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

(a) to put (also set) to work.

(i) To set (a person, an animal, etc.) to a task, or to do something; to put (a thing) to use, or (less commonly) in action or operation. Also (reflexive): to apply oneself to labour or an occupation or undertaking; to set about doing something. [Compare Middle French, French mettre en besogne (early 15th cent.; mid 15th cent. in reflexive use).]

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > cause to begin to act or operate

to put (also set) to worka1398

to put on work?1440

streek?a1500

setc1500

to put (also set) in (also into) motion1598

spring1598

to set offa1625

to put (also set) in work1626

to set (a-)going1705

start1822

to start up1865

to set in motion1890

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. xli. 1190 Atte laste he [sc. a colt] is ysette to worke [L. labori exponitur]..and may nouȝt souke his dame tetes.

1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes iii. viii. sig. Miij Euery lorde,..that taken folke in to wages, is holden to paye them for al the tyme that they be so taken be they putte to werke or not.

a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Dii^v A nysot..That wyll syt ydyll..And can not set herselfe to warke.

1574 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Job (new ed.) xxxix. 200/2 They [sc. our nails] serue to arme the fingers, that they may be put to worke.

1641 W. Gouge Sabbaths Sanctification 34 That time wherein they are not put to work they spend in sleeping, grazing, or otherwise feeding.

1662 S. Pepys Diary 19 Dec. (1970) III. 286 With the Lieutenant's leave, set them to work in the garden in the corner against the Mayne-guard.

1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 286 I set Friday to Work to boiling and stewing.

1749 T. Smollett tr. A. R. Le Sage Gil Blas IV. xii. i. 176 The time draws near when I shall set thy address to work.

1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. iv. 104 Such a lamp..is..soon set to work, and as soon extinguished.

1838 H. C. Carey Princ. Polit. Econ. II. v. 209 They were put to work that bore no relation to their age, their strength, or their habits.

1867 ‘Ouida’ Cecil Castlemaine's Gage 235 Somebody else daring him to go in for honours,..he set himself to work to show them all what he could do.

1909 Bull. Internat. Bureau Amer. Republics May 844 I saw a statement..that there were hundreds of thousands of idle workingmen in this country. Let us lay plans now to put them to work.

1961 New Statesman 26 May 830/3 Nancy..set her persuasive charms to work to get Billy, Bob and Nick a free sky-sheltered bench to kip on.

2011 S. Pinkerton Fall of House of Forbes xviii. 101 Heimann put him to work in a room with a stack of annual reports and an adding machine.

(ii) In passive. Of a mine: to be put in operation. Cf. Phrases 1a(c).

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > working > [verb (intransitive)] > begin working

to fall to work1523

fall1589

to go out1660

to put (also set) to work1694

to turn to1799

1694 T. Houghton Royal Inst. Ep. Ded. sig. A3 Which Veyns and Mines, if they was..Set to Work, by any that understands them, would..prove as Rich.

1792 T. Wilson Compar. Statement of Effects of Steam Engines 4 In the latter end of 1779 these Mines ceased working, and in September 1782 were again set to work by five of Boulton and Watts Engines.

1864 Mining & Smelting Mag. May 271 A large number of new mines were put to work.

1909 Proc. 20th Ann. Convent. United Mine Workers Amer. 583 A communication from the Operators' Association,..cutting off negotiations unless the Hudson mine was put to work.

2001 Monumenta Nipponica Spring 78 In 1946 fourteen coal mines were set to work again.

(b) to get (also get down, go, go adown, set, set down) to work: to proceed to some action (expressed or implied); to begin doing something, esp. in a purposeful or energetic manner; to commence operations. See also to fall to work at fall v. Phrases 1c(a). Cf. to get down to business at business n. Phrases 13.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin action or activity [verb (intransitive)]

beginc1000

onginOE

aginOE

ginc1175

to go tillc1175

to take onc1175

comsea1225

fanga1225

to go toc1275

i-ginc1275

commencec1320

to get (also get down, go, go adown, set, set down) to workc1400

to lay to one's hand(sc1405

to put to one's hand (also hands)c1410

to set toc1425

standa1450

to make to1563

to fall to it1570

to start out1574

to fall to1577

to run upon ——1581

to break off1591

start1607

to set in1608

to set to one's hands1611

to put toa1616

to fall ona1625

in1633

to fall aboard1642

auspicatea1670

to set out1693

to enter (into) the fray1698

open1708

to start in1737

inchoate1767

to set off1774

go1780

start1785

to on with1843

to kick off1857

to start in on1859

to steam up1860

to push off1909

to cut loose1923

to get (also put) the show on the road1941

to get one's arse in gear1948

c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. vii. l. 181 To werke we ȝeden.

