| 单词 | to rave it up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto rave it up b. intransitive. To enjoy oneself freely or with abandon; to live it up. Also transitive as to rave it up, in the same sense. Cf. rave n.3 3a. ΚΠ 1965 G. Melly Owning-up vii. 75 The word ‘rave’, meaning to live it up, was as far as I know a Mulligan–Godbolt invention. 1979 Classical Q. New Ser. 29 125 Cynthia..is 9we take it) raving it up at Baiae. 1989 Observer 13 Aug. 10/7 One of them might go to Blackpool, drink umpteen cans of lager and really rave it up. 2000 D. Adebayo My Once upon Time (2001) iii. 36 Some of the men, in stiff jackets and jeans combos, looked unsure whether they had come to work or to rave. 2003 J. Miller Stripped: Depeche Mode (2004) xi. 149 Alan occasionally nips down the pub for a drink, but that's about the limit of our raving it up! < as lemmas |
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