单词 | hup |
释义 | huphuppint. A call to a horse: (a) to quicken his pace. (b) (Scottish and northern) to turn to the right or away from the driver: the opposite of hie. Π 1734 H. Fielding Don Quixote in Eng. ii. xii. 36 Gee, Gee, Boys, Hup! 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Hup, used to a horse in order to make him quicken his pace. 1851 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm (ed. 2) I. 160/1 To go from you. Hup is the counterpart to hie in the southern counties..in towns Haap is used where wynd is heard, and Hip bears a similar relation to vane. 1858 J. Brown Rab in Horæ Subsecivæ 1st Ser. 299 ‘Hupp!’ and a stroke of the whip were given to Jess. Derivatives hup v. (a) intransitive, to shout hup!, to urge on a horse; (b) transitive, to direct or turn (a horse) to the right; = hap v.4 ΘΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > drive a vehicle [verb (transitive)] > drive a horse-drawn vehicle > direct horses in specific way hap1723 winda1745 hup1823 gee1845 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well II. iv. 82 [He]..was soon heard hupping and jeeing to the cart. 1851 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm (ed. 2) I. 180/1 The horses are then hupped sharp round from you. 1851 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm (ed. 2) I. 181/2 [see hie vb.2 at hie int. Derivatives]. 1851 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 12 i. 125 To lay two 12-yard ridges together, by hupping, or turning to the right hand at the ends. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < int.1734 |
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