come to be so late? # & && A ?
— see also HOW
COME?
►
TO A POSITION/STATE fv 1: A 9 [V +adv./prep.) (not
used in the progressive
tenses AfflAStrW) to have a particular position f&A, ^h7 ( ) : That comes
a long way down my list of priorities. A A
'If
^ A, IP ^ fft A It U o 0 His family comes first (= is the most
important thing in his life). Jill fE M H M "i" {&„ o She came second
(=
received the second highest score) in the exam. M A A ut £ M % 7'. „ 10
[V]
~
to/into
sth used
in many expressions to show that sth has reached a particular state ( hJ7 iF^is]^i.^l^jiP|J AHWiS H£PJ, if A: At last winter came to an end. 4AJff Jh$7c o He came to power in 1959. it 7 1959 77 ^-B.o 0 When will they come to a decision? lifef
]
f°I aE
? o The trees are coming into leaf.
HtTFif Ant77 c 11 ~ (in sth) (not used in the
progressive tenses A Jfj 7 if fl N-) (of goods, products, etc.
Jzfnn, 7pp#) to be available or to exist in a particular way nj tl ; A ( M ) : [V] This dress comes in black
and red. *fH , 9 [V-ADJ]
(informal) New cars don’t come cheap {- they are expensive). 12 to become $7;
?M4R: [V-ADJ] The buttons had come undone. MTlfPf&JF 7 o
<> The handle came loose, JE 7 ^ 7 0
0 Everything
will come right in the end. — ij] PJ S J5 fP^ if ® A
o o [V to inf] This design came to be
known as the Oriental style. AM#; A A AMHA 13 [V to
inf] to reach a point where
you realize, understand or believe sth iii'J ( iA7, fit ) : In time
she came to love him. M^7#i:7'ftfeo <> She had come to see the problem in a new
light. Jhfr^JfiJt A#
0 I’ve come to expect this kind of
behaviour from him. )77'ftfe^ii#^lJ-.l^ilt^f7Ji^J^^I'7o
►
TIME H'f |li] 14 come [VN] (old-fashioned, informal) when
the time mentioned comes
fij ( $tRtf} N* Is] ) : They
would have been married forty' years come this
June.
n 7¥aj] mmmm m 7 7 7,
►
SEX ff 15 [V] (slang) to have an orgasm
ITTTTn Most idioms containing
come are
at the entries for the nouns or adjectives in the idioms, for
example come a cropper is
at cropper. A^ffc^ come £Kj >J
if,
fp-sr^E^^^iftu
come a cropper A is] A
cropper 7 e be as .clever, stupid, etc. as they 'come (informal) to be very clever,
stupid, etc. ( IISI ) .come a'gain?
(informal) used to ask sb to
repeat sth ( if? A SIC )
— fj~A A # : ‘She’s an entomologist.’ ‘Come