| 单词 | to tumble up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto tumble up b. to tumble up: to make haste, originally (Nautical) from below deck. slang. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > proceed rapidly [verb (intransitive)] > hasten or hurry hiec1250 skelta1400 hasty?a1425 hasten1534 festinate1652 to look sharp1680 to make play1799 hurry-scurry1809 to tumble up1826 crowd1838 rush1859 hurry1871 to get a move on1888 hurry and scurry1889 to buck up1890 to get a hump on1892 to get a wiggle on1896 to shake a leg1904 to smack it about1914 flurry1917 to step on it (her)1923 to make it snappy1926 jildi1930 to get an iggri on1946 ert- 1826 W. N. Glascock Naval Sketch-bk. I. 8 The command was repeated by the boatswain and his mates, who were piping and roaring down the hatchways—‘Tumble up, tumble up from below.’ 1832 F. Marryat Newton Forster II. iv. 48 Tumble up smartly, my lads. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby viii. 65 ‘Now, Nickleby, come; tumble up, will you?’ Nicholas..‘tumbled up’ at once, and proceeded to dress himself. 1842 J. F. Cooper Wing-and-Wing I. viii. 125 This sight produced a great commotion in the ship, even the watch below ‘tumbling up’, to get another sight of a craft so renowned. 1858 A. Trollope Three Clerks II. ii. 40 ‘Mr. Tudor to attend in the board-room, immediately,’ said a fat messenger... ‘All right,’ said Charley—‘I'll tumble up and be with them in ten seconds.’ < as lemmas |
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