| 单词 | to put to it |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto put (a person) to it PhrasesΚΠ c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 761 (MED) They hym comfortyd & bad hym put no dowte, Hys vttyr enemy Vyce to ouerthrow. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 633/2 Be he never so stronge I put no doutes to mayster hym. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. iv. sig. Gii v God forbyd wyfe, ye shall fyrst iet. I will not iet yet (quoth she) put no doubtyng. ?a1610 A. Montgomerie Poems (1887) xxxvi. 28 I put no doubt bot ȝe wald do Ȝour pouer me to saive. a1653 H. Binning Common Princ. Christian Relig. (1659) 253 I put no doubt it would be most acceptable unto you, if you knew your misery, and..you could not but accept it, if you beleeved that it were true and faithfull. 1784 J. Goldie Gospel Recovered from Captive State VI. xii. xviii. 256 I put no doubt, but that even thousands of such..will certainly be convinced of the justness of what is contained therein. P2. to put (a person) to it. a. To force, challenge, or require (a person) to do something indicated by the context. Usually in passive. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > motivate [verb (transitive)] > incite or instigate > urge, press, or impel pullc1300 firk1340 enforce138. pressa1393 thrust14.. impel1490 urge1576 to put (a person) to it1581 importune1598 to lay weight upon1600 riot1777 society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > compel [verb (intransitive)] > to action to put (a person) to it1581 to hold (also put) a pistol to (also at) (a person's) head1841 to force (one's) hand1860 to twist (someone's) arm1953 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. To Rdr. sig. jv A pleasaunt Gentleman (who could haue spoken sufficiently, yf he had been put to it). 1607 J. Norden Surueyors Dialogue ii. 38 When they are put to it, they come far short of some principall pointes required. a1653 Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 146 I'le put him to't, before the play be plaide. 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 139 Men behaved themselves well enough in Action, when they were put to it. 1831 J. K. Paulding Dutchman's Fireside II. xv. 97 ‘Can you play Ingen when you are put to it?’ ‘I have been among them, and know something of their character and manners.’ 1868 M. E. Braddon Dead-Sea Fruit xviii There is nothing a man of the world can't do when he's put to it. 1912 W. Boyle Family Failing i. 23 I could work if I was put to it. 1953 M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal 222/1 If ye put me til it I'll do ye injury. 1995 Ashmolean Winter 18/2 It was quite in character with B-J's puckish humour, when put to it,..to make up a story for their amusement. b. spec. To force (a person) to do his or her utmost; to drive to extremities; to embarrass, to place at a loss or in difficulty. Now chiefly with modifying word in to be hard (also sorely, etc.) put to it (to do something), to be hard put (to do something).In quot. a1616 figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > present difficulties [verb (intransitive)] > be in difficulties or straits to be hard bested?c1225 to be hard set1387 to be hard (straitly, stiffly, etc.) steada1400 to have mistera1400 charge1487 to be hard (also sorely, etc.) put to ita1616 straiten1647 to be ill set1673 press1813 to be up a gum tree1829 push1863 the world > action or operation > difficulty > of difficulty: beset (a person) [verb (transitive)] > put (a person) in difficulty > reduce to straits enstraita1500 plungea1513 to put or drive to a (or the) shift or shifts1553 to put (one) to (upon) his trump or trumps1559 to drive (a person) near1594 to put, drive, reduce, etc. to the last shiftsa1604 to be hard (also sorely, etc.) put to ita1616 press1672 pinch1693 push1761 a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 360 Lord Angelo Dukes it well in his absence: he puts transgression too't. View more context for this quotation 1640 Bp. J. Hall Christian Moderation i. 130 Those Anticks of stone..carved out under the end of great beams in vast buildings, which seeme..as if they were hard put to it, with the weight. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 128 Fourthly and lastly, the Tenaciousnesse of selfe: I meane when she is put hard to it. a1643 J. Shute Sarah & Hagar (1649) 179 I know this is difficult, and puts a man to it. 1672 D. Brevint Roman Mass i. 6 The best Historian shall be very hard put to seek, before he find among them all, as long a list of abominable Livers. 1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. 64 (margin) The Hill puts the Pilgrims to it . View more context for this quotation 1701 J. Edwards Free Disc. conc. Truth & Error Pref. p. xxxiii Doth he not think that it will be objected that he is put hard to it, when the Authority of the Bible can't be maintained by him without the defaming of all ofther Writings? 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 80 I..would be sorely put to it for Lodging. 1754 G. G. Beekman Let. 5 Aug. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) I. 219 He was..much put to it to settel his affairs. 1852 E. Ruskin Let. 27 June in Effie in Venice (1965) ii. 328 You may imagine how I am put to it sometimes when three or four people question me at once in Venetian. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. xiii. 274 We were hard put to it..to get it done in so short a time. 1920 School Educ. Rec. (Univ. N. Dakota) Apr. 50/1 The common man and woman, however hard-put to make a living. 1937 Amer. Home Apr. 30/2 We are considerably put to it to know just what furniture to select to show you. 1985 S. Hood Storm from Paradise (1988) 95 Why he should have chosen the field path rather than the usual road he might have been rather hard put to it to explain. 1987 P. B. Waite Lord of Point Grey vi. 70 Larry was hard put to prevent her from running as C.C.F. candidate. 2006 Herald Express (Torquay) (Nexis) 15 July 11 A time traveller from the 1950s would be hard put to it to understand this phenomenon. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > be or seem likely [verb (intransitive)] appeara1530 to have some show1556 think1579 to look like1594 to put fairc1595 had liked to1600 to show for ——1776 fare1850 show1901 c1595 T. Maynarde Sir Francis Drake his Voy. (1849) 7 Had wee lanced under the forte at our first cominge to anchor, wee had put fayre to bee possessors of the towne. 1675 C. Cotton tr. Lucian Dial. Vulcan & Apollo in Burlesque upon Burlesque 71 A Fiddle..On which he playes so rarely well, That he puts fair to put down me, Who am the God of Harmony. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) 135 Those Nations whose Historians put fair for the greatest Antiquity, are the Romans [etc.]. 1713 G. Stanhope Nothing Impracticable required of Christians 12 They, who began with Thirty, will, in Process of Time, put fair for Sixty, and may, perhaps, at last, come up to an Hundred-fold. P4. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > make foolish or a fool of [verb (transitive)] bedotec1385 fona1425 fool1608 to put the ass (also fool) upon (also on)1617 stultify1809 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > befool, dupe [phrase] to put an ape in a person's hoodc1330 to glaze one's houvec1369 to cough (a person) a daw, fool, momea1529 to make a fool of1534 to give (any one) the bobc1540 to lead (a person) a dancea1545 to make (someone) an ass1548 to make (a person) an ox1566 to play bob-fool witha1592 to sell any one a bargain1598 to put the fool on1649 to make a monkey (out) of1767 to play (a person) for a sucker (also fool, etc.)1869 to string (someone) along1902 to swing it on or across1923 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 50 If any German will put the Asse vpon another cunningly, he will say, that the other was neuer in Silesia. 