单词 | to have one's name up |
释义 | > as lemmasto have one's name up a. Contextually: the name of a person or a people as mentioned or referred to by others, as an indicator of fame, renown, etc. †to have one's name up: to be much spoken of in a favourable way (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > have reputation [verb (intransitive)] > be much talked about to make (also keep) a noise1645 to have one's name up1789 lOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Bodl.) xviii. 43 Þa get Romana nama ne come ofer þa muntas, þe we hatað Caucaseas. c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 22 (MED) Of akniȝt is þat y mene; His name, it sprong wel wide. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) 12633 Fro þenne of ihesu sprong þe nome. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) Prol. 176 (MED) The briȝtnesse of her fame..schyneth ȝet by report of her name. c1480 (a1400) St. Ninian 479 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 318 [O]f þe bischope þe nam ran sa in al þe land to and fra. 1568 (a1500) Colkelbie Sow Prol. l. 38 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 281 Quhich eternall wald haif memoriall Gyd ȝow so that ȝour god plesit be and obtene name. 1609 A. Gardyne Garden Grave & Godlie Flowres sig. D3v Thy Name, by Fame, into this land shall liue. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. iv. 155 My vnsoild name, th' austeerenesse of my life. View more context for this quotation 1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 101 Some to the fascination of a name Surrender judgment hoodwinked. 1789 Loiterer No. 43. 4 The ill effects of possessing an extensive reputation, or as an old English Phrase expresses it, having one's name up. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas III. viii. x. 329 When once my name was up, for a man after the duke of Lerma's own heart, I had very soon my court about me. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Vivien in Idylls of King 137 If they find Some stain or blemish in a name of note. 1904 St. Nicholas Sept. 1024/1 Names immortal in life and letters, names forever illustrious in character and achievement. 1992 N.Y. Times 24 Aug. c2/2 If the name of Warady rings forever in the world of ultramarathoning, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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