| 单词 | to talk up to |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto talk up to a. To exercise the faculty of speech; to speak, utter words, say things; often contemptuous: to speak trivially, utter empty words, prate. to talk to, to address words to; colloquial, to rebuke, scold, reprimand; (U.S.) dialect, to court or woo (a woman); also to talk up to. Of a woman: to accept a man's attentions. to talk at random n., adv., and adj., at rovers (rarely rover) at rover n.2 Phrases: see these words. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] matheleOE speakc888 spellc888 yedc888 i-quethec900 reirdOE meldOE meleOE quidOE i-meleOE wordOE to open one's mouth (also lips)OE mootOE spellc1175 carpa1240 spilec1275 bespeakc1314 adda1382 mella1400 moutha1400 utter?a1400 lalec1400 nurnc1400 parlec1400 talkc1400 to say forthc1405 rekea1450 to say on1487 nevena1500 quinch1511 quetch1530 queckc1540 walk1550 cant1567 twang1602 articulate1615 tella1616 betalk1622 sermocinate1623 to give tongue1737 jaw1748 to break stillness1768 outspeaka1788 to give mouth1854 larum1877 to make noises1909 verbal1974 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)] threac897 threapc897 begripea1000 threata1000 castea1200 chaste?c1225 takec1275 blame1297 chastya1300 sniba1300 withnima1315 undernima1325 rebukec1330 snuba1340 withtakea1340 reprovec1350 chastisea1375 arate1377 challenge1377 undertake1377 reprehenda1382 repreync1390 runta1398 snapea1400 underfoc1400 to call to account1434 to put downc1440 snebc1440 uptakec1440 correptc1449 reformc1450 reprise?c1450 to tell (a person) his (also her, etc.) own1450 control1451 redarguec1475 berisp1481 to hit (cross) one over (of, on) the thumbs1522 checkc1530 admonish1541 nip1548 twig?1550 impreve1552 lesson1555 to take down1562 to haul (a person) over the coals1565 increpate1570 touch1570 school1573 to gather up1577 task1580 redarguate?1590 expostulate1592 tutor1599 sauce1601 snip1601 sneap1611 to take in tax1635 to sharp up1647 round1653 threapen1671 reprimand1681 to take to task1682 document1690 chapter1693 repulse1746 twink1747 to speak to ——1753 haul1795 to pull up1799 carpet1840 rig1841 to talk to1860 to take (a person) to the woodshed1882 rawhide1895 to tell off1897 to tell (someone) where he or she gets off1900 to get on ——1904 to put (a person) in (also into) his, her place1908 strafe1915 tick1915 woodshed1935 to slap (a person) down1938 sort1941 bind1942 bottle1946 mat1948 ream1950 zap1961 elder1967 c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 154 Þen þe lorde..talkez to his tormenttoures. ?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 47 Now tydis me for to talk, my taill it is nixt. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 6136 Than Troilus tomly talket agayne. a1586 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David (1823) iv. iv Talk with yor heart and yet be still. 1594 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis (new ed.) sig. Dij What canst thou talke (quoth she) hast thou a tong? 1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon iii. ix. 427 How comes it to pass you are not gone out to meet the Duke of Espernon? he'l talk with you for this when he comes. 1721 A. Ramsay Keitha 22 Wha 've heard her sing or tauk. 1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. iv. 62 A Disposition to be talking for its own sake. 1860 E. Cowell Diary 17 Feb. in M. W. Disher Cowells in Amer. (1934) 18 Arrived there, we were set upon by sleigh conductors, one of whom Sam had also to ‘talk to’ for using bad language. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 36 Be assured that I shall be glad to hear you talk as much as you please. 1878 W. S. Gilbert H.M.S. Pinafore ii. (1881) 295 I'll talk to Master Rackstraw in the morning. 1895 Dial. Notes 1 374 Judge Jackson's has been talkin' to my daughter nigh on a year. 1905 in Eng. Dial. Dict. VI. 22/2 Pat is talking to Kate this six months, they'll soon be married. 1906 Dial. Notes 3 160 Talk up to, v. phr., to court, to woo. ‘Bud's talkin' up to her.’ 1951 L. Craig Singing Hills xii. 110 The old man and me are powerful glad Ikey's made up his mind to talk up to a woman. We've been scared he'd be an old bachelor-man. 1951 H. Giles Harbin's Ridge xviii. 157 She mentioned that Faleecy John was talking to Jenny Clark a right smart. 1951 H. Giles Harbin's Ridge xviii. 159 I'd not heard of her talking to anybody but Faleecy John. to talk (a person) up to a. With adv. or prep.: To influence, move, or affect by talking; as to talk down, (a) to put down by talking; to out-talk; (b) to reduce or diminish by talking; to denigrate or belittle; (c) Economics to depress the value of (a currency) or the price of (a commodity) by making tactical public statements; similarly, to talk lower; (d) see sense 9d. to talk (a person) into or out of, to persuade into, or dissuade from (something) by talking; to talk out, to talk to the end of; to carry on the discussion of (a bill in Parliament, etc.) till the time for adjournment is reached, and so frustrate its progress by preventing its being put to a vote; to talk (a person) over or round, to win over, or into compliance, by talking; to talk (a person) through (something), to provide with a commentary on (some event); to take through with helpful explanation; to talk (a thing) up, (a) to talk strenuously in support of, to ‘crack up’; (b) to discuss favourably; to stimulate interest in by talking, esp. exaggeratedly; to praise or advocate (chiefly U.S.); to extract from (a person) by persuasion. to talk (a person) up to, to bring (him) up to the point or level of (something) by talking. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > utter in a chattering manner [verb (transitive)] > talk for the duration of to talk outa1639 down-talk1901 the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > persuade (a person) [verb (transitive)] > persuade or prevail upon > persuade by talking talk1706 palaver1767 converse1824 statement1931 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > commend or praise [verb (transitive)] heryc735 mickleeOE loveOE praise?c1225 upraisea1300 alosec1300 commenda1340 allow1340 laud1377 lose1377 avauntc1380 magnifya1382 enhancea1400 roosea1400 recommendc1400 recommanda1413 to bear up?a1425 exalt1430 to say well (also evil, ill, etc.) of (also by)1445 laudifyc1470 gloryc1475 advance1483 to bear out1485 prizec1485 to be or to have in laudationa1500 joya1500 extol1509 collaud1512 concend?1521 solemnize?1521 celebrate1522 stellify1523 to set up1535 well-word1547 predicate1552 glorify1557 to set forth1565 admire1566 to be up with1592 voice1594 magnificate1598 plaud1598 concelebrate1599 encomionize1599 to con laud1602 applauda1616 panegyrize1617 acclamate1624 to set offa1625 acclaim1626 raise1645 complement1649 encomiate1651 voguec1661 phrase1675 to set out1688 Alexander1700 talk1723 panegyricize1777 bemouth1799 eulogizea1810 rhapsodize1819 crack up1829 rhapsody1847 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [verb (transitive)] > obstruct (business) to talk out1873 block1884 to speak out1893 a1639 T. Dekker et al. Witch of Edmonton (1658) i. ii. 12 Why Mr. Thorney, d'ye mean to talk out your dinner? 1695 J. Collier Misc. upon Moral Subj. 60 A Friend who relates his Success, talks himself into a new Pleasure. 1706 J. Vanbrugh Mistake iii. i, in Wks. (1840) 449/1 [I have] told him the secret, and then talked him into a liking on't. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 166 He talks himself into a..Convert. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 286 I would be talking my self up to vigorous Resolutions. 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 360 I fail'd not to talk up the Gallantry..of his..Majesty. 1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility II. xiii. 242 You shan't talk me out of my satisfaction. View more context for this quotation 1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park I. xiii. 269 She started no difficulties that were not talked down in five minutes. View more context for this quotation 1832 J. S. Mill Let. 25 Jan. in Wks. (1963) XII. 94 Most men in this country have a strong prejudice against any attempt to talk them over as the vulgar say. 1850 Ld. Tennyson Princess (ed. 3) v. 117 Her that talk'd down the fifty wisest men. 1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands iii. xvi. 377 He..was talked-over by Prince Maurice, whom, unless he meant to be talked-over, he had no occasion to meet. 1863 A. Trollope Rachel Ray I. viii. 151 Mrs. Butler Cornbury..talked her young friend up to the top of the tree. 1865 H. Kingsley Hillyars & Burtons lvi He talked over Trevittick, who sulkily acquiesced. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. vi. 165 You need not try to talk this out of my head. 1872 1st Rep. Vermont State Board Agric. 1871–2 679 This little conversation led me to talk the matter up with the marble dealers. 1873 Punch 19 July 22/2 Mr. Beresford Hope ‘talked out’ the Bill. a1882 A. Trollope Autobiogr. (1883) I. v. 108 I received £20... The money had been ‘talked out of’ the worthy publisher by..my brother, who made the bargain for me. 1883 Cent. Mag. 25 527/2 ‘Talk him into taking a little rest’, said Helen. 1885 C. C. Harrison in Harper's Mag. Mar. 546/1 He must be talked into it. 1894 F. P. Cobbe Life I. 341 I do believe I could walk down anybody and perhaps talk down anybody too. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 6 Mar. 9/3 Clever talkers are kept..to ‘talk up’ the patients to the highest possible fee. 1903 Speaker 21 Nov. (Suppl.) 3 Give Mr. Chamberlain time to talk himself out. 1931 Daily Express 5 Sept. 10/5 Amsterdam is taking a bearish view of Royal Dutch and is ‘talking’ the shares £2 lower. 1932 W. Faulkner Light in August iii. 56 The old men and the old women trying to talk down his gleeful excitement. 1933 Sun (Baltimore) 12 July 3/2 Thus far the dollar has been ‘talked down’. 1938 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 10 Nov. 1/7 (heading) Victorious Taft talks down 1940 chances. 1956 H. Gold Man who was not with It (1965) ii. 17 You talk it up like a longtime grifter. 1962 Spectator 28 Dec. 999/3 Most professionals [on the Paris Stock Exchange] are talking their market lower. 1967 Economist 4 Mar. 797/2 The non~mandatory system..will allow the Government, in American style, to ‘talk down’ a price. 1970 Bible (New Eng.) Prov. xix. 26 He who talks his father down vexes his mother. 1976 J. Snow Cricket Rebel 27 A year later when I made my Test debut against New Zealand at Lord's. Ted [Dexter] virtually talked me through the game. 1978 Daily Tel. 16 Mar. 11/1 I am fed up with people talking down the NHS, failing to put things into perspective by pointing to the successes as well as the difficulties. 1980 Times 28 Jan. 19/2 For years the Silver Users Association..has been successfully talking the price of silver down. 1982 Nature 13 May 91/1 True, the Western media are delighted to talk up ‘Star Wars’ fantasies, the US shuttle, Ariane or Soviet space weapons. 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