单词 | fix-up |
释义 | fix-upn. U.S. Something ‘fixed up’; a contrivance or ‘get-up’. See also fix n. 4. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [noun] > a plot devicec1290 wanlace1303 conjecturea1464 machinationa1475 practice1533 draught1535 plot?c1550 plat1584 design1590 contrivement1608 intrigo1648 complotment1660 underplot1668 contrivance1689 intrigue1692 scheme1719 infanglement1753 fix-up1832 1832 Polit. Examiner (Shelbyville, Kentucky) 8 Dec. 4/1 She says Mr. Bunker sit down, well I thought I would whilst she was getting her fixups off. 1855 Knickerbocker 46 84 The old gentleman looked at me very disdainfully, and then in his most staid accents drawled out: ‘Well, if this isn't one of the curiousest fix-ups ever I did see!’ 1861 N.Y. Tribune 27 Nov. (Chipman's Bartlett) The ‘Albany Argus’, still hoping for some sort of a compromise or fix-up with the rebels, says [etc.]. 1867 W. H. Dixon New Amer. I. 191 Claret-cobbler,..eye-opener, fix-ups, or any other Yankee deception in the shape of liquor. 1873 J. Miller Life amongst Modocs (1876) x. 149 The lady who has the least amount of natural hair has invariably the largest amount of artificial fix-ups on her head. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmasfix-up fix-up n. Cf. extracted from fixn.< n.1832 as lemmas |
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