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

1. transitive. To close up (a barrel, cask, or similar vessel) by fitting a head; to enclose (something) in a barrel or cask by this means. Also occasionally intransitive. Now chiefly historical. Cf. sense 10.

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the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > a receptacle > specifically a cask

head1558

to head up1641

1641 S. Smith Herring-bvsse Trade 10 [He] then fills them up, and Heads up the Barrels.

1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Herrings In a fresh Barrel..close packed and headed up by a sworn Cooper.

1763 J. Mills New Syst. Pract. Husbandry III. ii. iv. 99 For the keeping of meal..head it up closely, in clean, dry, tight, and well bound casks.

1800 P. Colquhoun Treat. Commerce & Police R. Thames ii. 59 To open and again head-up the casks.

1833 Fraser's Mag. 8 57 I was going to pack my most valuable seeds, and head them up in flour-barrels.

1884 Rep. Fruit Growers' Assoc. Ont. 1883 93 Having obtained the barrels, I number the bottom and sides before I remove the bottoms, to secure the right ones when heading up.

1916 Country Gentleman 22 July 1395 He quickly filled in and shook down the apples.., headed up the barrels, paid for them, and so filled his car.

2003 E. Mathews Ambassador to Penguins v. 33 Spare sails, rigging, flour, salt beef..and tobacco were all headed up in casks of various sorts.

2. transitive. To cause (water) to accumulate by blocking or impeding its flow. Also intransitive: (of water) to accumulate in this way. Also figurative. Cf. head n.¹ 44b.

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the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [verb (transitive)] > collect or store water

feed1582

to head up1821

impound1862

1821 M. Holderness Notes rel. to Manners & Customs Crim Tatars 118 The value of all garden ground is estimated by the facility with which it may be watered... The water is headed up for the purpose.

1829 I. Taylor Nat. Hist. Enthusiasm x. 281 The means of diffusing religious knowledge, being..accumulated, and headed up above the level of the plains of China.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Heading up the land water, when the flood-tide is backed by a wind, so that the ebb is retarded, causing an overflow.

1903 H. M. Wilson Irrigation in India vii. 135 This increase of velocity..is guarded against by heading the water up at the crest of the fall by means of sleepers dropped in grooves of the piers.

1933 J. G. Sutton Design & Operation of Drainage Pumping Plants 52 The trash screen should be kept free from trash to prevent water heading up unnecessarily.

2010 P. K. Parua Ganga Introd. p. xix Diverting water from the Ganga into a long and wide feeder canal by throwing a barrage across it and artificially heading up the water.

3. intransitive. North American. Of a subject, question, etc.: to come up, arise; (also) to reach a critical point or climax. Now rare.

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1903 Canada Law Jrnl. Nov. 682 The subject of legal education headed up in a resolution that it is desirable that a general school of law should be established.

1906 Springfield (Mass.) Weekly Republican 29 Nov. 3 When important questions are heading up.

1941 W. J. Cash Mind of South iii. ii. 292 The..anti-evolution campaign which headed up in the trial of John T. Scopes at Dayton, Tennessee.

4. transitive. Originally U.S. To be the head of; to be in charge or in control of. Cf. sense 3.

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society > authority > [verb (transitive)] > have authority over > as captain or head

headc1390

captain1598

to head up1904

1904 Commons June 256/2 Alderman Herrman..headed up the ‘Graft Investigation’.

1917 Ohio State Univ. Monthly Mar. 40/1 The day will be a great success especially with Lowry Sater heading up the committee.

1971 Daily Tel. 21 Oct. 10 (advt.) We need women who can head up the book department of several of our branches throughout England and Wales.

1990 Independent on Sunday 28 Jan. 3 (advt.) I want you to head it up Fortescue... Study the market, pick the people.

2006 T. Atlas & P. Alson Atlas 253 I'm going to be heading up Michael's new management team. Don't worry, you're still with us, Teddy, but everyone else is gone.

