英语词汇“to play up”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

†1. transitive. See sense 22b. Obsolete.

2. transitive. To perform (a tune) on a musical instrument. Also figurative. Now rare.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > play instrument [verb (transitive)] > play (music) on instrument

playc1330

touchc1425

strike1597

to play up1750

instrumentalize1853

1750 Wonders Nature & Art I. 260 The Musician plays up the same Tune.

1776 Parl. Reg. 1775–80 IV. 110 He may soon, like another Orpheus, play up a second dance.

1789 Aberdeen Mag. 29/2 Play up the reel o'bogie.

1797 A. Radcliffe Italian ii. vi. 177 I will play up such a tune in the Inquisition as is not heard there every day. I will jingle all the bells on their fool's caps, and tell them a little honest truth.

1829 Times 3 Dec. 3/5 Copey began to play up a tune upon his saw.

a1839 W. M. Praed Polit. & Occas. Poems (1888) 118 We give a shrug when pipe and drum Play up a favourite air.

1855 A. Trollope Warden xvii. 280 He played up such a tune as never before had graced the chambers of any attorney-general.

1911 K. Tynan New Poems 35 Now, pipers, play up smartly the tune of tunes the best.

a. transitive. Chiefly British. To tease, annoy, or irritate; to give trouble to.

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the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > be annoyed or vexed by [verb (transitive)] > annoy or vex

gremec893

dretchc900

awhenec1000

teenOE

fretc1290

annoyc1300

atrayc1320

encumberc1330

diseasec1340

grindc1350

distemperc1386

offenda1387

arra1400

avexa1400

derea1400

miscomforta1400

angerc1400

engrievec1400

vex1418

molesta1425

entrouble?1435

destroublea1450

poina1450

rubc1450

to wring (a person) on the mailsc1450

disprofit1483

agrea1492

trouble1515

grig1553

mis-set?1553

nip?1553

grate1555

gripe1559

spitec1563

fike?1572

gall1573

corsie1574

corrosive1581

touch1581

disaccommodate1586

macerate1588

perplex1590

thorn1592

exulcerate1593

plague1595

incommode1598

affret1600

brier1601

to gall or tread on (one's) kibes1603

discommodate1606

incommodate1611

to grate on or upon1631

disincommodate1635

shog1636

ulcerate1647

incommodiate1650

to put (a person) out of his (her, etc.) way1653

discommodiate1654

discommode1657

ruffle1659

regrate1661

disoblige1668

torment1718

pesta1729

chagrin1734

pingle1740

bothera1745

potter1747

wherrit1762

to tweak the nose of1784

to play up1803

tout1808

rasp1810

outrage1818

worrit1818

werrit1825

buggerlug1850

taigle1865

get1867

to give a person the pip1881

to get across ——1888

nark1888

eat1893

to twist the tail1895

dudgeon1906

to tweak the tail of1909

sore1929

to put up1930

wouldn't it rip you!1941

sheg1943

to dick around1944

cheese1946

to pee off1946

to honk off1970

to fuck off1973

to tweak (a person's or thing's) tail1977

to tweak (a person's or thing's) nose1983

to wind up1984

to dick about1996

to-teen-

1803 G. Colman John Bull ii. iii. 30 (Voices behind.) Bur. They are playing up old Harry below; I'll run and see what's the matter.

1924 J. Galsworthy White Monkey ii. iv. 151 Did she choose that he should go away, thinking that she had ‘played him up’ just out of vanity?

1931 Daily Express 16 Oct. 9/1 (advt.) My Nerves used to play me up terribly.

1964 A. Christie Caribbean Myst. xxii. 223 That's the sort of thing you feel like when your husband's playing you up and you're terribly fond of him.

1995 E. Toman Dancing in Limbo i. 43 The lumbago had been playing him up all day and the bottle was as good as empty.

b. intransitive. Originally English regional. To behave in a boisterous, unruly, or troublesome manner; to misbehave; spec. (of a horse) to jump or frisk about (now rare). Also: to fail to function properly.

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the mind > emotion > excitement > riotous excitement > behave with riotous excitement [verb (intransitive)]

rehayte1526

tear1602

to play up1849

to whoop things up1873

to raise sand1892

to raise (also kick up, play, etc.) merry hell1931

to go ape1955

to go (also drive) bananas1957

1849 C. Brontë Shirley II. xii. 301 They war playing up queerly, but I think I've quietened 'em.

1866 J. E. Brogden Provinc. Words Lincs. 151 He came home beery, and playing-up, broke the dolly.

1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. 112 This pony does not play up at the trams as the other did.

1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms II. iii. 42 He could do more with a horse than any man I ever saw. They never seemed to play up with him.

1931 L. A. G. Strong Garden 41 Paddy was always resentful of strangers, and played up with a redoubled vigour if he saw that they were afraid of him.

1976 J. Snow Cricket Rebel 66 Back in England, before he had time to bid for a place against Australia, his left elbow started playing up and he was ordered to rest.

