| 单词 | to rack up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto rack up to rack up 1. a. transitive. To provide (a horse) with hay in a rack for the night. Also figurative. Now English regional (chiefly southern). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [verb (transitive)] > feed horses oat1732 to rack up1743 hay1858 1743 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Dec. iv. 29 When the Landlord came to rack up the Horse for all Night, he brought a Parcel of Hay. 1799 J. Banister Synopsis Husb. iv. vi. 299 By nine in the evening the horses are racked up and left to their repose. 1834 Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) I. 232 Pea-haulm is..employed in cart-stables for racking up the horses. 1844 J. T. J. Hewlett Parsons & Widows II. xix. 39 You might have racked yourself up more comfortably. 1893 Times 20 May 11/5 The younger generation find it intolerably irksome to return after supper to the stables to ‘rack up’ the horses. a1912 H. Mundy in L. Hughes Young Austral. Pioneer: Henry Mundy (2003) 57 About two hours after dark the horses had to be racked up. 1960 G. E. Evans Horse in Furrow ii. 43 The baiters' mates..were expected..to rack the horses up for the night—that is, to fill their racks with fodder. b. intransitive. To fill a horse's rack with hay for the night. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [verb (intransitive)] > fill rack to rack up1778 1778 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. 22 Nov. 1775 The hay is meant merely to rack-up with. 1904 in Eng. Dial. Dict. V. 5/1 We shoots off at three o'clock, but I 'as to go and rack up at seven every evening. 1987 S. Stewart Lifting Latch vii. 68 After I'd racked up, I'd walk home for my tea. c. transitive. To fasten (a horse) to a hay rack or (in extended use) to some other fixture. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [verb (transitive)] > tether renewc1450 tether1483 stake1544 picket1729 headline1800 flit1816 hang1835 to rack up1843 bail1846 to hang up1858 bush1871 manger1905 1843 W. Youatt Horse (new ed.) xx. 414 The horse should be racked up during a fortnight, after which, if the case is going on well, the animal may often be turned out. 1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports 330/2 The lad first racks up his horse, so that he cannot lie down, but can reach his manger. 1886 Sat. Rev. 6 Mar. 327/2 It is stupid of a groom to rack a horse short up while he is feeding. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Rack up, to fasten up a horse with a short chain so that he cannot lie down. 1913 W. S. Dixon Compl. Horseman 124 When a man went to rack her up, it was impossible to dress her unless she was racked up closely. 1997 M. A. Belknap Equine Dict. 342/2 Rack up,..to tie a horse, as to a ring attached to the wall. 2. transitive = sense 3b. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > drilling for oil or gas > drill for oil or gas [verb (transitive)] > other procedures to fang a pump, (loosely) a well1819 to rack up1839 shootc1870 torpedo1873 pull1895 sidetrack1906 swab1916 stab1922 re-enter1937 rack1949 1839 W. Sewall Diary 8 Sept. (1930) 208/1 Harris and myself racked up about 1500 brick. 1950 Jrnl. Farm Econ. 32 926 The tobacco having been racked up on the tier poles of the curing barn. 1995 D. McLean Bunker Man 172 Now Karen had cleared away the dirty dishes and was racking them up in the washer. 3. transitive = sense 4b. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > other parts > operate other parts [verb (transitive)] > move by converter rack1867 to rack up1867 1867To rack up [see sense 4b]. 1911 E. R. Trotman & E. L. Thorp Princ. Bleaching & Finishing Cotton xxviii. 304 When wound up, the bearings of the batching roller are racked up and the roll unwound or removed. 1946 V. N. Wood Metall. Materials iii. 85 By racking up the stage the image of the structure of the metal is brought into rough focus at a set distance from the objective. 1958 G. H. Needham Pract. Use Microscope xv. 234/2 Three or four objectives are parfocalized..so that after focusing with the low dry, the high dry may be swung into position without racking the body tube up. 4. transitive. Originally North American. To accumulate; to ‘chalk up’; to achieve, score. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > winning, losing, or scoring > win, lose, or score [verb (transitive)] > score get1634 make1680 score1742 notch1836 steal1836 to put up1860 rattle1860 to put on1865 tally1875 net1907 to rack up1921 slam1959 1921 Atlanta Constit. 23 Jan. All told, the Tech floor leader racked up 8 field goals. 1956 Life 2 Apr. 103/1 In one recent week the girls racked up no fewer than 182 calls, incoming and outgoing. 1970 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 28 Sept. 18/3 The winners won the statistical battle by a wide margin, racking up 22 first downs to 16 for the losers. 1992 Wall St. Jrnl. 25 Nov. b 2/4 The movie racked up box-office revenue of $23.8 million in its first 45 days. 2006 Reader's Digest (U.K. ed.) Apr. 64/1 Hilary..was also a gifted student... She racked up firsts in academics, music and sports. 5. transitive. = sense 6. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [verb (transitive)] rack1917 to rack up1966 1966 J. J. Phillips Mojo Hand vi. 54 One of the men..racked up the balls. 1989 Sunday Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) (Nexis) 16 Apr. c2 Occasionally he will rack up some balls on the pool table in the lobby of the Retirement Inn. < as lemmas |
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