uphilln.adj.

Forms: Also up-hill.

Etymology: up prep.² Compare uphill adv.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈuphill.

A. n.

1. An ascent; a high or steep rise.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > slope > [noun] > upward

ascendant1548

uphill1548

uprising1598

acclivity1614

upgrade1873

uprise1875

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke iii. f. 28^v That countrey is full of vphilles and downhilles, & almost no parte of it euen, or plain chaumpian ground.

1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. G4^v A man can haue no euen way, but continually high vp-hils and steepe down-hils til he commeth to Tarare.

1632 A. Townshend Albions Triumph 7 There is no vp-hill in the skyes; Clouds stay not feathered feete.

1671 tr. R. Fréjus Relation Voy. Mauritania 54 Built on very high ground, but..we come insensibly to the Town, without perceiving any up-hill.

1883 C. Howard Roads Eng. & Wales (ed. 3) 81 From here is a long stiff uphill along the coast.

†2. Gaming. (See quots.) Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > die or dice > false or loaded

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bar1545

flat1545

gourd1545

barred dicec1555

bristle-dicec1555

fulhamc1555

graviersc1555

high manc1555

langretc1555

low manc1555

cheat1567

dice of vantage?1577

demy1591

forger1591

squarier1592

tallmen?1592

stop cater trey1605

demi-bar1606

downhill1664

high runner1670

low runner1670

doctor1688

tat1688

uphill1699

cut1711

loaded dice1771

dispatcher1798

dispatch1819

miss-out1928

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Uphils, high Dice.

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Uphills, false dice that run high.

1824 Hist. Gaming Houses 41 To the landlord..he taught the art of..cutting the broads right, and throwing uphills.

B. adj.

a. Situated on high ground; elevated.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > [adjective]

overOE

upa1400

uppera1400

high?a1425

uplandsa1525

uplandish1551

highland1595

upland1610

high country1612

uphill1613

Highlandish1632

uplying1877

1613 S. Purchas Descr. India in Pilgrimage (1614) 481 Ouer Bala~guate, or the vp-hill Countrey (for Bala in the Persian Language signifieth the toppe, and Guate a Hill).

1701 O. Heywood Autobiogr., Diaries, Anecd. & Event Bks. (1885) IV. 176 My last and best journey will be to the up-hill city.

1814 Gonzanga iii. i, in J. Galt New Brit. Theatre III. 121 My passage to the up-hill seat of power.

1853 Public School Matches 12 Whatever you do, throw up full from the uphill side.

b. Grown on high ground.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > crop or crops > [adjective] > grown on high ground

uphill1892

1892 Daily News 7 Dec. 6/1 It was a well-known fact that up-hill hay was much the best.

a. Leading or directed towards higher ground; going upwards, esp. steeply.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > [adjective] > uphill or steep

steepc1175

acclive1616

uphill1622

upwith1864

uphillward1876

1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII Ep. Ded. sig. A4^v And it is with Times, as it is with Wayes. Some are more Up-hill and Down-hill, and some are more Flat and Plaine.

1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. ii. 65 They love not to take Pains, up-hill way is unpleasant to them.

1728 E. Young Love of Fame: Universal Passion (ed. 2) v. 99 Yet, as immortal, in our up-hill chace We press coy fortune with unslacken'd pace.

c1854 F. W. Faber Light must Win (hymn) vi The Church, the Sacraments, the Faith, Their uphill journey take.

1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 234 But before virtue the gods have set toil, and a tedious and uphill road.

1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles II. xxvii. 77 An up-hill and down-dale ride of twenty-odd miles.

b. Presenting difficulties; carried on against difficulties or opposition; arduous, hard.Used esp. with battle, fight, game, task, work.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > [adjective]

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uneathOE

arvethlichc1000

evilc1175

hardc1175

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derfa1225

illc1330

wickeda1375

uneasy1398

difficul?a1450

difficile?1473

difficulta1527

unready1535

craggy1582

spiny1604

tough1619

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shrewda1626

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scabrous1646

spinose1660

rugged1663

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pricklyc1862

bristling1871

sticky1871

rocky1873

dodgy1898

challengeful1927

solid1943

ball-busting1944

challenging1975

1622 [see sense B. 2a].

