followed
past simple and past participle offollow
| 单词 | followed |
| 释义 | followed past simple and past participle offollow follow verb uk/ˈfɒl.əʊ/us/ˈfɑː.loʊ/followverb(GO)A2[IorT] tomovebehind someone or something and go where he, she, or it goes: Adogfollowed ushome. She followed me into thekitchen. He had thefeelinghe was being followed(= someone was going after him tocatchhim orseewhere he was going). I couldfeelthem following me withtheireyes(=watchingmymovementsclosely). Doyourown thing, don't just followthecrowd(= do what everyoneelsedoes). to follow someone or something
[T] to go in the samedirectionas aroad,path, etc.: Follow theroadfor twomiles, thenturnleft. follow suit C2 to do the same thing as someoneelse: When oneairlinereducesitsprices, therestsoonfollowsuit.
Pursuing
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Occurring and happening Direction of motion Travelling Repeating an action followverb(HAPPEN)B1[IorT] tohappenor come after something: We were notpreparedfor theeventsthat followed(=happenednext). Thebookwasdeliveredyesterdaywith anotesaying thebillfor it would follow in adayor two. Themealconsisted ofspinachsalad, followed byroastchicken(= with this as the nextpart). Shepublishedabookofpoemsand followed it(up)with(= nextproduced)anovel. as follows B2 said tointroducealistof things: Thewinnersare as follows - Woods, Smith, and Cassidy.
Occurring and happening
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Quoting & making references followverb(OBEY)B1[T] toobeyor toactasorderedby someone: Follow theinstructionson the back of thepacketcarefully. Idecidedto follow heradviceand go tobedearly. Muslimsfollow theteachingsof theKoran. to obey someone or something
according to the law, rules, etc.
Obeying & breaking the law
followverb(HAVE INTEREST IN)C1[T] to have agreatinterestin something orwatchsomethingclosely: He follows mostsportsavidly. They followed heracademicprogressclosely.
Excited, interested and enthusiastic
followverb(BE RESULT)C2[not continuous] tohappenas aresult, or to be alikelyresult: [+ that]Just because Iagreedlasttime,itdoesn'tnecessarilyfollowthatI will again.
Occurring and happening
followverb(UNDERSTAND)B1[IorT] tounderstandsomething as it is being said or done: I'msorry, I don'tquitefollow (you). Hislecturewascomplicatedanddifficultto follow. to understand something
Understanding and comprehending
followverb(READ)[T] toreadthenotesor words of apieceofmusicor writing at the sametimeas they are beingplayedor said Writing, reading & studying music
followverb(SOCIAL MEDIA)[T] If you follow aparticularpersonon asocialmediawebsite(= awebsitewherepeoplecanpublishtheirthoughts,photographs,informationabout themselves etc.), youchoosetoseeeverything thatpersonposts(=publishes)on thewebsite. Idiomsfollowyournose follow insomeone'sfootsteps Phrasal verbsfollow on follow(something)through follow through followsomethingup Examplesoffollowedfollowed In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. A second mig rationfollowedin 1939 and another was planned for 1940, but the war intervened. From theCambridge English Corpus Most of the agriculture practiced here is short-term rice and maniocfollowedby 4- 7 y of fallow. From theCambridge English Corpus If the nasal vowel was represented as monosegmental, one would expect it to befollowedmost often by the palatal approximant. From theCambridge English Corpus Figure 2 represents the parallel pathsfollowedby the grammaticizing constructions. From theCambridge English Corpus First, in biological selection, the source of variability is well identified: it is the random mutation of the genetic material,followedby genetic mixing. From theCambridge English Corpus A 3-min period of dark adaptation wasfollowedby a 1-min period of light adaptation to the two surrounds. From theCambridge English Corpus The sample comprised 354 first-episode psychosis patientsfollowedup 12-months after remission/stabilization of their psychotic symptoms. From theCambridge English Corpus In both tables, the analysis has been restricted to pregnanciesfollowedsufficiently long for any type of outcome to be identified. From theCambridge English Corpus This study reveals perceptual misbinding of color, thereby revealing separate neural representations of color and formfollowedby a subsequent binding process. From theCambridge English Corpus So far shefollowedtraditional patterns of succession. From theCambridge English Corpus An initial warm-up conversation wasfollowedby four narrative tasks in which the child was expected to produce at least one narrative. From theCambridge English Corpus It thus will not befollowedup here. From theCambridge English Corpus This wasfollowedby moves to loosen restrictions on certain types of international transactions in order to help modernise and internationalise the financial sector. From theCambridge English Corpus All questionnaire items werefollowedby a question and two possible answer options, and the subjects were asked to indicate their preferred interpretation. From theCambridge English Corpus The pronoun it might have been a bit awkward herefollowedby plus. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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