| 单词 | to clue up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto clue up a. Nautical. to clue up: see clew v. 3. ΚΠ 1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck ii. 21 Clued-up each top-sail, and by braces squar'd. 1806 A. Duncan Life Nelson 75 The sails were all clued up. to clue up b. To inform, tell (someone); to provide with a clue; also with up. So to clue up: to get to know about; clued (up) participial adjective, informed, knowledgeable. slang. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > [adjective] > knowledgeable, well-informed knowinga1398 well-knowingc1425 scientc1475 advertised1481 well-informeda1500 scientive1575 callent1656 fly1811 knowledgeable1825 factful1853 dungeonable1855 knowful1855 woke up1871 in the know1883 to be jerry1908 hipped1920 wised-up1926 clueful1943 genned-up1945 clued (up)1948 society > communication > information > action of informing > give (information) [verb (transitive)] > inform (a person) to teach a person a thingc888 meanOE wiseOE sayOE wittera1225 tellc1225 do to witc1275 let witc1275 let seec1330 inform1384 form1399 lerea1400 to wit (a person) to saya1400 learn1425 advertise1431 givec1449 insense?c1450 instruct1489 ascertain1490 let1490 alighta1500 advert1511 signify1523 reform1535 advise1562 partake1565 resolve1568 to do to ware1594 to let into one's knowledge1596 intellect1599 possess1600 acquainta1616 alighten1615 recommenda1616 intelligence1637 apprise1694 appraise1706 introduce1741 avail1785 prime1791 document1807 to put up1811 to put a person au fait of1828 post1847 to keep (someone) straight1862 monish1866 to put next to1896 to put (one) wise (to)1896 voice1898 in the picture1900 to give (someone) a line on1903 to wise up1905 drum1908 hip1932 to fill (someone) in on1945 clue1948 background1961 to mark a person's card1961 to loop in1994 1948 ‘N. Shute’ No Highway v. 115 We've got to jump at this decision, now... We can clue up the official side later. 1955 J. I. M. Stewart Guardians 121 He's well clued up in all the Fontanay stuff. 1958 E. H. Clements Uncommon Cold i. 16 Keep me clued up about Remin's doings. 1958 J. D. MacDonald Executioners (1959) viii. 135 Usually I can come up with a clue. But I draw a big blank. Clue me, Louie. 1958 Ottawa Citizen 11 June 29/1 One officer described him as a ‘well-clued technical officer, well up on advanced mathematics, physics and electronics...’ 1959 C. MacInnes Absolute Beginners 59 Clue me then, teenager. My big ears are flapping. 1959 C. MacInnes Absolute Beginners 64 You meet all kinds of cats..who can clue you up in all kinds of directions. 1970 ‘R. Crawford’ Kiss Boss Goodbye ii. vi. 94 ‘I don't know,’ I said. ‘Are you clued?’ ‘Nope.’ < as lemmas |
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