send
verb
send verb
1
BY POST ETC
通过邮政等
to arrange for something to go or be taken to another place, especially by post 送出，发出，〔尤指用邮政〕寄出 T
Lyn sent some pictures from the wedding.
琳恩寄了几张婚礼上拍的照片。
send sb sth
We sent Mom flowers for Mother’s Day.
我们在母亲节给妈妈送去了一些花。
We sent her a letter of apology.
我们给她发去了一封道歉信。
send sth to sb/sth
I’ll send a copy to you.
我会发给你一份复印件。
send sth back/up/over etc
He ordered coffee to be sent up.
他要了份咖啡送上去。
send sth by post/sea/air etc
Monday is the last day to send cards by post to arrive by Christmas.
星期一是邮寄贺卡能在圣诞节之前收到的最后一天。
2
RADIO/COMPUTER ETC
收音机/计算机等
to make a message, electronic signal etc go somewhere, using radio equipment, computers etc 发送，发出〔信息、电子信号等〕 T
send sb sth
I sent her an email yesterday.
昨天我给她发了封电子邮件。
Radio signals were sent into deep space.
无线电信号被发送到深邃的太空。
3
PERSON TO PLACE
人到某处
a. to ask or tell someone to go somewhere, especially so that they can do something for you there b. to arrange for someone to go to a place such as a school, prison, or hospital and spend some time there 安排〔某人〕去，将〔某人〕送往 T T always + adv/prep
The United Nations is sending troops.
联合国正在派遣军队。
send sb to sth
A police officer was sent to Ryan’s home.
一名警官被派到瑞安的家中。
send sb back/away/over/home etc
Many of the refugees were sent back to Vietnam.
有许多难民被遣送回越南。
When Frank came, I told him I was ill and sent him away.
弗兰克来时，我告诉他我病了，把他打发走了。
They sent me down to talk to Mr. Strachan.
他们派我去和斯特罗恩先生谈话。
Mr Ellison is here. Shall I send him in (=tell him to enter the room) ?
埃利森先生来了，要不要我去叫他进来？
send sb to do sth
The U.S. offered to send ships to help in the rescue operation.
美国提出派船去为营救行动提供帮助。
send sb to sth
I can’t afford to send my kid to private school.
我无力供孩子上私立学校。
He was sent to prison for five years.
他被关进监狱要坐五年牢。
send sb away/off
I was sent away to school at the age of six.
我六岁时被送去上学。
send sb on sth
New employees are sent on a training course.
新雇员被送去参加培训课程。
4
send (sb) a message/signal
if something that someone does or says sends a particular message, it has that meaning 传递（给某人）一个信息/信号
Advertising sends the message that you have to be thin to be successful.
广告传递出的信息就是，要想成功就得瘦。
5
send your love/regards/best wishes etc
to ask someone to give your greetings, good wishes etc to someone else [口] 送上某人的问候/祝愿等 spoken
Mother sends her love.
母亲向你问好。
6
CAUSE TO MOVE
使移动
to make something move from one place to another 使移动 T always + adv/prep
send sth through/to/over etc sth
The blaze sent smoke over much of the city.
大火产生的浓烟扩散到市内的很多地区。
7
send sb/sth flying/sprawling/reeling etc
to make someone or something move quickly through the air or across something 使某人/某物乱飞/趴倒在地/摇晃等
The explosion sent glass flying everywhere.
爆炸使玻璃四处乱飞。
8
AFFECT
影响
to make someone or something start to be in a particular state 使进入〔某种状态〕 T always + adv/prep
His lectures always send me to sleep .
他的讲课总是让我昏昏欲睡。
send sb/sth into sth
The tail broke apart, sending the plane into a dive.
机尾断裂，使飞机一头栽了下去。
9
send word
to tell someone something by sending them a letter or message [正式] 捎信，传话 formal
send word (to sb) that/of sth
They sent word to the King of their arrival.
他们向国王报信说他们到了。
10
send shivers/chills up (and down) your spine
10. to make you feel very frightened or excited 使人脊骨发凉，令人毛骨悚然; 令人十分兴奋
The eerie howl of the siren sent chills up her spine.
