| 单词 | to take up short |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take up short a. transitive. To check (a person) in speaking; to interrupt sharply, esp. with an expression of dissent or disapproval; to rebuke, reprove, or reprimand. Also: to check (a person) in any course of action. Frequently in to take up short (see short adv. 5b(b)). Cf. Phrases 1j(a). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] > cause to cease or put a stop to > suddenly or abruptly (an action or person) break1330 to break offc1340 to take up1530 to cut off1576 stunt1603 to cut up short1607 to cut short1611 pawl1797 to sew up1837 to stop short1837 burst1842 to pull up1861 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > check (in) a course of action stanchc1315 arrestc1374 checka1400 stem?c1450 stay1525 to take up1530 rebate1532 suspend1565 nip1575 countercheck1590 to nip in the bud1590 to clip the wings ofa1593 to nip in (also by, on) the head (also neck, pate)1594 trasha1616 to scotch the wheels of1648 spike1687 spoke1854 to pull up1861 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)] > severely dressc1405 wipe1523 to take up1530 whip1530 to shake upa1556 trounce1607 castigatea1616 lasha1616 objurgate1616 thunderstrike1638 snub1672 drape1683 cut1737 rowa1798 score1812 to dress down1823 to pitch into ——1823 wig1829 to row (a person) up1838 to catch or get Jesse1839 slate1840 drop1853 to drop (down) to or on (to)1859 to give (a person) rats1862 to jump upon1868 to give (a person) fits1871 to give it to someone (pretty) stiff1880 lambaste1886 ruck1899 bollock1901 bawl1903 scrub1911 burn1914 to hang, draw, and quarter1930 to tear a strip off1940 to tear (someone) off a strip1940 brass1943 rocket1948 bitch1952 tee1955 fan- the mind > language > speech > interruption > interrupt (speech) [verb (transitive)] > interrupt (a person) to fang upa1400 interrupt1413 interpel1541 catch1670 to take up1885 to draw up1905 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 750/1 It pityed my herte to here howe he toke hym up. ?1573 L. Lloyd Pilgrimage of Princes f. 158 His wife Xantippe beganne to take her housbande vp, with tauntyng and opprobrious wordes. a1625 J. Fletcher Chances iii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Bbbv/2 Thou tookst me up at every word I spoke, As I had been a Mawkin, a flurt Gillian. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments To Rdr. 7 I haue beene taken vp in diuers Churches by the Churchwardens..and not suffered to write the Epitaphs. 1645 T. Coleman Hopes Deferred 2 [He] rebukes him sharply, takes him up roundly. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 34. ¶3 Sir Andrew Freeport took him up short. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. i. 199 Those who would find fault with us for attributing colour heat and cold to inanimate bodies take us up before we were down. a1885 ‘H. Conway’ Living or Dead (1886) III. iii. 68 She wondered why the master took her up so short when she had mentioned his name. 1885 ‘F. Anstey’ Tinted Venus i. 14 ‘You do take one up so,’ he complained! ‘I never intended nothing of the sort.’ 1915 F. Harris Contemp. Portr. i. 12 ‘Perhaps you didn't know Darwin?’ ‘Indeed, and I knew him well,’ he replied, taking me up shortly. 1963 J. B. Hilton Mr. Fred iii. 23 I remember Lilian taking her to task for that apostrophe. My mother rounded on her. It was not for a child to take up an elder. 1993 F. Collymore There's always Angels 69 He took me up rather sharply. ‘That depends, my dear fellow, that depends.’ 2007 J. Rose Blackest Bird (2008) 323 The scene he encountered in the sitting room took Old Hays up short. < as lemmas |
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