1649 T. B. Rebellion of Naples i. iv. 8 Though you have put the Asse upon the people, you shall not put the fool on me. 1654 T. Gataker Disc. Apol. 40 Who merrily in familiar discourse was pleased to put the fool upon me for it. a1684 R. Leighton Pract. Comm. 1st Epist. Peter (1693) I. 45 Worldly hopes..put the fool upon a Man. 1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. 229 The Public..have put the Fool on me from my Birth;..and so I am meditating in turn how to put the Fool upon the Public. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. at Fool n. To put the fool on, to impose on; to delude. [Also in later dictionaries.]] b. British and Australian colloquial. to put it on a person: to exert strong pressure on a person to obtain money, a favour, etc.; to ‘touch’ a person for something. ΚΠ 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 244/2 The young ladies, they ‘put it on them for dunnage’ (beg a stock of general clothing). 1895 People 6 Jan. 16/5 Arter all the brass..was nearly all gone, Selby says, ‘I'll go round to the Mug agin, and put it on him (make him pay) for another bit.’ 1937 X. Herbert Capricornia (1974) 303 Frank put it on him for the lend of a tenner. 1946 Bulletin (Sydney) 7 Aug. 28/4 The boss asks what I want, so I put it on him for a hand-out an' he tells the other bloke t' get it for me. 1993 S. McAughtry Touch & Go ix. 73 ‘I think she's going to put it on you for a load of quid.’ ‘Cor blimey,’ I said, ‘and stone the crows.’ c. U.S. colloquial. to put a hurt (also hurting) on and variants: to inflict pain, damage, or suffering upon; to subject to an ordeal. Also in extended use. ΚΠ 1961 L. Nelson She put Hurt on Me (sheet music) She took my heart and left poor me I swear she put the hurt on me. 1965 J. M. Brewer Worser Days 131 Boy, I sho hopes you gonna invite me to dinner at yo' house again, 'cause yo' mama kin sho put a hurtin' on dem beans. 1970 J. Bouton Ball Four iv. 132 The other guys can drink them [sc. mai tais] with no effect at all while I get drunk. They insist I come along so that they can, as they say, put the hurt on my body. 1991 Baseball Today 25/1 It could be said that Eric Davis put a hurtin' on the Oakland A's. 1992 Tucson (Arizona) Weekly 21 Dec. 3/1 Not only did he scarf all the cookies and milk left beside the Christmas tree, he put a serious hurt on the beer and red wine supply as well. 2006 ‘L. Burana’ Try xiii. 158 Let me in there, you bitch. I'll put a hurt on you. I mean it! P5. to put distance between and variants: to move, travel, or retreat so as to establish a (great) distance between. Also in extended use. ΚΠ 1700 P. Newcome Catechetical Course Serm. for Whole Year I. xxi. 445 God seeming hereby to put a Distance between himself and us. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxxvii. 238 George..drew a long sigh of relief, when the boat had put a returnless distance between them. 1861 Atlantic Monthly Oct. 495/2 Their cavalry running off in a panic, and their General never stopping until he had put twenty miles between himself and the nearest of the plaid-men. 1882 R. L. Stevenson New Arabian Nights I. 152 He desired, above all, to put as great a distance as possible between himself and General Vandeleur. 1919 Outing Mar. 306/2 I wanted to have the gobbler put a little more distance between himself and the poacher. 1959 B. Kops Hamlet of Stepney Green 161 Some people never leave home; even when they put a thousand miles between them and the street door. 1986 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 13 Feb. 2/3 The Administration sought publicly to put distance between itself and the Japanese decision. 