onto

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1. （与动词连用，表示朝某处或某位置运动）向，朝
   used with verbs to express movement on or to a particular place or position
   1. Move the books onto the second shelf.
      把书移到第二层架子上。
   2. She stepped down from the train onto the platform.
      她走下火车来到站台上。
2. 朝向，面向（某个方向）
   used to show that sth faces in a particular direction
   1. The window looked out onto the terrace.
      窗户外对着的是露天平台。

In addition to the uses shown below, onto is used in phrasal verbs such as ‘hold onto’ and ‘latch onto’.
除下列用法外，onto还可用于 hold onto, latch onto 等短语动词中。

1. PREP 到…之上；向…之上
   If something moves or is put onto an object or surface, it is then on that object or surface.
   1. I took my bags inside, lowered myself onto the bed and switched on the TV...
      我把包拎进屋，往床上一倒，然后打开了电视机。
   2. Smear Vaseline on to your baby's skin to prevent soreness.
      给孩子皮肤上抹些凡士林以防止肿痛。
2. PREP 到（某处）
   You can sometimes use onto to mention the place or area that someone moves into.
   1. The players emerged onto the field...
      运动员入场了。
   2. ...when the photographer sets off onto the moors...
      摄影师动身踏入高沼时
   3. Alex turned his car on to the Albert Quay and drove along until he found a parking place.
      亚历克斯转头把车开到了艾伯特码头，并且一直往前开，直到找到停车的地方。
3. PREP （光线或视线）朝向,转向
   You can use onto to introduce the place towards which a light or someone's look is directed.
   1. ...the metal part of the door onto which the sun had been shining...
      在阳光照耀下闪闪发亮的门的金属部分
   2. The colours rotated round on a disc and were reflected onto the wall behind.
      圆盘上色彩流转，反射到后面的墙上。
   3. ...the house with its leafy garden and its view on to Regent's Park.
      带有郁郁葱葱的花园、可将摄政公园的景色收入眼底的房子
4. PREP 通向（某处）
   You can use onto to introduce a place that you would immediately come to after leaving another place that you have just mentioned, because they are next to each other.
   1. ...windows opening onto carved black-wood balconies...
      开向黑檀雕花阳台的窗户
   2. The door opened onto a lighted hallway.
      这扇门通往亮着灯的走廊。
   3. ...a two-hundred-yard-wide strip of land that backs onto a large lake.
      一块200码宽、背朝大湖的狭地
5. PREP （重心移动）到（身体某部位）上
   When you change the position of your body, you use onto to introduce the part your body which is now supporting you.
   1. As he stepped backwards she fell onto her knees, then onto her face...
      他向后退时，她双膝跪倒在地，接着迎面倒了下去。
   2. Puffing a little, Mabel shifted her weight onto her feet...
      梅布尔喘了口气，把身体重心移到脚上。
   3. I willed my eyes to open and heaved myself over on to my back.
      我竭力睁开眼睛，费劲地翻过身来仰面躺着。
6. PREP 到（交通工具）上
   When you get onto a bus, train, or plane, you enter it in order to travel somewhere.
   1. As he got on to the plane, he asked me how I was feeling...
      他上飞机时问我感觉如何。
   2. Who can fold up a pushchair, toddler and shopping and then get them all onto the bus?...
      谁有那本事一手收起婴儿推车，一手抱着刚会走路的孩子，还得提着刚买的东西，然后挤上公共汽车？
   3. 'I'll see you onto the train.' — 'Thank you.'
      “我送你上火车。”——“谢谢。”
7. PREP （用于 hold，hang，cling 等动词后，表示抓紧或牢牢固定）在…上
   Onto is used after verbs such as 'hold', 'hang', and 'cling' to indicate what someone is holding firmly or where something is being held firmly.
   1. The reflector is held onto the sides of the spacecraft with a frame...
      反射器通过支架牢牢地固定在航天器的侧面。
   2. She was conscious of a second man hanging on to the rail...
      她意识到还有第二个人紧紧抓着栏杆。
   3. She had to cling onto the doorhandle until the pain passed.
      她不得不抓紧门把手，直到那阵疼痛过去。
8. PREP 转到（其他话题）
   If people who are talking get onto a different subject, they begin talking about it.
   1. Let's get on to more important matters...
      咱们谈谈更重要的事吧。
   2. So, if we could just move onto something else?
      那么我们可不可以干脆谈点别的？
9. PREP 成为（列表、系统等）的一部分
   You can sometimes use onto to indicate that something or someone becomes included as a part of a list or system.
   1. The Macedonian question had failed to get on to the agenda...
      马其顿问题没能列入议事日程。
   2. The pill itself has changed a lot since it first came onto the market...
      该药片本身自首次进入市场以来已经有了很大改变。
   3. Twelve thousand workers will go onto a four-day week at their factory in Birmingham.
      伯明翰工厂的12,000名工人将采取每周4天工作制。
10. PREP 即将发现（重要之事）
    If someone is onto something, they are about to discover something important.
    1. He leaned across the table and whispered to me, 'I'm really onto something.'...
       他从桌上俯过身来对我低声说道：“我真的就快有重大发现了。”
    2. Archaeologists knew they were onto something big when they started digging.
       考古学家在发掘之初就知道他们将有重大发现。
11. PREP 发现（某人做坏事）；对…觉察；对…知悉
    If someone is onto you, they have discovered that you are doing something illegal or wrong.
    1. He did not want Pollard to become suspicious that he was now onto him...
       他不想让波拉德怀疑他已察觉到其不轨行为。
    2. I had told people what he had been doing, so now the police were onto him.
       我已将他的所作所为告诉了别人，因此现在警方正在追查他。