1659 Trevor in T. Burton Diary (1828) IV. 348 I move not to bring it into question whether it be up-hill or down-hill.

1741 Ld. Lyttelton in Athenæum 23 Feb. (1895) 251/3 It was an uphill piece of work considering the difficulties he lies under.

1751 S. Richardson Clarissa (ed. 3) IV. xxix. 149 What an up-hill labour!

1841 Punch 18 Dec. 265/2 The up-hill struggles..of his laborious future career.

1849 R. Cobden Speeches 8 We had an up-hill battle, but we succeeded.

1850 J. H. Newman Lect. Diffic. Anglicans v. 107 This misfortune is nothing new; we always reckoned on an uphill game.

1886 T. Frost Reminisc. Country Journalist xxi. 245 ‘It was up-hill work to establish it [sc. a newspaper],’ he told me.

c. Contending against difficulties. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > [adjective] > striving or struggling

labouringc1425

studient1565

struggling1577

striving1697

uphill1821

wrestling1854

the world > action or operation > difficulty > [adjective] > having difficulty > progressing with difficulty

heavya1400

uphill1821

struggling1839

1821 W. Hazlitt Table-talk 1st Ser. Indian Jugglers He was the best up-hill player in the world.

1885 Ld. Tennyson Anc. Sage 279 Lay thine uphill shoulder to the wheel, And climb the Mount of Blessing.

3. uphill and downhill, alternately cheerful and depressed.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [adjective] > alternately cheerful and depressed

uphill and downhill1681

up and down1960

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] > alternately cheerful and depressed

uphill and downhill1681

1681 R. Cromwell Let. in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1898) 13 96 I hope shee will find..a better account of the goodness of the Lord then what we meet with by your uphill and downhill letters.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

uphilladv.

Brit.

/ˌʌpˈhɪl/, U.S.

/ˌəpˈhɪl/

Forms: Also up-hill, up hill.

Etymology: < up prep.¹ Compare hill n. 1c. In early use unhyphened.

1. Towards the top of the hill or high ground; in an upward direction on a (steep) slope. Also in figurative contexts.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [adverb] > uphill

uphill1607

uphillwarda1674

α.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 311 The Persians..accustome their Horsses to run both down hil, and vp hil.

1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 10 The Streets..are incommodious, in that one is always going either up hill or down hill.

1737 S. Berington Mem. G. di Lucca 112 These Men..were approaching to the Line,..and supposing the Structure of the Earth to be Spheroidal, went up Hill all the way.

1746 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. i. 440 As we march'd, all the way up hill, and over very uneven Ground.

1779 G. Keate Sketches from Nature (ed. 2) I. 67 The successors of Saint Peter..trotted them up hill, and down hill,..just as they pleased to lead the way.

1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well I. iv. 91 Mr Winterblossom..would gladly have been the personal representative of the company..—but it [sc. the walk] was up hill.

β. 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 118 To be constantly going Up-hill, or Down-hill.1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. i. 122 The dogs..ran up-hill with great alacrity.1818 W. Hazlitt Lect. Eng. Poets v. 178 Thomson's blank verse..seems always labouring up-hill.1877 T. H. Huxley Physiography 17 To do that the water would have to run up-hill.1879 F. T. Pollok Sport Brit. Burmah I. 79 He could only go up-hill backwards.figurative.a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) iii. 109 To offer at iniquities, which have so little foundations in thee, were to be vitious up hill, and strain for thy condemnation.1780 G. Washington Let. in G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (1874) X. xix. 404 We are always working up hill.

