| 单词 | to bear up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto bear up to bear up 1. transitive. To carry (a person or thing) to a higher place or position. Also: to hold up while carrying. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [verb (transitive)] to bear upeOE underbearc950 bearOE holdc1000 weighc1200 to hold up1297 upholda1300 sustainc1330 undersetc1330 comforta1382 underbear1382 upbear1390 sustaina1398 upkeepc1412 carrya1425 supporta1425 chargea1500 convey1514 avoke1529 confirm1542 stay1548 to carry up1570 bolster1581 lift1590 upstay1590 atlas1593 sustent1605 statuminatea1628 firm1646 appui1656 establish1664 shoulder1674 to keep up1681 upheave1729 withhold1769 the world > space > relative position > high position > set in a high position [verb (transitive)] > hold up or aloft to bear upeOE bearc1380 to show up?1531 eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) iv. xxiv. 340 Þa geseah heo þære foresprecenan Godes þeowe sawle Hilde þære abbudissan..to heofonum up borenne beon [L. ad caelum ferri]. c1400 Prose Versions New Test.: Prol. (Selwyn) (1904) 10 Y haue bor ȝou up on egles wynges & y-take ȝou to my-self. 1483 tr. Adam of Eynsham Reuelation xii They ware bore vppe an hy by the grete vyolente flamys of fier. ?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. ff.iv Dame grace..bare vp her trayne. 1612 I. M. tr. Most Famous Hist. Meruine i. xv. 101 Thus was the faire lady Gratiana borne vp to the cloudes. 1730 R. Witham Annot. New Test. I. (Matt. xxvii. 31) 128 Whether it were that they made Simon carry the whole cross, or whether he only bore it up behind; is not expressed. 1897 M. MacDonagh Bk. of Parl. x. 188 Ladies-in-waiting were grouped behind the young Queen, bearing up her long train. 2016 L. Serafim To look on Death No More (e-book ed.) He told Danae to close her eyes and imagine they were leaving the earth behind, that Elektra was bearing them up into the sky. 2. transitive. To hold (a person or thing) up and prevent him, her, or it from falling or sinking; to support, keep up. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person: keep from falling to bear upOE steady1848 OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) i. 185 Þæt flod weox ða, & bær up þone arc. a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 95 Ðe postes..sculen beren up ðis weorc. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. v. liv. 269 Þe foot..beriþ vp al þe body. 1611 Bible (King James) Judges xvi. 29 The two middle pillars..on which it was borne vp. View more context for this quotation 1848 New Hampsh. Statesman 21 July The water bore her up, as if she sat on a swing. 1905 Publ. Cupples & Leon in Publishers' Trade List Ann. If his cupped and blistered legs would bear him up, Mr. Lent would qualify as a rival of Simeon Ford as an after-dinner speaker. 2000 Chaucer Rev. 35 182 The pillars of poets that bear up the ceiling in Fame's palace symbolically underscore the importance of poetic tradition. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > make to go up or cause to rise [verb (transitive)] > raise > specifically a part of the body to bear upc1175 to cast upc1384 to throw upa1413 erect1609 to up with1766 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1297 Forr bule lateþþ modiliȝ. & bereþþ upp hiss hæfedd. c1460 (a1449) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 765 The Pecok..Berth up his fethrys displayed like a sayl. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 470 The swift Stag..Bore up his branching head. 1889 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 447/2 The great brute rose to his touch, closing its eyes, and bearing up its head like a cat. 4. a. transitive. To exalt, raise up (a person or thing). Formerly also reflexive: †to exalt oneself; to promote oneself on the strength of a specified circumstance (obsolete). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > pretend to superiority [verb (reflexive)] to bear up?a1425 authorize1590 exalt1611 ritz1911 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > commend or praise [verb (transitive)] heryc735 mickleeOE loveOE praise?c1225 upraisea1300 alosec1300 commenda1340 allow1340 laud1377 lose1377 avauntc1380 magnifya1382 enhancea1400 roosea1400 recommendc1400 recommanda1413 to bear up?a1425 exalt1430 to say well (also evil, ill, etc.) of (also by)1445 laudifyc1470 gloryc1475 advance1483 to bear out1485 prizec1485 to be or to have in laudationa1500 joya1500 extol1509 collaud1512 concend?1521 solemnize?1521 celebrate1522 stellify1523 to set up1535 well-word1547 predicate1552 glorify1557 to set forth1565 admire1566 to be up with1592 voice1594 magnificate1598 plaud1598 concelebrate1599 encomionize1599 to con laud1602 applauda1616 panegyrize1617 acclamate1624 to set offa1625 acclaim1626 raise1645 complement1649 encomiate1651 voguec1661 phrase1675 to set out1688 Alexander1700 talk1723 panegyricize1777 bemouth1799 eulogizea1810 rhapsodize1819 crack up1829 rhapsody1847 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > exaltation or glorification > exalt or glorify [verb (transitive)] heavec825 higheOE brightenOE clarifya1340 glorifya1340 enhancec1374 stellifyc1384 biga1400 exalt?a1400 raisea1400 shrinea1400 to bear up?a1425 enhighc1440 erect?a1475 assumec1503 amount1523 dignifya1530 to set up1535 extol1545 enthronize1547 augment1567 sublimate?1567 sublime1568 assumptc1571 begoda1576 royalize1589 suscitate1598 swell1601 consecrate1605 realize1611 reara1616 sphere1615 ingreata1620 superexalta1626 soara1627 ascend1628 rise1628 embroider1629 apotheose1632 grandize1640 engreaten1641 engrandizea1652 mount1651 intronificate1653 magnificent1656 superposit1661 grandify1665 heroify1677 apotheosize1695 enthrone1699 aggrandize1702 pantheonize1801 hoist1814 princify1847 queen1880 heroize1887 ?a1425 (a1415) Lanterne of Liȝt (Harl.) (1917) 10 (MED) Þe fifþe synne is envie..as whanne þi neiȝbour is wise, wel gouerned, preisid or born vp. 1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 188 Thou ouercomest them that bere vp themselfe. 