单词 | to keep posted |
释义 | > as lemmasto keep posted 9. transitive. colloquial (originally U.S.). To supply (a person) with full information or the latest news on a subject; to inform. Frequently with up. Usually in passive. (Now) esp. in to keep posted (frequently in imperative). Also intransitive with reflexive meaning. ΘΚΠ 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 1847 Nat. Encycl. I. 619 Posted-up is an Americanism for well-informed, thoroughly conversant with. 1851 G. Flagg Let. 9 Jan. in Flagg Corr. (1986) 136 This last piece of news comes from Ursula who is well posted up in such matters. 1853 J. T. Trowbridge Deserted Family viii. 105 I snatch a few minutes from my much-occupied time to keep you posted up. 1856 G. D. Brewerton War in Kansas 365 As regards the details of the defences at Lawrence, we should certainly have been ‘better posted’ than we are. 1870 J. C. Duval Adv. Big-foot Wallace 229 A city friend, who was posted in the fashions, went around with me to the shops. 1883 C. D. Warner Roundabout Journey 239 The lovers of the sport always post themselves as to the character of the bulls who are to perform. 1902 Kansas State Hist. Soc. Trans. 7 427 I thought you would like something fresh to read and post up on what is going on. 1915 G. O'Keeffe Let. 15 Sept. in G. O'Keeffe & A. Pollitzer Lovingly, Georgia (1990) 25 You must write me when you see her and must keep me posted about her. 1937 L. C. Douglas Forgive us our Trespasses xi. 228 Lecturers packed hotel convention halls with rosy-faced, eager, wide-eyed customers who owed it to themselves to post up on psychology. 1978 T. Allbeury Lantern Network ii. 31 We want you to..post us on troop movements. 2001 R. Hill Dialogues of Dead (2002) xi. 119 Right. I'm off. Keep me posted. < as lemmas |
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