1. He forked an egg onto a piece of bread and folded it into a sandwich.
   他用叉子叉了个鸡蛋放在面包上，然后把面包片折起做成了三明治。
2. Chris crawled on his hands and knees out onto the highway.
   克里斯手脚并用爬上了公路。
3. I ran out onto the landing.
   我冲出去到了楼梯口。
4. She had climbed onto the ledge outside his window.
   她爬到了他窗外的窗台上。
5. I managed to pull myself up onto a wet, sloping ledge
   我终于爬上了一块潮湿倾斜的暗礁。
6. I marched him across the room, down the hall and out onto the doorstep.
   我拽着他穿过房间和大厅，来到门阶上。
7. I took my bags inside, lowered myself onto the bed and switched on the TV
   我把包拎进屋，往床上一倒，然后打开了电视机。
8. The players emerged onto the field
   运动员入场了。
9. The colours rotated round on a disc and were reflected onto the wall behind.
   圆盘上色彩流转，反射到后面的墙上。
10. The door opened onto a lighted hallway.
    这扇门通往亮着灯的走廊。
11. As he stepped backwards she fell onto her knees, then onto her face
    他向后退时，她双膝跪倒在地，接着迎面倒了下去。
12. Puffing a little, Mabel shifted her weight onto her feet
    梅布尔喘了口气，把身体重心移到脚上。
13. Who can fold up a pushchair, toddler and shopping and then get them all onto the bus?
    谁有那本事一手收起婴儿推车，一手抱着刚会走路的孩子，还得提着刚买的东西，然后挤上公共汽车？
14. 'I'll see you onto the train.' — 'Thank you.'
    “我送你上火车。”——“谢谢。”
15. The reflector is held onto the sides of the spacecraft with a frame
    反射器通过支架牢牢地固定在航天器的侧面。
16. She had to cling onto the doorhandle until the pain passed.
    她不得不抓紧门把手，直到那阵疼痛过去。
17. So, if we could just move onto something else?
    那么我们可不可以干脆谈点别的？
18. The pill itself has changed a lot since it first came onto the market
    该药片本身自首次进入市场以来已经有了很大改变。
19. Twelve thousand workers will go onto a four-day week at their factory in Birmingham.
    伯明翰工厂的12,000名工人将采取每周4天工作制。
20. He leaned across the table and whispered to me, 'I'm really onto something.'
    他从桌上俯过身来对我低声说道：“我真的就快有重大发现了。”
21. Archaeologists knew they were onto something big when they started digging.
    考古学家在发掘之初就知道他们将有重大发现。
22. He did not want Pollard to become suspicious that he was now onto him
    他不想让波拉德怀疑他已察觉到其不轨行为。
23. I had told people what he had been doing, so now the police were onto him.
    我已将他的所作所为告诉了别人，因此现在警方正在追查他。
24. He projects his own thoughts and ideas onto her.
    他以为她有着和自己相同的想法和观点。
25. A line of tractors rumbled onto the motorway through a cordon of police
    一列拖拉机突破了警戒线，隆隆响着驶上了高速公路。
26. You can superimpose the lettering directly onto one of your pictures.
    你可以把这些文字直接叠印在你的一张照片上。
27. I taped the base of the feather onto the velvet
    我用胶带把羽毛的根部粘在了天鹅绒上。
28. The cyclist turned off the highway onto a side road.
    自行车下了公路岔上了小道。
29. Water from the kitchen sink overflowed onto the floor.
    厨房洗涤槽的水漫到了地板上。
30. The state power has fallen onto people's hands.
    政权落在人民手里了。

be onto sb

1. 发现（某人做了坏事）
   to know about what sb has done wrong
   1. Move the books onto the second shelf.
      把书移到第二层架子上。
   2. She stepped down from the train onto the platform.
      她走下火车来到站台上。
2. 与…谈话；询问
   to be talking to sb, usually in order to ask or tell them sth
   1. The window looked out onto the terrace.
      窗户外对着的是露天平台。

be onto sth

1. 了解；掌握；处于有利地位
   to know about sth or be in a situation that could lead to a good result for you