单词 | to let up |
释义 | > as lemmasto let up to let up 1. transitive †In Old English, to put ashore (obsolete); to raise (literal and figurative). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > open [verb (transitive)] > a door, gate, etc. to do upOE to-thrustc1175 to weve upc1275 unshutc1315 to set upa1387 unyarka1400 to let up1400 yark upc1400 reclude?1440 dupa1549 dub1699 11.. Anglo-Saxon Chron. anno 1014 (Laud) He com to Sandwic & let þær up þa gislas. 1400 Gamelyn 311 Gamelyn ȝede to þe ȝate & lete it up wide. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 685 The system can only be let up or let down by slow degrees. 2. intransitive. To cease, stop. Also, to relax. to let up on: to cease to have to do with, talk of, interfere with, trouble, etc. Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] i-swikec893 swikec897 atwindc1000 linOE studegieOE stintc1175 letc1200 stuttea1225 leavec1225 astint1250 doc1300 finec1300 blina1325 cease1330 stable1377 resta1382 ho1390 to say or cry ho1390 resta1398 astartc1400 discontinuec1425 surcease1428 to let offc1450 resista1475 finish1490 to lay a straw?a1505 to give over1526 succease1551 to put (also pack) up one's pipes1556 end1557 to stay (one's own or another's) hand1560 stick1574 stay1576 to draw bridle1577 to draw rein1577 to set down one's rest1589 overgive1592 absist1614 subsista1639 beholdc1650 unbridle1653 to knock offa1657 acquiesce1659 to set (up) one's rest1663 sista1676 stop1689 to draw rein1725 subside1734 remit1765 to let up1787 to wind (up) one's pirna1835 to cry crack1888 to shut off1896 to pack in1906 to close down1921 to pack up1925 to sign off1929 the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] > cease to deal or have to do with dropa1616 close1642 to finish with1782 to let up on1882 1787 G. Washington Diary (1925) III. 185 The Plows, after the rain let up, proceeded to finish this part of field No. 5. 1841 J. F. Cooper Deerslayer I. vi. 172 Let up, you painted riptyles—let up! 1857 San Francisco Call 21 Feb. Our spicy contemporary must ‘let up’ on us for this error of omission. 1882 B. Harte Flip, & Found at Blazing Star 62 I promised you I'd let up on him. 1882 B. Harte Flip, & Found at Blazing Star 62 Don't go back on your promise about lettin' up on the tramps, and being a little more high-toned. 1888 Cent. Mag. Aug. 610 This caused me to let up on the creature, when it lumbered away till it tumbled down a precipice. 1891 C. Roberts Adrift in Amer. 45 When the storm let up. 1897 W. D. Howells Landlord Lion's Head 420 What do you suppose was the reason Jeff let up on the feller? 1897 W. D. Howells Landlord Lion's Head 452 What Jeff would natch'ly done would b'en to shake the life out of him; but he didn't;..he let him go. 1902 W. N. Harben Abner Daniel 39 ‘Will you never let up on that?’ Alan asked. 1902 W. N. Harben Abner Daniel 270 I wish you'd let up on that infernal clicking. 1913 J. Galsworthy Fugitive ii. 49 The hunt was joined the moment you broke away! It will never let up! 1921 R. D. Paine Comrades Rolling Ocean i. 8 If I ever let up or weaken, all I need to think of is poor old Dad. 1933 D. L. Sayers Murder must Advertise v. 94 Never let up! Never go to sleep! 1936 H. Hagedorn Brookings xv. 254 He was resourceful, steady, determined, he never let up on a man; and just wore people out. 1943 J. B. Priestley Daylight on Sat. xxx. 243 Bob's a chap that needs to let up, and now he can't let up... So he's angry inside all the time. 1970 C. Major Dict. Afro-Amer. Slang 76 Let up, command to restrain from verbally abusing someone. 1974 E. Lemarchand Buried in Past viii. 138 The girl was..on the brink of tears... ‘Why not let up a bit?’ he suggested. 3. transitive. To relax, diminish. ΚΠ 1887 A. T. Pierson Evangelistic Work vi. 59 His hand lets up its pressure just as the scale is turning for God. < as lemmas |
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