单词 | to piece up |
释义 | > as lemmasto piece up to piece up 1. transitive. To repair or make up by joining pieces or parts; to join with other pieces or parts. Frequently figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restore [verb (transitive)] > restore to state of wholeness or completeness > as by patching, etc. solderc1420 patch1532 plaster1546 to piece up1586 tinker1598 solder1607 society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > mending or repairing > [verb (transitive)] > with a patch clouta1375 vampethc1424 vampeyc1425 piece?c1430 patch1445 vamp1699 to piece up1884 1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. I1 Whilest there is yet but one craze..in the touchstone of thy reputation, peece it vp, and new flourish againe by..the square of thy workmanship. 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 368 All being now piec't up betweene them. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ iv. xx. 28 'Tis thought the French King will peece him up again with new recruits. 1701 E. Sherburne Phaedra & Hippolytus v. i. 206 I recount my slain Son's Limbs, and piece his Body up again. 1794 E. Burke Let. in Corr. (1844) IV. 213 They will of course endeavour to piece up their own broken connexions in England. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 20 Nov. 3/2 Arranging, disposing, and piecing up these fragments. 1896 J. K. Snowden Web of Old Weaver xviii. 203 I've gien her a chance to piece it up, mother. 1930 W. M. Mann Wild Animals in & out of Zoo xv. 192 The corral was not too strongly made at first, and he kept breaking through nearly as fast as we could piece it up. 2003 Atlanta Jrnl. & Constit. (Nexis) 2 Feb. 1 e I pieced up quilts with little mangled up pieces and I didn't know how to fix them. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > become at peace with each other [verb (intransitive)] saughtel1154 saughtenc1275 peasec1300 saughta1400 reconcilec1425 agree1447 to make peace1535 to fall in1546 to piece up1653 to kiss and be friends1657 to kiss and make up1657 to make it up1669 to make it up1722 conciliate1747 1653 Mercurius Politicus No. 153. 2454 If the Bourdelois thrive therein, then it is like we shall peece up with France. 1671 Ld. Conway Let. 20 June in M. H. Nicholson Conway Lett. (1992) 338 I am very glad you have pieced up with Francis. 1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks vi. i. 208 The new: The old. Engage with one: piece up with t'other. < as lemmas |
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