2001 S. Brett Death on Downs (2002) xvi. 113 If I had topped someone, I'd want to put as much distance as I could between me and the body. P6. to put (oneself) in (another person's) place (or shoes): to imagine (oneself) in another person's situation or circumstances. ΚΠ 1745 tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Robert Chevalier II. iv. 67 We should never judge so rashly, if leaving off our Prejudices, we would put ourselves in the Place of those whose Judges we want to be. 1770 S. Foote Lame Lover iii. 67 What could I do? put yourself in my place. 1791 T. Paine Common Sense (new ed.) 85 Do they put themselves in the place of the sufferer. 1865 J. Ruskin Sesame & Lilies i. 53 Putting ourselves always in the author's place. 1871 M. F. Theed What She did with her Life ii. v. 150 I..say to myself, ‘Put yourself in her shoes, Marcelline!’ and I am not long then in coming round to be heartily ashamed of myself. 1913 A. A. Brill tr. S. Freud Interpretation of Dreams iv. 126 If she has put herself in the place of her friend, or, as we may say, has identified herself with her friend. 1954 A. Huxley Doors of Perception 8 We can condole with others in analogous circumstances, can put ourselves..in their places. 1992 N.Y. Times 21 July a15/6 If you put yourself in the shoes of someone who has a high school education, has lost his job that paid $10 an hour, and is now out pounding the pavement. P7. to put one's money on: to bet on; (figurative) to favour or depend on; to be confident of the success or reliability of. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > favour > win favour with [verb (transitive)] > favour to let well ofc1330 favour1340 to take, accept, receive in greec1374 likea1393 smilec1400 to take agreea1425 agreec1450 to fawn on, upon1477 to bear good mind toa1516 to look upon ——c1515 to look on ——1540 vouchsafe1582 conceit1589 relish1594 to look to ——1611 impatronize1629 aspect1663 sympathize1828 to put one's money on1847 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > bet on [verb (transitive)] back1697 to put one's money on1847 to put one's shirt on1856 play1858 lump1864 lay1877 stand1877 to get on ——1884 to bet (also stake) one's shirt (that)1892 to go a (or the) bundle on1938 1847 R. B. Peake Title Deeds i. i. 12 I have put my money on the curly headed one. 1885 Manch. Evening News 17 June 2/4 A Frenchman who had patriotically put his money on Reluisant. 1932 Punch 23 Nov. 582/3 I would put my money on him through the thickest traffic, provided only that he was allowed to rest his foot on a bus-roof when the lights were against him. 1963 Listener 21 Feb. 341/3 She does not put all her money on love. 1990 S. King Stand (new ed.) lvi. 831 ‘I'll put my money on Brad,’ Ralph said. ‘I trust him.’ P8. colloquial. to put (a person) through it: to impose a severe test on (a person); to subject to an ordeal or trying experience. Cf. to put through the mangle at mangle n.3 1c, to put through the wringer at wringer n. 6b.For the original of the passage purportedly cited in quot. 1855 (where however the reading is in fact put through), see quot. 1852 for to put through 1a at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > cause mental pain or suffering to [verb (transitive)] heavyc897 pineeOE aileOE sorryeOE traya1000 sorrowOE to work (also do) (a person) woeOE angerc1175 smarta1200 to work, bake, brew balec1200 derve?c1225 grieve?c1225 sitc1225 sweam?c1225 gnawc1230 sughc1230 troublec1230 aggrievea1325 to think sweama1325 unframea1325 anguish1340 teen1340 sowa1352 distrainc1374 to-troublea1382 strain1382 unglad1390 afflicta1393 paina1393 distressa1400 hita1400 sorea1400 assayc1400 remordc1400 temptc1400 to sit (or set) one sorec1420 overthrow?a1425 visit1424 labour1437 passionc1470 arraya1500 constraina1500 misgrievea1500 attempt1525 exagitate1532 to wring to the worse1542 toil1549 lament1580 adolorate1598 rankle1659 try1702 to pass over ——1790 upset1805 to touch (also get, catch, etc.) (a person) on the raw1823 to put (a person) through it1855 bludgeon1888 to get to ——1904 to put through the hoop(s)1919 the world > action or operation > adversity > suffer (adversity or affliction) [verb (transitive)] > afflict > affect or visit with adversity followOE waryc1200 hita1400 remord?c1400 visit1424 to lead (a person) the measures1594 conflict1609 to lead a person a life1715 overhit1816 put1841 to put (a person) through it1855 1855 Times 18 May 7/6 Like Legree, Liprandi ‘put them through it, sick or well’, all last winter. 