Come onとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

come on (複数形 come ons)

1. Alternative spelling of come-on

発音 2

• (英国用法 Isles, Eastern New England) IPA^(key): /ˌkʌm ˈɒn/
• (Southern American English, Midland 米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˌkʌm ˈɔn/
• (Northern 米国発音, cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˌkʌm ˈɑn/

動詞

come on (三人称単数 現在形 comes on, 現在分詞 coming on, 過去形 came on, 過去分詞 come on)

1. (transitive) To encounter, discover; to come upon.

   Synonym: come across

   Turning the corner, I came on Julia sitting by the riverbank.

2. (intransitive) To appear on a stage or in a performance.

   I think he's coming on too late after my line.

3. (transitive, intransitive) To be broadcast (through a device), or (of a broadcast) to begin playing.

   I was going to turn off the TV, but my favorite show came on.

   A salsa song came on the radio.

4. (intransitive) To progress, to develop.

   The new garden is coming on nicely.

   • 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “Chapter 10”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], OCLC 855945:

     But she looked a lady, Paul declared, as much as Mrs. Major Moreton, and far, far nicer. The family was coming on. Only Morel remained unchanged, or rather, lapsed slowly.

5. (intransitive, of an electric または electronic device, especially a light) To activate; to turn on.

   The light came on as soon as I flicked the switch.

   She pressed the power button and waited for the screen to come on.

6. (intransitive, idiomatic, with to) To show sexual or relational interest through words or sometimes actions.

   Synonyms: hit on, pass, proposition

   She started coming on to me as soon as my wife left the room.

   • 1988, Julie Brown, Charlie Coffey, Terrence E. McNally, Earth Girls Are Easy, spoken by Valerie (Geena Davis):

     Wait a minute. Are you like coming on to me? Is this a pass? Because, I mean, if it is, sex is like totally out of the question.

7. (intransitive, idiomatic, colloquial, UK) To get one's period, start menstruating.
   • 2009, Jenny Diski, "Short cuts", London Review of Books, XXXI.20:

     Overall, menstrual modernity in the form of a more efficient throwaway technology was seized on and celebrated, as was the opportunity to send your man off to the shop to get it if you came on suddenly.

8. (sports, of a substitute) To enter the playing field.
   • 2011 February 12, Nabil Hassan, “Blackburn 0-0 Newcastle”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     Blackburn made their third and final substitution with 25 minutes remaining, with Brett Emerton coming on for Dunn as they looked for ways to stem the Newcastle tide.

9. (intransitive, informal, with adverbial words such as in, by, round, over, up, down) Elaboration of come (in the sense of move towards the speaker または other focus), emphasising motion or progress, or conveying a nuance of familiarity or encouragement.

   Don't just stand there on the doorstep. Come on in!

   Don't leave without coming on round to see the baby.

   You told me to come on over whenever I get the chance, and here I am!

   Come on up to my place on the third floor.

   Please come on home.

派生語

• come on to

間投詞

come on

1. Come along with me; join me in going.

   I'll show you where the auditorium is. Come on!

2. Synonym of let's go, a cheer or expression of support, encouragement, &c.

   Come on, George! You can win!

3. An expression of disbelief.

   Synonyms: come off it, shut up, c'mon, get out of here, no way; see also Thesaurus:bullshit

   Come on! You can't possibly expect me to believe that.

4. An expression of frustration, exasperation, or impatience; hurry up.

   Aw, come on! Get on with it!

   Come on, we don't want to miss the train!

5. An expression of defiance or as a challenge; approach; come at me.

   Come on! I'm not afraid of you.

   • 1847, John Maddison Morton, Box and Cox

     BOX: […] Hark ye, sir—can you fight?
     COX: No, sir.
     BOX: No? Then come on—

別の表記

• (cheer): carn

アナグラム

• oncome

発音

• (General American, Canada, cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌmˌɑn/
• (Southern American English) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌmˌɔn/
• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌmˌɒn/
• 韻: (Southern American English) -ʌmɔn

名詞

come-on (複数形 come-ons)

1. Something intended to attract, as in an advertisement.

   The free offers are just come-ons to get you in the store so the sales staff can work on you.

2. A statement or sometimes action reflecting sexual or romantic interest.
   • 1969, Paul Simon, Simon & Garfunkel, “The Boxer”, Bridge over Troubled Water, Columbia Records:

     I come looking for a job
     But I get no offers
     Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue

   • 1989, Nora Ephron, When Harry Met Sally...‎^[1], spoken by Harry Burns (Billy Crystal):

     What I'm saying is - and this is not a come-on in any way, shape or form - is that men and women can't be friends because the sex part always gets in the way.

   I thought he'd asked me to lunch to discuss business; I wasn't expecting a come-on.

3. (theater, slang) A bad actor whose talents do not extend far beyond walking onto the stage.
   • 1975, George Jean Nathan, Charles Angoff, The Theatre Book of the Year, 1942-1943 (page 82)

     When the public no longer rushed to the box-office to buy such synthetic exaltations of the spirit, pitchmen like Jerome K. Jerome and the aforesaid Kennedy got out their theopathic apparatus and had at the trade with elixirs in which actors, their faces chalked into a pallor exceeding Nicky Arnstein's, were programmed as A Stranger, A Wayfarer, or Manson and, by conducting themselves for the major portion of two hours like overly verbose and objectionable pallbearers, peculiarly persuaded the come-ons that they were replicas of Christ and that the rest of the cast, a bunch of low-lifes, were converted to the faith by them.

参考

• come-hither
• come on
• show ankle

アナグラム

• oncome