1995 Countryman Spring 27 The dishwasher's playing up.., but it should be all right by the time we open.

4. transitive. To make the most of; to emphasize; (originally U.S.) spec. to exploit or trade upon, esp. in journalism and advertising.

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society > communication > journalism > [verb (transitive)] > exploit in journalism

to play up1814

1814 Times 14 Sept. 3/1 He labours to play up the minor scenes.

1899 Marion (Ohio) Daily Star 4 May 6/4 We had that story a week ago, and now you are playing it up for an exclusive.

1926 Publishers' Weekly 22 May 1687/1 Let us play up the habits, the appearance, the likes and dislikes, let us sell authors to our public.

1961 Los Angeles Times 4 Aug. iii. 4 The West Berlin crisis is being played up artificially because it is needed by the United States to justify its arms drive.

1992 Independent 24 Feb. 16/5 National differences between Scots, Irish, northern and southern English are also played up.

5. intransitive. To behave heroically; to act in a helpful or cooperative manner. Cf. to play up to —— at Phrasal verbs 2.

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the mind > emotion > courage > manliness > behave manfully [verb (intransitive)]

to be man enough1799

to play up?1888

to cowboy up1973

to grow a pair1987

to man up1996

?1888 Collectors' Card issued by John Baines of Bradford (National Football Mus., Preston) (caption) Play up [Sunderland] Albion.

1897 H. Newbolt Vitaï Lampada in Admirals All 21 Play up! play up! and play the game!

1899 E. Wharton Greater Inclination viii. 249 I was in fact the only one of the three who did n't instantly ‘play up’; but such virtuosity was inspiring, and by the time Vard had thrown off his coat and dropped into a senatorial pose, I was ready to pitch into my work.

1924 G. H. L. Mallory Let. 27 May in E. F. Norton et al. Fight for Everest: 1924 (1925) ii. 236 I look back on tremendous effort and exhaustion... And yet there have been a good many things to set on the other side. The party has played up wonderfully.

1966 B. Kimenye Kalasanda Revisited 42 The other members played up nicely by expressing themselves as completely horrified.

1979 D. Gurr Troika vii. 42 I had to sound sensible. Adult... To hide the secret voice of the schoolboy yelling from the side lines to play up, play up.

6. transitive. To bring (a musical instrument) into suitable condition by playing. rare.

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1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 Feb. 68/3 Messrs. Hill make a computation of the years it takes to ‘play up’ an instrument.

