单词 | to foul up |
释义 | > as lemmasto foul up to foul up 1. a. intransitive. Of a mechanism: to become clogged or obstructed. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > become closed or shut [verb (intransitive)] > make a closure or obstruction > be or become stopped up stop1575 choke1616 to foul up1874 plug1902 gunge1976 1874 T. Newbigging Gas Manager's Handbk. (ed. 2) 49 The first cost of the filling [of the Livesey scrubber] is greater than when coke or other material is employed, but it possesses the marked advantage of not fouling up, and will rarely or never need renewing. 1960 E. L. Delmar-Morgan Cruising Yacht Equipm. & Navigation xii. 146 Tendency of a two-stroke to ‘oil up’ or to ‘foul up’. 2014 Commercial Vehicle (Nexis) 21 Oct. The OEMs typically install a butterfly restrictor in the exhaust manifold, which is easily removed when it fouls up with soot. b. transitive. To make (something) dirty or polluted; spec. to clog or obstruct (a mechanism). ΚΠ 1880 Pet Stock Pigeon & Poultry Bull. May 35/2 The hen soon fouls up the spot where the coop is placed. 1882 J. W. Collins in Fishermen's Own Bk. 189 [He] was busy aft by the wheel-box clearing the log-line, or some other small gear which had been fouled up by the water washing it about deck. 1999 C. Grimshaw Provocation iii. 50 Round here we don't like trespassers. Trash. Fouling up our land. 2001 L. A. Windmill Gentleman Jim (2011) vi. 79 It was so cold that the oil had congealed and the mechanism was fouled up with sand. 2. colloquial (chiefly U.S.). Originally U.S. Military slang.Often, esp. in early use, as a euphemism for to fuck up (see to fuck up 1 at fuck v. Phrasal verbs 1). a. transitive. To ruin or spoil (something); to mess up, botch, bungle. Also (esp. in early use): to confuse or muddle (a person or animal). Cf. slightly earlier fouled-up adj. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > be unskilled in [verb (transitive)] > bungle botch1530 bungle1530 mumble1588 muddle1605 mash1642 bumble?1719 to fall through ——1726 fuck1776 blunder1805 to make a mull of1821 bitch1823 mess1823 to make a mess of1834 smudge1864 to muck up1875 boss1887 to make balls of1889 duff1890 foozle1892 bollocks1901 fluff1902 to make a muck of1903 bobble1908 to ball up1911 jazz1914 boob1915 to make a hash of1920 muff1922 flub1924 to make a hat of1925 to ass up1932 louse1934 screw1938 blow1943 to foul up1943 eff1945 balls1947 to make a hames of1947 to arse up1951 to fuck up1967 dork1969 sheg1981 bodge1984 1943 R. R. Rea Let. 13 Aug. in Wings of Gold (1987) 76 I fouled up a navigation quiz completely. 1944 Denton (Maryland) Jrnl. 22 Dec. 25/1 It is the minor details due to a lack of practice perhaps more than anything else that are fouling me up. 1951 J. D. Salinger Catcher in Rye ix. 80 Boy, I really fouled that up. 1990 P. Cornwell Post-mortem (1998) x. 239 Nothing could foul up an investigation like a multijurisdictional effort. 2005 Southland (N.Z.) Times (Nexis) 15 Mar. We don't want to foul the whole thing up because we haven't done our job right. b. intransitive. To blunder; to make a serious error; to go wrong, fail. ΚΠ 1944 New Yorker 6 May 26/1 Look how we fouled up on maneuvers. 1950 Daily Times-News (Burlington, N. Carolina) 13 Feb. 4/4 For someone that is in the public eye she has really fouled up. 1992 Spectator 19 Dec. 33/1 He fouled up several times, and each time he got more upset. 2012 N.Y. Times Blogs (Nexis) 3 July Somebody, or a bunch of somebodies, fouled up big time, though it's not clear if blame lies with poll workers or with the police. < as lemmas |
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