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单词 get-up
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get-upn.

Brit. /ˈɡɛtʌp/, U.S. /ˈɡɛdəp/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: to get up at get v. Phrasal verbs 1.
Etymology: < to get up at get v. Phrasal verbs 1.
1. Something specially arranged, esp. a meeting. Now rare.
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society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > meeting or assembling for common purpose > [noun] > a meeting
synagoguea1300
councilc1340
collect1382
convent1382
convocation1387
samingc1400
advocationa1425
meetingc1425
steven1481
congress1528
concion1533
conference1575
collection1609
congression1611
divan1619
rendezvous1628
comitia1631
society1712
majlis1821
get-up1826
agora1886
1826 Monthly Mag. May 509 However, this fourth of July festival is carried through, in a much better way, I am told, wherever the New Englanders have a get-up of their own.
1833 Fraser's Mag. 8 30 We attended this hole and corner get up, and can therefore give a correct report of its proceedings.
1840 Musical World 25 June 398 It appears to me..(to use a vulgar but expressive term) that there is a ‘get up’ amongst a certain narrow-minded clique, to elevate the pupils of the Royal Academy of Music at the expense of all other musicians.
1944 Proc. Amer. Dial. Soc. 2 56 Get-up, 2. A party. 3. An activity.
2. colloquial (originally U.S.). Inclination to get up and be active; energy, enterprise, determination. Cf. get-up-and-get n., get-up-and-go n. Now rare.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > energy or enterprise
undertakingc1400
enterprisec1450
energy1793
dynamism1831
go-aheadism1838
get-up1841
go-ahead1843
go-aheadness1847
drive1859
get-up-and-get1865
get-up-and-go1871
get-there-ativeness1883
push-and-go1885
hustle1892
go-getting1919
go-gettingness1928
dynamicism1947
go-go-go1954
1841 ‘Dow, Jr.’ Short Patent Serm. 86 It flats right down, and stays there, like a junk of dough—no get up to it.
1863 Ladies' Repository Aug. 477/1 In vain I tried to convince him that there was some ‘get-up’ in the animal.
1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West iii. 74 If you..have any ‘get up’ about you, and can and will work, ther's a show for you in rural Nebraska.
1909 R. A. Wason Happy Hawkins 147 The' ain't any chance for a man with get-up..on this place, an' I'm sick of it.
1915 P. G. Wodehouse Something Fresh x. 305 He'll make a name for himself one of these days. He's got get-up in him.
3. A style or arrangement of dress, especially an elaborate or unusual one. Formerly more generally: †a style or arrangement of decorations, equipment, etc. (obsolete).
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun]
wearing?c1225
guisec1275
attire1382
habita1420
shapea1425
trick1542
fashion1544
trim1579
suit shape1598
garb1608
form1664
toilet1752
macaroni dressa1777
turn-out1812
style1814
set-out1834
get-up1842
rig1843
feather1854
model1859
make-up1883
1842 J. Ruskin Let. 3 Dec. in Lett. to College Friend (1894) vi. 62 But if you go into its [sc. St. Peter's at Rome] details, and examine its colossal pieces of sculpture which gleam through every shadow, the thorough get up of the whole, the going the whole hog, the inimitable, unimaginable art displayed..unite to raise such feelings as we can have only once or twice in our lives.
1847 Bentley's Misc. 22 202 He had a long black stock, much perforated by pins, and no collar; in fact, the general style of his get-up was the ‘seedy’.
1852 F. E. Smedley Lewis Arundel ii. 26 Studying with the air of a connoisseur the ‘get-up’ of a spanking team of greys.
1856 C. J. Lever Martins of Cro' Martin 315 There was an ostentatious pretension in the ‘get-up’ of this gentleman.
1889 R. C. Praed Romance of Station 88 Dressed in a well-made tweed suit, that contrasted with the careless get-up of the bushmen round.
1957 New Yorker 16 Nov. 160/2 In the children's department, there's a practical getup for an amateur painter—an artist's smock with a round collar.
1988 S. McCrumb Bimbos Death Sun xiv. 190 ‘Should I wear some kind of get-up’? Jay had asked Marion. ‘The cap and gown you always wear to graduation comes to mind’, said Marion dryly.
2009 Honolulu Weekly 11 Feb. 8/2 To celebrate your bodies and yourselves, there will be sexy outfit contests and prizes for the most creative get-ups.
4.
a. Style of production or finish, esp. of a book.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > style of creation or construction
shaft888
suitc1330
generationa1382
makinga1398
frame?1520
workmanship1578
imagerya1592
model1597
fabricaturec1600
builtc1615
fabric1644
module1649
get-up1857
fashioning1870
1857 Dublin Rev. Dec. 514 We are not satisfied with the paper, the printing, and what is technically called the get up of the volume.
1865 Sat. Rev. 28 Dec. 795 Very superior both in get-up and illustration to any of our S.P.C.K. books.
1867 Art Jrnl. 29 123/2 The general ‘get up’ of the picture is pleasing.
1884 Bookseller 6 Nov. 1180/2 The get-up of the book is in every respect satisfactory and displays great taste of design and finish.
1962 Rotarian Dec. 10/1 Some changes in the ‘get-up’ of this Magazine.
1987 R. Ackerman J. G. Frazer (1990) vi. 97 The special effects were not confined to the external get-up of the book either.
b. The appearance and look of a product, as legally protected.
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1905 Act 5 Edward VII c. 15 §43 Evidence of the usages of the trade in respect of the get-up of the goods for which the trade mark is registered, and of any trade marks or get-up legitimately used in connexion with such goods by other persons.
1958 Observer 14 Dec. 4/4 Anyone imitating the dress or ‘get-up’ in which the goods are presented to the public may be liable to civil proceedings.
1990 Independent 8 Feb. 3/2 Reckitt and Colman has an exclusive right to exploit the ‘get up’—the whole appearance—of its squeezy plastic lemons.

Compounds

In compounds with and and a verb stem, on the model of get-up-and-get, get-up-and-go (see get-up-and-get n. and adj., get-up-and-go n. and adj.), as get-up-and-dust, get-up-and-hustle, etc. Also used attributively.
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1910 W. M. Raine Bucky O'Connor 223 When it comes to the get-up-and-hustle, she's there.
1924 W. M. Raine Troubled Waters xxv. 258 That slim little girl you could break in two over your knee has got more git-up-and-dust than any man I know.
1965–70 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1991) II. 667/1 Of a very able and energetic person... ‘He's got lots of——’..Get-up-and-dust.
1999 D. Haslam Manchester, Eng. p. xxxix A get-up-and-do attitude is not always encouraged.
2006 New Yorker 28 Aug. 61/3 Her attitude was..typical of her get-up-and-fix-things positivism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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