英语词汇“to belt up”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

colloquial.

1. intransitive. Originally and chiefly British.

a. To put on a lifebelt. Somewhat rare. Cf. sense 4a.

ΚΠ

1889 Ipswich Jrnl. 15 Feb. 3/7 The crowd..found the coxswain and crew [of the lifeboat] already preparing to ‘belt up’.

1988 B. Sterling Islands in Net iv. 110 Andrei handed them life jackets, including a small one for the baby. They belted up.

2006 B. Fogle in J. Cracknell & B. Fogle Crossing v. 110 I remembered that..James had announced that he would never wear a life jacket at sea. At that point I had presumed this was bravado that when he saw the oceans we would encounter he would ‘belt up’.

b. To put on a seat belt in a motor vehicle, aeroplane, etc. Cf. sense 4b.

ΚΠ

1968 Guardian 23 Dec. 7/5 He belted-up dutifully and had an uneventful journey.

1978 Glaxo Group News Nov. 1 I always belt up when I'm driving and would urge every driver to do the same.

1998 Independent 24 Apr. i. 5/5 Passengers in the rear would face on-the-spot $20 fines for not belting up.

2015 Loughborough Echo (Nexis) 21 Oct. 63 People are less likely to belt up on short or familiar journeys.

2. intransitive. British and Australian. To be quiet, stop talking. Frequently in imperative: ‘shut up’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > be silent/refrain from speaking [verb (intransitive)]

to hold one's tonguec897

to keep one's tonguec897

to be (hold oneself) stilla1000

to say littleOE

to hold one's mouthc1175

to shut (also close) one's mouthc1175

to keep (one's) silence?c1225

to hold (also have, keep) one's peacea1275

stillc1330

peacec1395

mum1440

to say neither buff nor baff1481

to keep (also play) mum1532

to charm the tonguec1540

to have (also set, keep) a hatch before the door1546

hush1548

to play (at) mumbudgeta1564

not to say buff to a wolf's shadow1590

to keep a still tongue in one's head1729

to sing small1738

to sew up1785

let that fly stick in (or to) the wall1814

to say (also know) neither buff nor stye1824

to choke back1844

mumchance1854

to keep one's trap shut1899

to choke up1907

to belt up1949

to keep (or stay) shtum1958

shtum1958

1949 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 3) Add. 988/1 Belt up, shut up!: R.A.F.: since ca. 1937.

1958 News Chron. 22 May 4/3 Belt up is just another way of saying be quiet.

1959 M. Pugh Chancer v. 57 Why don't you belt up?.. Go and boil your can.

1969 Listener 30 Jan. 147/3 May we hope that Hamilton will do a service to art by belting up and going back to school?

2011 Guardian (Nexis) 22 July (Features section) 15 Oh do belt up. We all stopped listening to you lot long ago.

单词	to belt up
释义	> as lemmas to belt up to belt up colloquial. 1. intransitive. Originally and chiefly British. a. To put on a lifebelt. Somewhat rare. Cf. sense 4a. ΚΠ 1889 Ipswich Jrnl. 15 Feb. 3/7 The crowd..found the coxswain and crew [of the lifeboat] already preparing to ‘belt up’. 1988 B. Sterling Islands in Net iv. 110 Andrei handed them life jackets, including a small one for the baby. They belted up. 2006 B. Fogle in J. Cracknell & B. Fogle Crossing v. 110 I remembered that..James had announced that he would never wear a life jacket at sea. At that point I had presumed this was bravado that when he saw the oceans we would encounter he would ‘belt up’. b. To put on a seat belt in a motor vehicle, aeroplane, etc. Cf. sense 4b. ΚΠ 1968 Guardian 23 Dec. 7/5 He belted-up dutifully and had an uneventful journey. 1978 Glaxo Group News Nov. 1 I always belt up when I'm driving and would urge every driver to do the same. 1998 Independent 24 Apr. i. 5/5 Passengers in the rear would face on-the-spot $20 fines for not belting up. 2015 Loughborough Echo (Nexis) 21 Oct. 63 People are less likely to belt up on short or familiar journeys. 2. intransitive. British and Australian. To be quiet, stop talking. Frequently in imperative: ‘shut up’. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > be silent/refrain from speaking [verb (intransitive)] to hold one's tonguec897 to keep one's tonguec897 to be (hold oneself) stilla1000 to say littleOE to hold one's mouthc1175 to shut (also close) one's mouthc1175 to keep (one's) silence?c1225 to hold (also have, keep) one's peacea1275 stillc1330 peacec1395 mum1440 to say neither buff nor baff1481 to keep (also play) mum1532 to charm the tonguec1540 to have (also set, keep) a hatch before the door1546 hush1548 to play (at) mumbudgeta1564 not to say buff to a wolf's shadow1590 to keep a still tongue in one's head1729 to sing small1738 to sew up1785 let that fly stick in (or to) the wall1814 to say (also know) neither buff nor stye1824 to choke back1844 mumchance1854 to keep one's trap shut1899 to choke up1907 to belt up1949 to keep (or stay) shtum1958 shtum1958 1949 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 3) Add. 988/1 Belt up, shut up!: R.A.F.: since ca. 1937. 1958 News Chron. 22 May 4/3 Belt up is just another way of saying be quiet. 1959 M. Pugh Chancer v. 57 Why don't you belt up?.. Go and boil your can. 1969 Listener 30 Jan. 147/3 May we hope that Hamilton will do a service to art by belting up and going back to school? 2011 Guardian (Nexis) 22 July (Features section) 15 Oh do belt up. We all stopped listening to you lot long ago. extracted from beltv. < as lemmas
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