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单词 to stick in
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to stick in
to stick in
1. transitive. To plant (a tree). Now rare.In later use only with reference to quot. 1818.
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the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [verb (transitive)] > plant tree
to stick in1818
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian vii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 194 Jock, when ye hae naething else to do, ye may be aye sticking in a tree.
1946 Chambers's Jrnl. Aug. 428/2 The forestry of the future must not be merely a case of sticking in trees and believing that they 'll be growing while you are sleeping.
2. intransitive. To remain obstinately in a position, role or office; to refuse to leave or resign. Obsolete.
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1824 W. Cobbett Hist. Protestant Reformation x. §299 He was under Pitt the first time; Pitt went out, but he stuck in with Addington; Addington went out, but he stuck in again with Pitt second time.
1848 J. H. Newman Loss & Gain iii. iv. 321 If they were [honest], then, as the Puseyites are becoming Catholics, so we should see old Brownside and his clique becoming Unitarians. But they mean to stick in.
1894 H. Labouchere in Daily News 21 Apr. 5/6 I have had..a sufficient experience of governments to know how they stick in.
3. intransitive. Scottish. To do something with persistence or determination; to persevere, persist.
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the mind > will > decision > perseverance or persistence > persevere or persist [verb (intransitive)]
continuec1340
perseverec1380
stick1447
to rub on1469
to stick unto ——1529
persist1531
to make it tougha1549
whilea1617
subsist1632
to rub along1668
let the world rub1677
dog1692
wade1714
to stem one's course1826
to stick in1853
to hang on1860
to worry along1871
to stay the course1885
slug1943
to slug it out1943
to bash on1950
to soldier on1954
to keep on trucking1972
1853 J. Shaw Rep. Cases High & Circuit Courts Scotl., 1848–52 212 He said when he went forward, ‘stick in Vance’.
1887 A. S. Swan Gates of Eden iv. 48 Yer wark's honest..an' if ye stick in, ye're bound to dae weel.
1895 W. C. Fraser Whaups of Durley vi. 73 Stick in wi' your lessons.
1928 W. C. Fraser Yelpin' Stane 141 Look nebby. If ye dinny stick in, I'll no let ye come back.
c1950 R. McMillan All in Good Faith ii. ii, in Sc. People's Theatre (Assoc. Sc. Lit. Stud.) (2008) 322 Well Ah better move, Ah told this wife tae expect me the night. Stick in, Allan boy.
2002 Guardian 18 Jan. 19/3 My dad encourages diners with the words, ‘Stick in till ye stick oot!’
2015 Press & Jrnl. (Aberdeen) (Nexis) 24 Aug. 8 We were missing a few players and others were playing out of position, but we stuck in and beat another good team.
4. transitive (in passive). colloquial (originally New Zealand). to get stuck in: to begin something with enthusiasm or determination; to set to work vigorously or determinedly; to get down to it. Often in imperative, esp. as an invitation to begin eating.rare in North American use.
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin action or activity [verb (intransitive)] > resolutely or energetically
to go to it1490
busklea1535
settle1576
to lay on1587
to put in (also get into) one's gearsa1658
to put (occasionally lay, set) one's shoulder to the wheel1678
yark1721
to get going1822
to pitch in1835
to roll up one's sleeves1838
square1849
to clap on1850
to wire in (also away)1864
to dig in1884
hunker1903
tie into1904
to get cracking1937
to get stuck in1938
to get weaving1942
to get it on1954
the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > begin an action or fall to doing something > resolutely or vigorously
to sit in1736
strap1823
to get down1826
tackle1841
to buckle down (to)1865
to bite on1904
to wade into1904
to get stuck into1910
to get one's teeth into1935
to sink one's teeth into1935
to get stuck in1938
to get to grips with1947
1938 Dunstan (N.Z.) Times 1 Aug. ‘Come on,’ he shouted, ‘let's get stuck in.’ So Johnny Lotz, the captain [of the rugby team], turned to him and said quietly: ‘If you feel like getting stuck in, you'd better start on me first.’
1947 D. M. Davin For Rest of Lives 253 And for Christ's sake, remember, till the time we get to the wadi and get stuck in, absolute silence.
1961 B. Crump Hang on a Minute Mate 158 Mrs Wagner brought in two plates of food..and told them to get stuck in.
1971 Where Sept. 260/2 He flung out his arms like a Petticoat Lane trader, and got stuck in. In five minutes he had an audience.
1992 S. Berkoff Coriolanus in Deutschland 93 The woman on my right has ordered several strips of oily, gravied steak and gets stuck in.
2010 P. O'Grady Devil rides Out vi. 110 I've..watched her roll her sleeves and get stuck in when we were short-staffed.
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