单词 | hands-up |
释义 | hands-upadj. 1. Canadian. Of a person: that robs or kidnaps at gunpoint (cf. hands up int. 2). rare (now historical). ΚΠ 1892 Manitoba (Winnipeg) Daily Free Press 16 July 2/1 The kidnappers..did not scruple to enter her bedroom... This is the second time the smart ‘hands-up men’ have been bested within a year. a1955 W. J. West Stagecoach & Sternwheel Days in Cariboo & Central B.C. (1985) 21 The ‘hands up’ men. 2. South African. Designating a Boer who surrendered to the British during the Boer War (1899–1902). rare. Cf. hands-upper n. ΚΠ 1901 E. Hobhouse Rep. Visit to Camps of Women & Children in Cape & Orange River Colonies 4/1 There are nearly 2000 people in this one camp, of which some few are men—they call them ‘hands up’ men. 1902 Westm. Gaz. 20 Mar. 7/1 Trooper Long..was grabbed by the throat by a ‘hands-up’ prisoner, who threw down his rifle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). hands-upv. Now rare. 1. intransitive. To put up one's hands in token of surrender; to surrender. Cf. hands up int. 2. Now chiefly South African.With South African use, cf. hands-upper n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defeat > be defeated [verb (intransitive)] > surrender to cry (or say) creanta1250 to yield oneself creanta1250 to do (also put) oneself in (also to) a person's mercya1325 yieldc1330 recray1340 summisec1450 render1523 amain1540 surrender1560 to throw down one's arms (also weapons, etc.)1593 articulate1595 to yield (also bow oneself) to (also upon) mercy1595 to give grass1597 capitulate1601 to cry cravena1634 to lower or strike one's flag1644 bail1840 hands-up1879 kamerad1914 1879 Amer. Agriculturist Mar. 90/3 If..[an outlaw] comes upon you suddenly, and puts a pistol to your head before you have time to collect your thoughts, you will be very glad to hands up and keep quiet. a1895 J. W. Hardin Life (1896) 46 I threw my pistol in his face and told him to ‘hands up’. 1901 ‘Linesman’ Words by Eyewitness 239 The refugee camps within the British lines, wherein dwell the hundreds of Dutchmen who have surrendered, or ‘hands-upped’. 1929 J. Buchan Courts of Morning iii. 307 They hands-upped like lambs. We've gotten a nice little bag—fourteen hundred and seventy-three combatant soldiers. 1978 A. Brink Rumours of Rain 324 The whole lot of them hands-upping just like that. 2. transitive. To cause or force to surrender; to order (a person) to put his or her hands up in surrender. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > victory > make victorious [verb (transitive)] > cause to surrender hands-up1923 1923 Daily Mail 9 Mar. 10 The Germans after ‘hands-upping’ Rumania proceeded literally to turn out their pockets. 1936 H. F. Trew Botha Treks 170 To his alarm and astonishment he was promptly ‘hands-upped’ by a German picket. 1958 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 12 Mar. 1/1 He's hands-upping Hugh O'Brian..with an empty gun. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1892v.1879 |
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