1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1594/2 Say your mind, and goe briefly to worke. For I thinke it almost diner.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. ii. sig. O7 Swearing he neuer knew man go more aukewardly to worke.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iv. i. 33 Ile go another way to worke with him: Ile haue an action of Battery against him.

1634 J. Bate Myst. Nature & Art iii. 120 Having provided these, you shall set to worke, observing the subsequent directions.

1672 T. Shadwell Miser ii. 17 How did you go to work to Suiter my Mother?

1681 R. Griffith A-la-mode Phlebotomy No Good Fashion 11 Then he goes a down right way to work, and finds fault with every kind of thing..that has been made use of, before his coming.

1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 158 I set to Work a Taylering, or rather indeed a Botching.

1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. I. 363 This parliament..went expeditiously to work upon the business of reformation.

1826 New Monthly Mag. 16 353 I..set to work at another two-act piece.

1888 House Painting & Decorating Dec. 79/2 When he finally got down to work, the manner in which he could handle the bunch of bristles rather astonished the boys.

1890 Temple Bar July 329 His wits went instantly to work.

1906 Watson's Mag. Nov. 70/1 I set down to work that afternoon to study my ‘Brain Surgery’.

1940 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. 13 May 5/2 The authorities went to work yesterday to clean up Amsterdam with a vengeance.

1956 Life 2 Apr. 99/1 (advt.) Golden Vigoro..goes to work immediately. Clean and odorless!

2010 ‘M. Caine’ Elephant to Hollywood v. 67 ‘OK,’ he said, ‘let's get to work.’

