| 单词 | upon rep |
| 释义 | > as lemmasupon rep A reputation, (now esp.) one for aggressive or immoral behaviour. In early use chiefly in †upon rep: by reputation.Apparently rare between the mid 18th and mid 19th centuries. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > [noun] nameeOE talec1175 fame?c1225 lose1297 creancec1330 stevenc1374 opinionc1384 credencec1390 recorda1393 renowna1400 reputationc1400 reportc1425 regardc1440 esteema1450 noisea1470 reapport1514 estimation1530 savour1535 existimationa1538 countenancea1568 credit1576 standing1579 stair1590 perfumec1595 estimate1597 pass1601 reportage1612 vibration1666 suffrage1667 rep1677 face1834 odour1835 rap1966 1677 T. Rawlins Tom Essence v. i. 58 Use my Shop, and pray do you too Sir; upon Rep, I'le sell cheaper to you two, than to any I know. 1709 Shippery in T. Hearne Diary 13 Dec. in Reliquiae Hearnianae (1857) I. 80 Six go-downs upon rep. to our true English King! 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 135. ¶10 This Humour..which has so miserably curtailed some of our Words,..as in Mob. rep. pos. incog. and the like. 1732 H. Fielding Covent-Garden Trag. ii. xiii. 31 Nor Modesty, nor Pride, nor Fear, nor Rep, Shall now forbid this tender chaste Embrace. 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 91 Do you say it upon Rep? 1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West xix. 367 Of the town proper, a majority of citizens were negroes, with them a few whites of doubtful ‘rep’, and perhaps a dozen Indians. 1910 E. A. Walcott Open Door xii. 155 An' me a white man, too, even if me rep. is off color. 1935 ‘E. Queen’ Spanish Cape Myst. iii. 68 Got a rep as a bad customer. 1978 M. Puzo Fools Die iv. 51 He was a legitimate bad guy with an obvious rep in Vegas. 1997 J-17 June 70/3 If you wanna avoid a rep for sleeping around, wait 'til you find a lad who values you for you, not your bedside manner. < as lemmas |
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