单词 | get-up |
释义 | get-upn. 1. Something specially arranged, esp. a meeting. Now rare. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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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