单词	to play up
释义	> as lemmas to play up to play up †1. transitive. See sense 22b. Obsolete. 2. transitive. To perform (a tune) on a musical instrument. Also figurative. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > play instrument [verb (transitive)] > play (music) on instrument playc1330 touchc1425 strike1597 to play up1750 instrumentalize1853 1750 Wonders Nature & Art I. 260 The Musician plays up the same Tune. 1776 Parl. Reg. 1775–80 IV. 110 He may soon, like another Orpheus, play up a second dance. 1789 Aberdeen Mag. 29/2 Play up the reel o'bogie. 1797 A. Radcliffe Italian ii. vi. 177 I will play up such a tune in the Inquisition as is not heard there every day. I will jingle all the bells on their fool's caps, and tell them a little honest truth. 1829 Times 3 Dec. 3/5 Copey began to play up a tune upon his saw. a1839 W. M. Praed Polit. & Occas. Poems (1888) 118 We give a shrug when pipe and drum Play up a favourite air. 1855 A. Trollope Warden xvii. 280 He played up such a tune as never before had graced the chambers of any attorney-general. 1911 K. Tynan New Poems 35 Now, pipers, play up smartly the tune of tunes the best. 3. a. transitive. Chiefly British. To tease, annoy, or irritate; to give trouble to. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > be annoyed or vexed by [verb (transitive)] > annoy or vex gremec893 dretchc900 awhenec1000 teenOE fretc1290 annoyc1300 atrayc1320 encumberc1330 diseasec1340 grindc1350 distemperc1386 offenda1387 arra1400 avexa1400 derea1400 miscomforta1400 angerc1400 engrievec1400 vex1418 molesta1425 entrouble?1435 destroublea1450 poina1450 rubc1450 to wring (a person) on the mailsc1450 disprofit1483 agrea1492 trouble1515 grig1553 mis-set?1553 nip?1553 grate1555 gripe1559 spitec1563 fike?1572 gall1573 corsie1574 corrosive1581 touch1581 disaccommodate1586 macerate1588 perplex1590 thorn1592 exulcerate1593 plague1595 incommode1598 affret1600 brier1601 to gall or tread on (one's) kibes1603 discommodate1606 incommodate1611 to grate on or upon1631 disincommodate1635 shog1636 ulcerate1647 incommodiate1650 to put (a person) out of his (her, etc.) way1653 discommodiate1654 discommode1657 ruffle1659 regrate1661 disoblige1668 torment1718 pesta1729 chagrin1734 pingle1740 bothera1745 potter1747 wherrit1762 to tweak the nose of1784 to play up1803 tout1808 rasp1810 outrage1818 worrit1818 werrit1825 buggerlug1850 taigle1865 get1867 to give a person the pip1881 to get across ——1888 nark1888 eat1893 to twist the tail1895 dudgeon1906 to tweak the tail of1909 sore1929 to put up1930 wouldn't it rip you!1941 sheg1943 to dick around1944 cheese1946 to pee off1946 to honk off1970 to fuck off1973 to tweak (a person's or thing's) tail1977 to tweak (a person's or thing's) nose1983 to wind up1984 to dick about1996 to-teen- 1803 G. Colman John Bull ii. iii. 30 (Voices behind.) Bur. They are playing up old Harry below; I'll run and see what's the matter. 1924 J. Galsworthy White Monkey ii. iv. 151 Did she choose that he should go away, thinking that she had ‘played him up’ just out of vanity? 1931 Daily Express 16 Oct. 9/1 (advt.) My Nerves used to play me up terribly. 1964 A. Christie Caribbean Myst. xxii. 223 That's the sort of thing you feel like when your husband's playing you up and you're terribly fond of him. 1995 E. Toman Dancing in Limbo i. 43 The lumbago had been playing him up all day and the bottle was as good as empty. b. intransitive. Originally English regional. To behave in a boisterous, unruly, or troublesome manner; to misbehave; spec. (of a horse) to jump or frisk about (now rare). Also: to fail to function properly. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > riotous excitement > behave with riotous excitement [verb (intransitive)] rehayte1526 tear1602 to play up1849 to whoop things up1873 to raise sand1892 to raise (also kick up, play, etc.) merry hell1931 to go ape1955 to go (also drive) bananas1957 1849 C. Brontë Shirley II. xii. 301 They war playing up queerly, but I think I've quietened 'em. 1866 J. E. Brogden Provinc. Words Lincs. 151 He came home beery, and playing-up, broke the dolly. 1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. 112 This pony does not play up at the trams as the other did. 1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms II. iii. 42 He could do more with a horse than any man I ever saw. They never seemed to play up with him. 1931 L. A. G. Strong Garden 41 Paddy was always resentful of strangers, and played up with a redoubled vigour if he saw that they were afraid of him. 1976 J. Snow Cricket Rebel 66 Back in England, before he had time to bid for a place against Australia, his left elbow started playing up and he was ordered to rest. 1995 Countryman Spring 27 The dishwasher's playing up.., but it should be all right by the time we open. 4. transitive. To make the most of; to emphasize; (originally U.S.) spec. to exploit or trade upon, esp. in journalism and advertising. ΘΚΠ society > communication > journalism > [verb (transitive)] > exploit in journalism to play up1814 1814 Times 14 Sept. 3/1 He labours to play up the minor scenes. 1899 Marion (Ohio) Daily Star 4 May 6/4 We had that story a week ago, and now you are playing it up for an exclusive. 1926 Publishers' Weekly 22 May 1687/1 Let us play up the habits, the appearance, the likes and dislikes, let us sell authors to our public. 1961 Los Angeles Times 4 Aug. iii. 4 The West Berlin crisis is being played up artificially because it is needed by the United States to justify its arms drive. 1992 Independent 24 Feb. 16/5 National differences between Scots, Irish, northern and southern English are also played up. 5. intransitive. To behave heroically; to act in a helpful or cooperative manner. Cf. to play up to —— at Phrasal verbs 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > manliness > behave manfully [verb (intransitive)] to be man enough1799 to play up?1888 to cowboy up1973 to grow a pair1987 to man up1996 ?1888 Collectors' Card issued by John Baines of Bradford (National Football Mus., Preston) (caption) Play up [Sunderland] Albion. 1897 H. Newbolt Vitaï Lampada in Admirals All 21 Play up! play up! and play the game! 1899 E. Wharton Greater Inclination viii. 249 I was in fact the only one of the three who did n't instantly ‘play up’; but such virtuosity was inspiring, and by the time Vard had thrown off his coat and dropped into a senatorial pose, I was ready to pitch into my work. 1924 G. H. L. Mallory Let. 27 May in E. F. Norton et al. Fight for Everest: 1924 (1925) ii. 236 I look back on tremendous effort and exhaustion... And yet there have been a good many things to set on the other side. The party has played up wonderfully. 1966 B. Kimenye Kalasanda Revisited 42 The other members played up nicely by expressing themselves as completely horrified. 1979 D. Gurr Troika vii. 42 I had to sound sensible. Adult... To hide the secret voice of the schoolboy yelling from the side lines to play up, play up. 6. transitive. To bring (a musical instrument) into suitable condition by playing. rare. ΚΠ 1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 Feb. 68/3 Messrs. Hill make a computation of the years it takes to ‘play up’ an instrument. extracted from playv. < as lemmas
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