单词	to head up
释义	> as lemmas to head up to head up 1. transitive. To close up (a barrel, cask, or similar vessel) by fitting a head; to enclose (something) in a barrel or cask by this means. Also occasionally intransitive. Now chiefly historical. Cf. sense 10. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > a receptacle > specifically a cask head1558 to head up1641 1641 S. Smith Herring-bvsse Trade 10 [He] then fills them up, and Heads up the Barrels. 1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Herrings In a fresh Barrel..close packed and headed up by a sworn Cooper. 1763 J. Mills New Syst. Pract. Husbandry III. ii. iv. 99 For the keeping of meal..head it up closely, in clean, dry, tight, and well bound casks. 1800 P. Colquhoun Treat. Commerce & Police R. Thames ii. 59 To open and again head-up the casks. 1833 Fraser's Mag. 8 57 I was going to pack my most valuable seeds, and head them up in flour-barrels. 1884 Rep. Fruit Growers' Assoc. Ont. 1883 93 Having obtained the barrels, I number the bottom and sides before I remove the bottoms, to secure the right ones when heading up. 1916 Country Gentleman 22 July 1395 He quickly filled in and shook down the apples.., headed up the barrels, paid for them, and so filled his car. 2003 E. Mathews Ambassador to Penguins v. 33 Spare sails, rigging, flour, salt beef..and tobacco were all headed up in casks of various sorts. 2. transitive. To cause (water) to accumulate by blocking or impeding its flow. Also intransitive: (of water) to accumulate in this way. Also figurative. Cf. head n.¹ 44b. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [verb (transitive)] > collect or store water feed1582 to head up1821 impound1862 1821 M. Holderness Notes rel. to Manners & Customs Crim Tatars 118 The value of all garden ground is estimated by the facility with which it may be watered... The water is headed up for the purpose. 1829 I. Taylor Nat. Hist. Enthusiasm x. 281 The means of diffusing religious knowledge, being..accumulated, and headed up above the level of the plains of China. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Heading up the land water, when the flood-tide is backed by a wind, so that the ebb is retarded, causing an overflow. 1903 H. M. Wilson Irrigation in India vii. 135 This increase of velocity..is guarded against by heading the water up at the crest of the fall by means of sleepers dropped in grooves of the piers. 1933 J. G. Sutton Design & Operation of Drainage Pumping Plants 52 The trash screen should be kept free from trash to prevent water heading up unnecessarily. 2010 P. K. Parua Ganga Introd. p. xix Diverting water from the Ganga into a long and wide feeder canal by throwing a barrage across it and artificially heading up the water. 3. intransitive. North American. Of a subject, question, etc.: to come up, arise; (also) to reach a critical point or climax. Now rare. ΚΠ 1903 Canada Law Jrnl. Nov. 682 The subject of legal education headed up in a resolution that it is desirable that a general school of law should be established. 1906 Springfield (Mass.) Weekly Republican 29 Nov. 3 When important questions are heading up. 1941 W. J. Cash Mind of South iii. ii. 292 The..anti-evolution campaign which headed up in the trial of John T. Scopes at Dayton, Tennessee. 4. transitive. Originally U.S. To be the head of; to be in charge or in control of. Cf. sense 3. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [verb (transitive)] > have authority over > as captain or head headc1390 captain1598 to head up1904 1904 Commons June 256/2 Alderman Herrman..headed up the ‘Graft Investigation’. 1917 Ohio State Univ. Monthly Mar. 40/1 The day will be a great success especially with Lowry Sater heading up the committee. 1971 Daily Tel. 21 Oct. 10 (advt.) We need women who can head up the book department of several of our branches throughout England and Wales. 1990 Independent on Sunday 28 Jan. 3 (advt.) I want you to head it up Fortescue... Study the market, pick the people. 2006 T. Atlas & P. Alson Atlas 253 I'm going to be heading up Michael's new management team. Don't worry, you're still with us, Teddy, but everyone else is gone. extracted from headv. < as lemmas
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