单词	to set to work
释义	> as lemmas to put (also set) to work (a) to put (also set) to work. (i) To set (a person, an animal, etc.) to a task, or to do something; to put (a thing) to use, or (less commonly) in action or operation. Also (reflexive): to apply oneself to labour or an occupation or undertaking; to set about doing something. [Compare Middle French, French mettre en besogne (early 15th cent.; mid 15th cent. in reflexive use).] ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > cause to begin to act or operate to put (also set) to worka1398 to put on work?1440 streek?a1500 setc1500 to put (also set) in (also into) motion1598 spring1598 to set offa1625 to put (also set) in work1626 to set (a-)going1705 start1822 to start up1865 to set in motion1890 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. xli. 1190 Atte laste he [sc. a colt] is ysette to worke [L. labori exponitur]..and may nouȝt souke his dame tetes. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes iii. viii. sig. Miij Euery lorde,..that taken folke in to wages, is holden to paye them for al the tyme that they be so taken be they putte to werke or not. a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Dii^v A nysot..That wyll syt ydyll..And can not set herselfe to warke. 1574 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Job (new ed.) xxxix. 200/2 They [sc. our nails] serue to arme the fingers, that they may be put to worke. 1641 W. Gouge Sabbaths Sanctification 34 That time wherein they are not put to work they spend in sleeping, grazing, or otherwise feeding. 1662 S. Pepys Diary 19 Dec. (1970) III. 286 With the Lieutenant's leave, set them to work in the garden in the corner against the Mayne-guard. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 286 I set Friday to Work to boiling and stewing. 1749 T. Smollett tr. A. R. Le Sage Gil Blas IV. xii. i. 176 The time draws near when I shall set thy address to work. 1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. iv. 104 Such a lamp..is..soon set to work, and as soon extinguished. 1838 H. C. Carey Princ. Polit. Econ. II. v. 209 They were put to work that bore no relation to their age, their strength, or their habits. 1867 ‘Ouida’ Cecil Castlemaine's Gage 235 Somebody else daring him to go in for honours,..he set himself to work to show them all what he could do. 1909 Bull. Internat. Bureau Amer. Republics May 844 I saw a statement..that there were hundreds of thousands of idle workingmen in this country. Let us lay plans now to put them to work. 1961 New Statesman 26 May 830/3 Nancy..set her persuasive charms to work to get Billy, Bob and Nick a free sky-sheltered bench to kip on. 2011 S. Pinkerton Fall of House of Forbes xviii. 101 Heimann put him to work in a room with a stack of annual reports and an adding machine. (ii) In passive. Of a mine: to be put in operation. Cf. Phrases 1a(c). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > [verb (intransitive)] > begin working to fall to work1523 fall1589 to go out1660 to put (also set) to work1694 to turn to1799 1694 T. Houghton Royal Inst. Ep. Ded. sig. A3 Which Veyns and Mines, if they was..Set to Work, by any that understands them, would..prove as Rich. 1792 T. Wilson Compar. Statement of Effects of Steam Engines 4 In the latter end of 1779 these Mines ceased working, and in September 1782 were again set to work by five of Boulton and Watts Engines. 1864 Mining & Smelting Mag. May 271 A large number of new mines were put to work. 1909 Proc. 20th Ann. Convent. United Mine Workers Amer. 583 A communication from the Operators' Association,..cutting off negotiations unless the Hudson mine was put to work. 2001 Monumenta Nipponica Spring 78 In 1946 fourteen coal mines were set to work again. extracted from workn. to get (also get down, go, go adown, set, set down) to work (b) to get (also get down, go, go adown, set, set down) to work: to proceed to some action (expressed or implied); to begin doing something, esp. in a purposeful or energetic manner; to commence operations. See also to fall to work at fall v. Phrases 1c(a). Cf. to get down to business at business n. Phrases 13. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin action or activity [verb (intransitive)] beginc1000 onginOE aginOE ginc1175 to go tillc1175 to take onc1175 comsea1225 fanga1225 to go toc1275 i-ginc1275 commencec1320 to get (also get down, go, go adown, set, set down) to workc1400 to lay to one's hand(sc1405 to put to one's hand (also hands)c1410 to set toc1425 standa1450 to make to1563 to fall to it1570 to start out1574 to fall to1577 to run upon ——1581 to break off1591 start1607 to set in1608 to set to one's hands1611 to put toa1616 to fall ona1625 in1633 to fall aboard1642 auspicatea1670 to set out1693 to enter (into) the fray1698 open1708 to start in1737 inchoate1767 to set off1774 go1780 start1785 to on with1843 to kick off1857 to start in on1859 to steam up1860 to push off1909 to cut loose1923 to get (also put) the show on the road1941 to get one's arse in gear1948 c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. vii. l. 181 To werke we ȝeden. 1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1594/2 Say your mind, and goe briefly to worke. For I thinke it almost diner. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. ii. sig. O7 Swearing he neuer knew man go more aukewardly to worke. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iv. i. 33 Ile go another way to worke with him: Ile haue an action of Battery against him. View more context for this quotation 1634 J. Bate Myst. Nature & Art iii. 120 Having provided these, you shall set to worke, observing the subsequent directions. 1672 T. Shadwell Miser ii. 17 How did you go to work to Suiter my Mother? 1681 R. Griffith A-la-mode Phlebotomy No Good Fashion 11 Then he goes a down right way to work, and finds fault with every kind of thing..that has been made use of, before his coming. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 158 I set to Work a Taylering, or rather indeed a Botching. 1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. I. 363 This parliament..went expeditiously to work upon the business of reformation. 1826 New Monthly Mag. 16 353 I..set to work at another two-act piece. 1888 House Painting & Decorating Dec. 79/2 When he finally got down to work, the manner in which he could handle the bunch of bristles rather astonished the boys. 1890 Temple Bar July 329 His wits went instantly to work. 1906 Watson's Mag. Nov. 70/1 I set down to work that afternoon to study my ‘Brain Surgery’. 1940 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. 13 May 5/2 The authorities went to work yesterday to clean up Amsterdam with a vengeance. 1956 Life 2 Apr. 99/1 (advt.) Golden Vigoro..goes to work immediately. Clean and odorless! 2010 ‘M. Caine’ Elephant to Hollywood v. 67 ‘OK,’ he said, ‘let's get to work.’ extracted from workn. < as lemmas
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