1914 M. L. Macnaghten Days of my Years xxiii. 251 They..made active search for Nemo, with the intention of ‘putting him through it’. 1940 H. G. Wells Babes in Darkling Wood i. ii. 59 I am afraid we have put you through it, rather. 1959 P. McCutchan Storm South xii. 179 Evidently she'd been put through it in the interval, for she was crying bitterly. 2006 Halifax Courier (Nexis) 11 Sept. Well, another rollercoaster of a season. We've been put through it on and off the field. P9. colloquial (chiefly British). not to know where to put oneself: to be confused, flustered, or distressed; to be severely discomfited, esp. as a result of embarrassment or self-consciousness. ΚΠ 1861 All for Best I. xii. 194 I really should have come to pay my parting respects to dear Miss Mabel,..only you see, I've been so busy I didn't know where to put myself. 1890 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 457 I have worked for that amount of money..till I do not know where to put myself. 1943 Times 27 Mar. 2/7 (advt.) I was just about mad with pain... I did not know where to put myself. 1986 R. Sproat Stunning the Punters 68 He was begging and pleading with me in a little quiet voice and with tears rolling down his cheeks so I didn't know where to put myself. 2000 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 6 Aug. 15 He just didn't know where to put himself, he was suddenly so conscious of his every move, it destroyed his speech. P10. colloquial (originally U.S.). put it (also her) there: (as an invitation) ‘shake hands’. ΚΠ 1872 ‘M. Twain’ Roughing It xlvii. 333 ‘You see my blind and straddle it like a man. Put it there!’—extending a brawny paw. 1886 Semi-Weekly Age (Coshocton, Ohio) 30 Nov. 1/1 [He] grasps his hand and exclaimes [sic], ‘Put 'er there.’ ‘Its a girl.’ 1898 R. Hughes Lakerim Athletic Club i. 3 ‘Put her there, Punk; you're a white man!’ Tug had to exclaim; and the two captains shook hands. 1915 A. Conan Doyle Valley of Fear ii. i. 154 ‘Put it there,’ he said. A hand-grip passed between the two. 1947 P. G. Wodehouse Full Moon vii. 168 ‘I'm engaged!’.. ‘Well, I'm dashed,’ said Freddie. ‘Put it there, pardner.’ 1963 Lancaster (Ohio) Eagle-Gaz. 27 Sept. 6/1 ‘Attaboy, kid!’ Uncle Wilbert said. ‘Put 'er there.’ So Zach ran over to the coach's box to accept congratulations from his boss. 2001 J. Murphy Kings of Kilburn High Road ii, in Two Plays 42 Maurteen. Fair play to yeh, Joe. Put it there. (They shake hands. ) I love this fella, know that? P11. colloquial (originally U.S.). to put it all over: to defeat or beat (a person) easily, to trounce. Cf. to put over 7b(a) at Phrasal verbs 1. ΚΠ 1884 Daily Gaz. (Fort Wayne, Indiana) 28 June 3/2 Kilrain literally ‘put it all over’ his antagonist, hitting wherever he pleased. 1896 Middletown (N.Y.) Daily Argus 28 Nov. 2/2 What Bill oughter done, if he feels like this yere hawg's done put it all over him, is to go an' lay for Olson. 1905 J. London Let. 24 June (1966) 175 If Hillquit..didn't put it all over Bierce—I'll quit thinking at all. 1919 H. L. Wilson Ma Pettengill iv. 136 It occurred to him that he could put it all over Ben in another way that would cut him to the heart. 