2. To or on the upper side of.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > high position > high upon [preposition] > on the upper side of

uphill1922

1922 ‘Klaxon’ Heather Mixture xii. 246 The huntsman was riding..on Dicky's left, working to get uphill of the pack.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	uphill
释义	uphilln.adj. Forms: Also up-hill. Etymology: up prep.² Compare uphill adv.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈuphill. A. n. 1. An ascent; a high or steep rise. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > slope > [noun] > upward ascendant1548 uphill1548 uprising1598 acclivity1614 upgrade1873 uprise1875 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke iii. f. 28^v That countrey is full of vphilles and downhilles, & almost no parte of it euen, or plain chaumpian ground. 1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. G4^v A man can haue no euen way, but continually high vp-hils and steepe down-hils til he commeth to Tarare. 1632 A. Townshend Albions Triumph 7 There is no vp-hill in the skyes; Clouds stay not feathered feete. 1671 tr. R. Fréjus Relation Voy. Mauritania 54 Built on very high ground, but..we come insensibly to the Town, without perceiving any up-hill. 1883 C. Howard Roads Eng. & Wales (ed. 3) 81 From here is a long stiff uphill along the coast. †2. Gaming. (See quots.) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > die or dice > false or loaded stop-dice1540 bar1545 flat1545 gourd1545 barred dicec1555 bristle-dicec1555 fulhamc1555 graviersc1555 high manc1555 langretc1555 low manc1555 cheat1567 dice of vantage?1577 demy1591 forger1591 squarier1592 tallmen?1592 stop cater trey1605 demi-bar1606 downhill1664 high runner1670 low runner1670 doctor1688 tat1688 uphill1699 cut1711 loaded dice1771 dispatcher1798 dispatch1819 miss-out1928 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Uphils, high Dice. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Uphills, false dice that run high. 1824 Hist. Gaming Houses 41 To the landlord..he taught the art of..cutting the broads right, and throwing uphills. B. adj. 1. a. Situated on high ground; elevated. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > [adjective] overOE upa1400 uppera1400 high?a1425 uplandsa1525 uplandish1551 highland1595 upland1610 high country1612 uphill1613 Highlandish1632 uplying1877 1613 S. Purchas Descr. India in Pilgrimage (1614) 481 Ouer Bala~guate, or the vp-hill Countrey (for Bala in the Persian Language signifieth the toppe, and Guate a Hill). 1701 O. Heywood Autobiogr., Diaries, Anecd. & Event Bks. (1885) IV. 176 My last and best journey will be to the up-hill city. 1814 Gonzanga iii. i, in J. Galt New Brit. Theatre III. 121 My passage to the up-hill seat of power. 1853 Public School Matches 12 Whatever you do, throw up full from the uphill side. b. Grown on high ground. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > crop or crops > [adjective] > grown on high ground uphill1892 1892 Daily News 7 Dec. 6/1 It was a well-known fact that up-hill hay was much the best. 2. a. Leading or directed towards higher ground; going upwards, esp. steeply. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > [adjective] > uphill or steep steepc1175 acclive1616 uphill1622 upwith1864 uphillward1876 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII Ep. Ded. sig. A4^v And it is with Times, as it is with Wayes. Some are more Up-hill and Down-hill, and some are more Flat and Plaine. 1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. ii. 65 They love not to take Pains, up-hill way is unpleasant to them. 1728 E. Young Love of Fame: Universal Passion (ed. 2) v. 99 Yet, as immortal, in our up-hill chace We press coy fortune with unslacken'd pace. c1854 F. W. Faber Light must Win (hymn) vi The Church, the Sacraments, the Faith, Their uphill journey take. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 234 But before virtue the gods have set toil, and a tedious and uphill road. 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles II. xxvii. 77 An up-hill and down-dale ride of twenty-odd miles. b. Presenting difficulties; carried on against difficulties or opposition; arduous, hard.Used esp. with battle, fight, game, task, work. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > [adjective] arvethc885 uneathOE arvethlichc1000 evilc1175 hardc1175 deara1225 derfa1225 illc1330 wickeda1375 uneasy1398 difficul?a1450 difficile?1473 difficulta1527 unready1535 craggy1582 spiny1604 tough1619 uphill1622 shrewda1626 spinousa1638 scabrous1646 spinose1660 rugged1663 cranka1745 tight1764 thraward1818 nasty1828 upstream1847 awkward1860 pricklyc1862 bristling1871 sticky1871 rocky1873 dodgy1898 challengeful1927 solid1943 ball-busting1944 challenging1975 1622 [see sense B. 2a]. 