| 单词 | clap up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto clap up 11. esp. To put (with promptitude or high-handedness) in prison or custody; to imprison, confine. Also simply to clap up ( †to clap fast): ‘to imprison with little formality or delay’ (Johnson). ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > imprison [verb (transitive)] beclosec1000 setc1100 steekc1175 prison?c1225 adightc1275 imprison1297 laya1325 keepc1330 presentc1380 locka1400 throwc1422 commise1480 clapc1530 shop1548 to lay up1565 incarcerate1575 embar1590 immure1598 hole1608 trunk1608 to keep (a person) darka1616 carceir1630 enjaila1631 pocket1631 bridewell1733 bastille1745 cage1805 quod1819 bag1824 carcerate1839 to send down1840 jug1841 slough1848 to send up1852 to put away1859 warehouse1881 roundhouse1889 smug1896 to bang up1950 the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > be careless or heedless of [verb (transitive)] > perform without accuracy or thoroughness > construct or compile carelessly to clap upc1530 ruffle1533 huddle1579 to knock off1886 c1530 A. Barclay Egloges i. sig. F Then art thou clappyd in the flete or clynke. 1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 667 The King caused him to be clapt in prison. 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. F8 They are sometimes sent to prison, clapt in irons, manicled. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) i. iv. 50 Let them be clapt vp close. View more context for this quotation a1618 W. Raleigh Remains (1644) 73 Wee'le clap you up, and you shall sue to us ere you get out. 1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. i. xxvi. 142 Let him be clapt up in Gaol till he pays the whole. 1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 303 Certain Nobles whom the King had clapt up. 1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (1778) II. v. 82 He was..clapt in fetters. 1840 W. M. Thackeray Catherine v What did the creditors do but clap my gay gentleman into Shrewsbury gaol. 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present ii. vi. 95 Some were clapt in prison. to clap up b. to clap up: to make, settle, or concoct hastily (a match, agreement, etc.); ‘to complete suddenly without much precaution’ (Johnson). (Rarely without up.) archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > construct > patch together patcha1529 to shuffle up1532 rash1570 bepiece1578 cobble1589 consarcinate1610 to clap upa1616 clap1649 to knock up1683 patchwork1856 to fadge up1863 to knock together1874 fake1879 the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > do, deal with, acquire, etc., quickly [verb (transitive)] > do hurriedly and carelessly > make, compile, or concoct to shuffle up1532 rash1570 huddle1579 to knock upc1580 to clap upa1616 to run up1686 to knock out1856 to knock off1886 whang1935 a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) ii. i. 321 Was euer match clapt vp so sodainly? View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iii. i. 161 To clap this royall bargaine vp of peace. View more context for this quotation 1633 J. Ford 'Tis Pitty shee's Whore iii. sig. E3 v There's no way but to clap vp a marriage in hugger mugger. 1665 T. H. Exact Surv. Affaires Netherlands 166 They can clap a League with the Turk. 1676 W. Temple Let. to Sir J. Williamson in Wks. (1731) II. 371 To clap up an Agreement with Denmark, for arming a joint Fleet next Summer. 1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote I. iv. xii. 300 The grand signior..clapt up a peace with the Venetians. 1883 J. Payne 1001 Nights VI. 325 Go this very day..and clap up an acquaintance with him. < as lemmas |
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