1944 Living off Land: Man. Bushcraft viii. 155 So far as bushcraft is concerned, he [sc. the Aboriginal] could put it all over you. 1985 Courier Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 21 Mar. Queensland's Ray Phillips put it all over Rixon with eight catches and valuable knocks of 53 and 47. P12. Association Football. to put through one's own goal (also net): to score an own goal. ΚΠ 1897 Liverpool Courier 15 Feb. 8/2 Shortly after one of the visitors had the misfortune to put through his own goal. 1920 Times 12 Apr. 6/3 J. Short, in endeavouring to clear, put through his own goal. 1999 Scan (Lancaster University Students' Union) 12 Feb. 27/2 The normally reliable Villa skipper put through his own net after half an hour. P13. colloquial. to put paid to: to deal finally or effectually with; to place out of contention or consideration; to terminate or thwart (an aspiration, plan, etc.) conclusively. Originally in the fuller form to put paid to the account of. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > bring to ruin or put an end to undoc950 shendOE forfarea1000 endc1000 to do awayOE aquenchc1175 slayc1175 slayc1175 stathea1200 tinea1300 to-spilla1300 batec1300 bleschea1325 honisha1325 leesea1325 wastec1325 stanch1338 corrumpa1340 destroy1340 to put awayc1350 dissolvec1374 supplanta1382 to-shend1382 aneantizec1384 avoidc1384 to put outa1398 beshenda1400 swelta1400 amortizec1405 distract1413 consumec1425 shelfc1425 abroge1427 downthringc1430 kill1435 poisonc1450 defeat1474 perish1509 to blow away1523 abrogatea1529 to prick (also turn, pitch) over the perka1529 dash?1529 to bring (also send) to (the) pot1531 put in the pot1531 wipea1538 extermine1539 fatec1540 peppera1550 disappoint1563 to put (also set) beside the saddle1563 to cut the throat of1565 to throw (also turn, etc.) over the perch1568 to make a hand of (also on, with)1569 demolish1570 to break the neck of1576 to make shipwreck of1577 spoil1578 to knock on (in) the head (also rarely at head)1579 cipher1589 ruinate1590 to cut off by the shins1592 shipwreck1599 exterminate1605 finish1611 damnify1612 ravel1614 braina1616 stagger1629 unrivet1630 consummate1634 pulverizea1640 baffle1649 devil1652 to blow up1660 feague1668 shatter1683 cook1708 to die away1748 to prove fatal (to)1759 to knock up1764 to knock (or kick) the hindsight out or off1834 to put the kibosh on1834 to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835 kibosh1841 to chaw up1843 cooper1851 to jack up1870 scuttle1888 to bugger up1891 jigger1895 torpedo1895 on the fritz1900 to put paid to1901 rot1908 down and out1916 scuppera1918 to put the skids under1918 stonker1919 liquidate1924 to screw up1933 cruel1934 to dig the grave of1934 pox1935 blow1936 to hit for six1937 to piss up1937 to dust off1938 zap1976 1901 A. F. Bettinson & W. O. Tristram National Sporting Club ii. 28 Put ‘paid’ to the account of Drayton and Daniel. 1919 Boy's Own Ann. 41 457/2 She [sc. a destroyer]..was about to proceed to sea on her mission of ‘putting paid’ to U-boats. 1930 Manitoba Free Press 20 Aug. 6/5 [He] put paid to the account of Al Anderson..after 2.56 in the second round of a bout billed to go eight rounds. 1951 J. B. Priestley Festival at Farbridge ii. iii. 344 I thought one time Tanhead might ha' swung 'em, but Commodore put paid to him all right. 1976 Economist 13 Mar. 13/2 [That choice] would also probably put paid to any hopes of fully reintegrating France into the Nato alliance. 2004 C. Connelly Attention All Shipping (2005) 248 My original plan had been to walk the length of the island and back, but the traumatic crossing had put paid to that. P14. colloquial (chiefly British). to put one's feet up: to take a rest; to relax, esp. by sitting with one's feet in a raised and supported position. ΚΠ 1903 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 103/1 ‘Put your feet up this moment,’ ordered Susan. ‘I am going to do your packing, and get you some tea.’ 1934 P. G. Wodehouse Right ho, Jeeves xi. 126 I..put my feet up, sipping the mixture with carefree enjoyment, rather like Cæsar having one in his tent the day he overcame the Nervii. 1985 Weekly World News 1 Nov. 9 Mother of sextuplets..put her feet up for the first time in five years after sending her six daughters off to school. 