1695 B. Jenks Liberty of Prayer Asserted ii. ii. 152 Whoever thinks to bear himself up, with a Credit Usurpt at the loss of God's Honour, who will be sure to make his Despisers Contemptible. 1783 Henry's Treat. Baptism Abridged vi. 235 Much of the mercy of having children lies in this, that we have them..not only to honour us, and to bear up our names, but to honour God, and to bear up his name in the world. 1953 Fitchburg (Mass.) Sentinel 23 May 3/4 To bear up God, to seek His wisdom..lifts all life. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > support or encourage [verb (transitive)] > a cause, principle, etc. to bear upc1475 patrocinate1593 patrocinea1633 upstand1722 to fight the good fight1809 c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 64 Now are iust men oft wrongid, and schrewis..born vp in iuel. 1592 J. Throckmorton Petition most Excellent Maiestie 31 The writers against the gouuernement of Bishops do maliciouslie diffame the Princes that beare it vp. 1606 L. Bryskett Disc. Ciuill Life 20 Persons to assist my accuser, and beare vp his cause. 1658 O. Cromwell Speech 25 Jan. in Lett. & Speeches (1857) III. 343 Through want to bear up our Honour at Sea. 1857 Home & Foreign Rec. Free Church Scotl. Nov. 94/2 We have supported and borne up false creeds. c. intransitive. To stand firm, hold out against adversity or under difficult circumstances; to keep up one's courage or spirits; to cope. Now also in neutral sense: to fare, get on. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (intransitive)] > resist > maintain resistance to hold out1585 to bear upa1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iii. ii. 3 Which rais'd in me An vndergoing stomacke, to beare vp Against what should ensue. 1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme i. ix. 26 Bearing up as well as they can. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 256. ¶8 To bear up under Scandal and Defamation. 1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France in Wks. (1842) II. 291 Bearing up against those vicissitudes of fortune. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. iii. 37 Bear up, now; and good-by; for I'm going. 1928 S. Kaye-Smith Iron & Smoke iv. 270 ‘How are you, Isabel?’ she heard her own voice ask nervously. ‘Oh, bearing up, as the boys say. Or getting on as well as can be expected.’ 2012 London Evening Standard (Nexis) 18 Dec. 15 I asked one teenager how she was bearing up and she answered bravely that she was fine. d. transitive. To keep up the courage or spirits of (a person). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > make cheerful [verb (transitive)] > keep cheerful to bear up1643 1643 J. Caryl Expos. 3 First Chaps. Iob i. 202 Consider the two extreames, the beginning and the ending, and that will beare thee up in the middle condition. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 68 (1753) I Most are born up by some private Satisfaction..which they never communicate. 1852 Hammers & Ploughshares iv. 27 What hope have you to bear you up? 2010 Lancs. Tel. (Nexis) 13 Feb. You were borne up by knowing there were so many people praying for you. 5. intransitive. Nautical. To put the helm of a ship up so as to turn into the wind, often in order to avoid an obstacle or collision. Also with for indicating a destination. Cf. to bear away 3 at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (transitive)] > set a ship's course > sail towards or head for to seek up14.. to bear up1582 to stand for ——a1594 to seek up for1632 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias xlix f. 107 The ship that Steuen de la Gama went in did beare vp onely with her fore saile, and his sprit Saile all to torne. 1611 Bible (King James) Acts xxvii. 15 The ship..could not beare vp into [Geneva make way against] the winde. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 157 Beare vp, & boord 'em. View more context for this quotation 1778 J. Cook Jrnl. 3 June (1967) III. i. 373 Being past the rocks, they bore up to the Southward. 1798 in Ld. Nelson Dispatches & Lett. (1845) III. 48 Nelson immediately bore up under all sail, for Alexandria. 1840 Naut. Mag. & Naval Chron. 203 An established rule in nautical affairs: that the ship on the larboard tack shall bear up, to avoid coming in collision with vessels on the starboard tack, which are expected to keep their wind. 1920 H. W. Richmond Navy in War of 1739–48 II. vi. 120 He was obliged to bear up for Mahon, intending to refit as quickly as possible and then resume his station off the coast of Provence. 2007 Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) (Nexis) 8 July c9 As the wind came over the starboard side, Alinghi had the right-of-way, and New Zealand failed to keep clear. Alinghi had to bear up to avoid a hit. < as lemmas |
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