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单词 upthrow
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upthrown.

Brit. /ˈʌpθrəʊ/, U.S. /ˈəpˌθroʊ/
Forms: Also 1800s up-throe.
Etymology: up- prefix 1b. Compare upthrow v.
1.
a. Geology and Mining. An upward dislocation of a stratum or seam.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > discontinuity or unconformity > [noun] > fault > upthrust or downcast
upcast1793
throw1796
upthrow1807
downcast1810
upcast dyke1810
downthrow1820
upthrust1942
1807 J. Headrick View Mineral. Arran 66 A high rock, caused by what is called an up-throe of the metals.
1807 J. Headrick View Mineral. Arran 66 This up-throe running westward, forms a sort of ridge.
1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining 268 Up-leap, a fault which appears as an up-throw.
1888 J. Prestwich Geol. II. 95 An elevation of the strata on one side, and..depression on the other, which are called by the miners the upthrow and the downthrow.
attributive.1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 965 Dikes and faults are denominated upthrow or downthrow, according to the position they are met with in working the mine.1873 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1871–2 12 444 A fine upthrow fault..in East Tennessee.1882 A. Geikie Geol. Sketches 282 A true fault with an upthrow and downthrow side.
b. Amount of upward displacement.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > discontinuity or unconformity > [noun] > fault > upthrow amount
upthrow1889
1889 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 25 228/1 A small fault, with five feet upthrow.
2. Geology. An upheaval of part of the earth's crust or surface; an uplift.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > tectonization or diastrophism > [noun] > upheaval
ridging1499
upheaving1821
upthrow1833
upheaval1838
upheavement1841
uplifting1845
upthrust1846
uplift1853
upraisal1865
bradyseism1896
upwarping1954
updoming1964
1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 338 The sudden upthrow of another system of parallel chains of mountains.
1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. 727 By the upthrow, rocks of the Lower Silurian have been carried up to the level of those of the Subcarboniferous.
1884 Geikie in Nature 13 Nov. 31 In the great upthrow, it is this sandstone platform which has been pushed over the limestones.
3. An outburst or manifestation.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > [noun] > throwing up
upthrowing1825
upthrow1855
upcast1890
the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [noun] > bursting violently from rest or restraint > instance of
outbreakinga1387
breaking-out1552
outbreak1562
eruption1598
storm1602
out-breach1609
fulmination1623
outflying1641
outburst1657
float1763
overboiling1767
irruption1811
gush1821
outflash1831
outflush1834
shooting forth1837
outbursting1838
blow-off1842
outblaze1843
upburst1843
upthrow1855
upbreak1856
spurt1859
outlash1868
spitfire1886
Brock's benefit1948
1855 M. Pattison in Oxf. Ess. 274 The Wycliff movement,..that last upthrow of Latin philosophy.
4. The action of throwing up or casting upwards.
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1898 Daily News 23 Sept. 2/3 The up-throw with which a marksman jerks his rifle from his shoulder after a successful shot.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

upthrowv.

Brit. /ˌʌpˈθrəʊ/, U.S. /ˌəpˈθroʊ/, /ˈəpˌθroʊ/
Etymology: up- prefix 3a. Compare to throw up at throw v.1 Phrasal verbs.
1.
a. transitive. To throw or cast upwards; to toss or fling up.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > make to go up or cause to rise [verb (transitive)] > cast or throw up
upcastc1386
upbraida1525
toss1526
to cast up1557
plunge1567
uphurl1582
to toss up1588
upthrowc1614
sky1802
uptoss1828
c1614 W. Mure tr. Virgil Dido & Æneas ii. in Wks. (1898) I. 276 Both heards of Hart and Hinde..with feet the dust vpthroe.
1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence i. xxvii The fountain..That in the middle of the court up-threw A stream.
a1759 W. Collins in Trans. Royal Soc. Edinb. (1788) 1 ii. 72 A pigmy-folk..Whose bones the delver with his spade upthrows.
1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto II xxix. 133 Fifty tons of water were upthrown By them per hour.
1875 W. Morris tr. Virgil Æneids x. 844 [He] both his hands upthrew Toward heaven.
b. To cast up (the eyes). Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > look up > turn (eyes) upwards
abraidOE
to-heavec1200
reara1382
upcast1390
blenkc1400
raisea1425
shore1581
upthrow1600
1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xvii. lxxv. 310 Of Almerike the image..that vpthrew His eies, like one that vs'd to contemplate.
2. = uptear v. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > pull out or up > violently tear out or up
ruska1300
off-teara1393
ripa1400
whop14..
rivea1425
ravec1450
reavec1450
esrache1477
to plough out1591
uptear1593
outrive1598
ramp1607
upthrow1627
tear1667
to tear up1709
evulse1827
efforce1855
tear-out1976
1627 M. Drayton Moone-calfe in Battaile Agincourt 168 The Tempest so outragious grew, That it whole hedgerowes by the roots vp threw.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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