2004 Good Housek. (U.K. ed.) Oct. 26/3 At least 40% of women feel bad if they put their feet up when the place is a mess—and a quarter fret about the state of the loo as they're trying to unwind. P15. colloquial (originally and chiefly British). to put it across (a person). a. To punish or exact retribution on (a person); to get even with. Also (now chiefly) Sport: to get the better of, defeat (a person or team). ΚΠ 1910 J. C. Snaith Mrs. Fitz viii. 74 We may have to put it across that swine von Arlenberg, although of course he is merely obeying the orders of Ferdinand. 1929 P. G. Wodehouse Mr. Mulliner Speaking iv. 129 It was his intention to..confront his erring man-servant and put it across him in no uncertain manner. 1978 Rugby World Apr. 38/2 Meyer was a sports nut who enjoyed nothing more than seeing his pupils put it across the golden youth of Eton and Winchester. 2004 Sentinel (Stoke-on-Trent) (Nexis) 1 Jan. 8 Close told us we could put it across them if we could get them out for 250 and then bat well ourselves. b. To deceive (a person); to convince by deceit. ΚΠ 1919 E. P. Oppenheim Strange Case Mr. Jocelyn Thew ii. vi. 235 ‘Well,’ she exclaimed, ‘he does put it across you, doesn't he?’ 1927 Observer 27 Mar. 6/4 It would be difficult for a greedy, hysterical, shameless, half-insane revivalist..to ‘put it across’ ever-increasing audiences. 1959 D. Eden Sleeping Bride xiv. 117 Don't let Blandina put it across you. She isn't as ill as she pretends to be. 1994 Times (Nexis) 18 Apr. The French are much cleverer than the Germans and put it across them every time. P16. to put oneself out there: to actively expose oneself to public attention or scrutiny, even at the risk of being vulnerable or subject to danger, criticism, rejection, etc. ΚΠ 1971 Washington Post 29 Aug. g10/6 Would Tony have..attacked the two policemen after they started beating..the young black militant? ‘I would've walked away... I believe in money. Ain't no pimp gonna put himself out there for politics.’ 1998 Sunday Times 19 Apr. 54/3 [The] path..of the dashing leading man..I didn't want to take... It's..exposed. You're not hidden by a hump or a mad wig or something. You're really putting yourself out there. 2003 MBR Sept. 116/1 Being just a figurehead..well, you've got to do more than that. You've got to propagate it by racing, going to events, generally putting yourself out there, the whole nine yards. 2021 Daily Post (N. Wales) (Nexis) 14 Apr. 19 She had come across talented makers and artists around Wales and this inspired her to create a platform that showcased their talents... ‘Creative people don't always enjoy putting themselves out there and doing the social media side.’ P17. West African. to put to bed: to give birth. Also: to give birth to (a child).Cf. (in general sense) to put to bed at sense 13. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > be confined [verb (intransitive)] > give birth kenc1000 childc1175 beara1382 labour1454 to cry out1623 parturiate1649 pup1708 to fall in two1788 accouche1819 to have one's bed1848 pip1973 to put to bed1973 the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > confine or deliver [verb (transitive)] > give birth forthbring971 akenOE haveOE bearOE to bring into the worldOE teemOE i-bereOE to bring forthc1175 childc1175 reara1275 ofkenc1275 hatcha1350 makea1382 yielda1400 cleck1401 issue1447 engenderc1450 infant1483 deliver?a1518 whelp1581 world1596 yean1598 fall1600 to give (a person or thing) birth1615 to give birth to1633 drop1662 pup1699 born1703 to throw off1742 beteem1855 birth1855 parturiate1866 shell1890 to put to bed1973 bring- 1973 Law Rep. East-Central Nigeria 3 ii. 763 He was..having a party to celebrate the first outing of his wife who had just put to bed. 1974 Newbreed (Nigeria) June 32 Three days later she put to bed a baby girl. 2019 Weekly Trust (Nigeria) (Nexis) 9 Feb. I recently put to bed but when I was in labour I had to be rushed to Pindiga on a motorcycle which is several kilometres away from here. < 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。