警报器那怪异恐怖的鸣叫声使她感到毛骨悚然。
11
send sb packing
11. to tell someone who is not wanted that they must leave at once [非正式] 叫某人立即离开，撵走某人 informal
After his four years as governor, the voters sent him packing.
他当了四年州长之后，选民叫他滚蛋了。
12 to send a letter to a company or organization asking them to send something to you 写信去索取，寄信去索要
Send away for a free recipe booklet.
写信索取免费的烹饪小册子。
13
send sth down
↔ to make something lose value 使〔价格〕下跌
The company’s bad figures sent its share price down.
公司业绩不佳使它的股票价格下跌了。
14
send sb down
to send someone to prison [英，非正式] 送某人进监狱 BrE informal
[+ for ]
He was sent down for possession of cocaine.
他因藏有可卡因而被关进了监狱。
15
be sent down
to be told to leave a university because of bad behaviour [英，过时] 〔大学生因行为不检而〕被开除，被勒令退学 BrE old-fashioned
16 to ask or order that something be brought or sent to you, especially by writing a letter or by telephone 〔尤指通过写信或电话〕索取
Send for your free sample today!
今天就来索取免费样品！
17 to ask or tell someone to come to you by sending them a message [过时] 派人去叫 （请 ） old-fashioned
Charlie said he’d find a place to live and then send for me.
查利说他会找一个住处，然后就派人来接我。
Get back into bed. I’ll send for the doctor .
回到床上去，我让人去请医生来。
I’ve sent for help .
我已经去请人帮忙了。
18 to send something, usually by post, to a place where it can be dealt with 寄去，〔邮寄〕递交
I sent in a few job applications last week.
上星期我寄出了几封求职信。
19 to send soldiers, police etc somewhere to deal with a difficult or dangerous situation 派遣〔军队、警察等〕
British troops were sent in as part of the peace-keeping force.
英国军队被派往那里作为维和部队的一部分。
20
send sth off
↔ to send something somewhere by post 邮寄出某物
I sent off the letter this morning.
我今天早上把信寄出去了。
21
send off for sth
to send a letter to a company or organization asking them to post something to you 写信（到公司或团体）索取某物
I sent off for a copy of the photograph.
我写信去要一张这种照片。
22
send sb off
↔ to order a sports player to leave the field because they have broken the rules [英] 罚〔犯规的运动员〕出场 BrE
One of Dundee’s players was sent off for punching another player.
邓迪队的一名球员因拳打另一名球员而被罚出场。
23 to send someone’s letters or possessions to their new address from their old address [尤英] 把〔信件等〕转寄到新地址; especially BrE
My flatmate said she’d send on all my post.
原来和我合租公寓的朋友说她会把我的全部邮件转寄给我。
24 to send something that has been received to another place so that it can be dealt with 把〔收到的东西〕转送〔到另一处〕
[+ to ]
The data is then sent on to the Census Bureau.
那些数据资料随后又转送到统计局。
25
send sth/sb out
↔ to make a person or a group of people or things go from one place to various other places 发出某物; 派出某人
Information was sent out to interested students.
信息发送给了感兴趣的学生。
Search parties were sent out to look for survivors.
派出了搜救队去寻找幸存者。
26
send sth out
↔ to broadcast or produce a signal, light, sound etc 广播; 发出〔信号、光、声音等〕
The ship is sending out an SOS signal.
那艘船正在发出呼救信号。
27
send out for sth
to ask a restaurant or food shop to deliver food to you at home or at work 叫外卖
We sent out for sandwiches.
我们叫了三明治外卖。
28 to make something increase in value 使〔价值〕上升
The oil shortage is bound to send prices up.
石油短缺必定会造成价格上升。
29 to make someone or something seem silly by copying them in a funny way [英，非正式] 〔通过滑稽模仿〕使显得可笑，取笑，嘲弄 BrE informal
The film hilariously sends up Hollywood disaster movies.
这部电影把好莱坞的灾难片令人捧腹地嘲弄了一番。