| 单词 | quick , etc) on the uptake |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquick (slow, gleg (Sc.), etc.) on (at, in) the uptake 1. The action of, or capacity for, understanding; comprehension. Usually in quick (slow, gleg (Sc.), etc.) on (at, in) the uptake. Originally Scottish. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > [noun] witOE understandinga1050 intention1340 intendmentc1374 knowledgea1387 intelligencec1390 conceitc1405 intellect?a1475 perceiverancea1500 perceiverationa1500 receipta1500 intendiment1528 reach1542 apprehension1570 toucha1586 understandingnessa1628 apprehensivenessa1639 ingenuity1651 comprehensiona1662 intelligibility1661 intelligency1663 uptake1816 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality vii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 156 Every body's no sae gleg at the uptake as ye are yoursel. 1847 W. E. Aytoun Dreepdaily Burghs iv ‘I really do not understand you, gentlemen.’ ‘Troth, then, ye're slow at the uptak.’ 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb x. 76 I'm nae sayin' 't Benjie hisna a better uptak' nor the like o' him. 1878 A. Paul Random Writings 112 Children are very quick in the uptake. 1911 E. M. Clowes On Wallaby vi. 162 They..are not so ‘smart’, so quick in the up-take, as themselves. 1927 H. A. Vachell Dew of Sea & Other Stories 259 For a moment the chieftain was puzzled. But he was fairly quick at the up-take, replying after a pause. 1931 D. L. Sayers Five Red Herrings viii. 92 A good girl..but slow in the uptake. 1940 R. S. Lambert Ariel & all his Quality viii. 190 No one was ‘quicker on the uptake’; no one responded quicker to a nod or a wink. 1949 Here & Now (N.Z.) Oct. 13/1 An energetic, likeable, cockily pugnacious figure, but slow, almost Neanderthally slow, on the uptake. 1957 H. Nicolson Journey to Java vi. 106 Being quick at the uptake, he then realized that the flat had been visited by house-breakers. 1980 K. Crossley-Holland Norse Myths p. xxvi He was..a bit slow in the uptake, but immensely strong and dependable. < as lemmas |
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