1659 Trevor in T. Burton Diary (1828) IV. 348 I move not to bring it into question whether it be up-hill or down-hill. 1741 Ld. Lyttelton in Athenæum 23 Feb. (1895) 251/3 It was an uphill piece of work considering the difficulties he lies under. 1751 S. Richardson Clarissa (ed. 3) IV. xxix. 149 What an up-hill labour! 1841 Punch 18 Dec. 265/2 The up-hill struggles..of his laborious future career. 1849 R. Cobden Speeches 8 We had an up-hill battle, but we succeeded. 1850 J. H. Newman Lect. Diffic. Anglicans v. 107 This misfortune is nothing new; we always reckoned on an uphill game. 1886 T. Frost Reminisc. Country Journalist xxi. 245 ‘It was up-hill work to establish it [sc. a newspaper],’ he told me. c. Contending against difficulties. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > [adjective] > striving or struggling labouringc1425 studient1565 struggling1577 striving1697 uphill1821 wrestling1854 the world > action or operation > difficulty > [adjective] > having difficulty > progressing with difficulty heavya1400 uphill1821 struggling1839 1821 W. Hazlitt Table-talk 1st Ser. Indian Jugglers He was the best up-hill player in the world. 1885 Ld. Tennyson Anc. Sage 279 Lay thine uphill shoulder to the wheel, And climb the Mount of Blessing. 3. uphill and downhill, alternately cheerful and depressed. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [adjective] > alternately cheerful and depressed uphill and downhill1681 up and down1960 the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] > alternately cheerful and depressed uphill and downhill1681 1681 R. Cromwell Let. in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1898) 13 96 I hope shee will find..a better account of the goodness of the Lord then what we meet with by your uphill and downhill letters. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online September 2021). uphilladv. Brit. /ˌʌpˈhɪl/, U.S. /ˌəpˈhɪl/ Forms: Also up-hill, up hill. Etymology: < up prep.¹ Compare hill n. 1c. In early use unhyphened. 1. Towards the top of the hill or high ground; in an upward direction on a (steep) slope. Also in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [adverb] > uphill uphill1607 uphillwarda1674 α. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 311 The Persians..accustome their Horsses to run both down hil, and vp hil. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 10 The Streets..are incommodious, in that one is always going either up hill or down hill. 1737 S. Berington Mem. G. di Lucca 112 These Men..were approaching to the Line,..and supposing the Structure of the Earth to be Spheroidal, went up Hill all the way. 1746 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. i. 440 As we march'd, all the way up hill, and over very uneven Ground. 1779 G. Keate Sketches from Nature (ed. 2) I. 67 The successors of Saint Peter..trotted them up hill, and down hill,..just as they pleased to lead the way. 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well I. iv. 91 Mr Winterblossom..would gladly have been the personal representative of the company..—but it [sc. the walk] was up hill. β. 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 118 To be constantly going Up-hill, or Down-hill.1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. i. 122 The dogs..ran up-hill with great alacrity.1818 W. Hazlitt Lect. Eng. Poets v. 178 Thomson's blank verse..seems always labouring up-hill.1877 T. H. Huxley Physiography 17 To do that the water would have to run up-hill.1879 F. T. Pollok Sport Brit. Burmah I. 79 He could only go up-hill backwards.figurative.a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) iii. 109 To offer at iniquities, which have so little foundations in thee, were to be vitious up hill, and strain for thy condemnation.1780 G. Washington Let. in G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (1874) X. xix. 404 We are always working up hill. 2. To or on the upper side of. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > high position > high upon [preposition] > on the upper side of uphill1922 1922 ‘Klaxon’ Heather Mixture xii. 246 The huntsman was riding..on Dicky's left, working to get uphill of the pack. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1548adv.1607
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