单词 | to pipe up |
释义 | > as lemmasto pipe up to pipe up 1. Of a musician. a. intransitive. To begin to play music; to strike up. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > perform music [verb (intransitive)] > strike up to pipe upc1440 to strike up1549 to sound off1909 c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure 4105 (MED) They pype vpe at pryme tyme. 1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. vi. 168 Malone, much chagrined at hearing him pipe up in most superior style, determined to earn distinction, too, if possible. 1901 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 422/2 If a shepherd is handy, let him pipe up a little, so as to put Guy into good spirits. 1991 Financial Times (Nexis) 11 Nov. i. 15 During the overture, the orchestra obligingly piped up with his favourite tune. b. transitive. To begin to play (a piece of music, a musical instrument). ΚΠ a1450 Castle Perseverance (1969) 16 Pipe vp mu[syk]. 1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle ii. v. sig. Cii In the meane time felowes, pype upp your fiddles. 1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses xvii. 172 Euery towne, Citie, and Countrey, is full of these ministrelles to pype vp a dance to the Deuill. 1865 E. C. Gaskell Cousin Phillis iii. 72 It was cousin Holman, all by herself in the house-place, piping up a hymn. 1943 Times 4 Dec. 5/4 Why should they [sc. people who whistle] on hearing someone else whistling, so often pipe up a rival tune? 2002 Times-Picayune (New Orleans) (Nexis) 27 Mar. (Living section) 1 The not-always-so-melodious calliopes piping up a tune from a paddlewheeler on the Mississippi. 2. intransitive. Of the wind: to rise, increase. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > blow (of the wind) [verb (intransitive)] > blow strongly > increase rise?1520 fresh1599 to come up1647 freshen1669 ascend1715 to get up1834 to blow up1840 stiffen1844 to breeze up1867 to pipe up1901 a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iii. viii. 48 At our desyre, The sessonabil ayr pipis vp fair and schyre. 1857 M. Wickham Sea-spray i. 14 The wind is piping up spitefully in the southeast, and the clouds are heaving up black and heavy. 1901 Daily Chron. 14 May 8/7 The wind had piped up to half a gale overnight. 1987 J. Barth Tidewater Tales (1988) 138 That wind is piping up. 1992 Yachts & Yachting 28 Aug. 96/2 The wind had now piped up to 25 knots. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > church music > [verb (transitive)] > praise with organ music to pipe up1543 pipe1673 society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing keyboard instrument > play keyboard instrument [verb (transitive)] > play organ > celebrate by to pipe up1543 pipe1673 1543 G. Joye George Ioye confuteth Winchesters Articles f. xxiij Thei pype him [sc. God] vp with orgaynes. 1681 W. Dugdale Short View Late Troubles xxii. 238 At the first beginning of thie woful Rebellion, the rabble and baser sort of people in Scotland, were piped up by the zealous Kirkmen. 4. Of the human voice. a. intransitive. To begin singing or speaking; to speak up, make an interjection. ΚΠ 1829 D. Jerrold Black-ey'd Susan ii. iii. 32 Come, pipe up, my boy..The song, the song! 1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island i. iii. 23 Once..he piped up to a different air, a kind of country love-song. 1889 ‘M. Twain’ Connecticut Yankee xvi. 197 As the guard laid a hand upon me, she piped up with the tranquilest confidence. 1928 D. H. Lawrence in Daily Express 29 Nov. 10/4 Women to-day, wherever they are, show up; and they pipe up. 1975 E. Dunlop Robinsheugh vi. 42 Elizabeth found no words to reply, but the little girl on the other side of the striped woollen knee piped up on her behalf. 1992 More 28 Oct. 63/2 If I disagree with someone at work, I'm unlikely to pipe up. b. transitive. With direct speech as object: to interject, speak up, volunteer (a comment). ΚΠ 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xxxiii. 466 Mrs. Smallweed instantly begins to shake her head, and pipe up, ‘Seventy-six pound seven and sevenpence!’ 1918 Stars & Stripes 5 Apr. 1/6 ‘Aw, I don't know that they've done so bad,’ piped up another, for the sake of the argument. 1958 R. E. Lighton Out of Strong 15 ‘Ouma Cronje,’ Ansie piped up, ‘why don't you make it go any more? You could make jellies and ice-cream in it.’ 1989 T. Kidder Among Schoolchildren iii. ii. 93 ‘Maripose caught a firefly in her hand.’ ‘And squished it,’ piped up Robert. < as lemmas |
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