| 单词 | to mend up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto mend up to mend up 1. transitive. = sense 1a. Now chiefly U.S. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > mending or repairing > [verb (transitive)] beetc975 menda1200 amenda1250 rightc1275 botcha1382 reparela1382 cure1382 repaira1387 dighta1400 emend1411 to mend up1479 restablishc1500 help1518 trimc1520 redub1522 reparate1548 accommodate1552 reinstaure1609 reconcinnate1623 to do up1647 righta1656 fixa1762 doctor1829 vamp1837 service1916 rejig1976 1479 Burgh Court Bk. Newburgh f. 43 Ilk man sal mend op [the] hed rois with in thre dais. 1639 in Connecticut Hist. Soc. Coll. (1897) VI. 5 All the fences..shall be mended vp. 1747 in Amer. Speech (1940) 15 228/2 I went to mamacock & Crossman Lot & mended up fence. 1833 S. Smith Life & Writings Major Jack Downing lvi. 192 They've got their clothes pretty much mended up, and they look quite tidy. 1883 Overland Monthly Dec. 625/1 Hawkins busied himself mending up our dilapidated saddles and bridles. 1926 S. B. Eppes Through Some Eventful Years i. viii. 92 The first thing Mrs. Bradford did..was to put a seamstress to work to mend up such garments as she had. 1973 T. O'Brien If I die in Combat Zone xii. 110 Can't mend up them bullet holes. 2. intransitive. U.S. regional. = sense 5b. Also: (of an animal) to gain weight. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > recovery > recover or be healed [verb (intransitive)] wholeeOE botenc1225 cover1297 amendc1325 recovera1375 warisha1386 recovera1387 healc1390 recurec1400 soundc1402 mendc1440 convalesce1483 guarish1489 restore1494 refete?a1505 revert1531 to gather (or pick) up one's crumbs1589 cure1597 recruit1644 to perk upa1656 retrieve1675 to pick up1740 to leave one's bed1742 to sit up and take nourishment1796 to get round1798 to come round1818 to pull through1830 rally1831 to fetch round1870 to mend up1877 to pull round1889 recoup1896 recuperate1897 1877 A. Sewell Black Beauty xliv. 217 The farrier said he [sc. a horse] might mend up enough to sell for a few pounds. 1954 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1996) III. 567/1 Mend up, gain weight. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。