单词 | uproll |
释义 | uprolln. rare. A rolling movement upwards. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [noun] > other types of upward movement upspringingc1400 insurgea1575 upsend1842 upwelling1868 uprush1871 uprising1874 upwhirling1877 uprolla1885 upshoot1898 upsweep1898 kick-up1907 upsurge1969 a1885 G. M. Hopkins Poems (1967) 192 Moist..With the uproll and the downcarol of day and night delivering Water. 1984 A. Price Sion Crossing v. 83 David must have been..not quite senior enough to have sighted the gun and pulled the lanyard on the uproll—? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019). uprollv. 1. transitive. To impel upwards by rolling. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > make to go up or cause to rise [verb (transitive)] > roll up uproll1513 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. ix. 4 Hir rosy chariot the fresche Aurora..Begouth for till wproll and rais on hie. 1743 P. Francis tr. Horace Epodes xvii. 24 Sisiphus, with many a Groan, Uprolls, with ceaseless Toil, his Stone. 1855 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. I. 88 Thrice they essayed..on Ossa to uproll Leaf-fraught Olympus. 2. a. To roll or wind up. Also const. in. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > reduce in size or extent [verb (transitive)] > fold up or roll up wrapa1375 roll?a1425 wind?1523 to roll together1525 to roll up1530 fold1561 to wind up1590 furdel1594 to fold up1621 uproll1623 furla1657 telescope1844 concertina1891 accordion1897 1623 W. Drummond Cypresse Groue in Flowres of Sion 48 A swift..Wheele, which twineth forth, and againe vprolleth [1630 vpwindeth] our life. 1630 W. Drummond Flowres of Sion (rev. ed.) 27 I am that Monarch whom all Monarches feare, Who hath in Dust their farre-stretch'd Pride vproll'd. b. intransitive. To concentrate by rolling; to form a roll. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > become reduced in size or extent [verb (intransitive)] > fold or roll up furl1676 uproll1805 telescope1866 roll1901 fold1914 concertina1918 accordion1943 1805–6 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Inferno xxiv. 102 The dust again Uproll'd spontaneous, and the self-same form Instant resumed. 1818 H. H. Milman Samor vi. 17 But far and wide,..Venomous and vast the clouds uproll. 1887 R. L. Stevenson Memories & Portraits xiii. 224 How the congregated clouds themselves uproll, as stiff as bolsters! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1885v.1513 |
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