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单词 put
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put

/pʊt /
verb (puts, putting; past and past participle put) [with object and adverbial]
1Move to or place in a particular position: Harry put down his cup I put my hand out towards her watch where you’re putting your feet!...
  • He moved closer, putting his one strong hand on her face.
  • He moved to put himself between her and the gunman.
  • Don't put your fingers too close to the screen.

Synonyms

place, set, put down, set down, lay, lay down, deposit, situate, position, settle;
leave, stow, prop, lean, plant, pose
informal stick, dump, bung, park, plonk, pop
North American informal plunk
rare posit
1.1Cause (someone or something) to go to a particular place and remain there for a time: India has put three experimental satellites into space...
  • She dreamed of the King catching her brother and putting him into the prison of the castle's terrible dungeon.
  • You must feel angry that those people were constructively seeking to put you behind bars.
  • Poor conditions are likely to make prisoners grow resentful towards the people who put him there.
1.2 [no object, with adverbial of direction] (Of a ship) proceed in a particular direction: she stepped into the boat and put out to sea they put in at Cuba to refit...
  • The Royal Navy's two new assault ships have put to sea side-by-side for the first time.
  • The jury later wrote to the coroner, deploring the fact that an unseaworthy ship could put to sea with a drunken captain.
  • Everyone was of the opinion that no boat could put to sea on a day like that.
1.3 [no object, with adverbial of direction] US archaic (Of a river) flow in a particular direction.A small river puts into Warner Lakes from the southwest....
  • We passed the grand falls of the Columbia just above which a small river puts into the Columbia.
2Bring into a particular state or condition: they tried to put me at ease a large aid programme was put into practice he is putting himself at risk...
  • He was putting himself and other road users in grave danger.
  • Anyone who goes into the test without having a solid understanding of ‘how it works’ is putting themselves at a disadvantage.
  • A job seeker that doesn't take advantage of this opportunity is putting themselves at a big disadvantage.
2.1 (put oneself in) Imagine oneself in (a particular situation): it was no use trying to put herself in his place...
  • The enjoyment comes from putting oneself in the situations he describes, it makes no difference if anyone actually experienced them all or not.
  • I enjoy thinking about scenarios, putting myself in those situations and allowing my mind to draw up conclusions.
  • You've got to put yourself in the pilot's situation.
2.2Write or print (something) in a particular place: they put my name on the cover page...
  • It may also be pointed out that it was quite possible to register employees who were not really employed, by putting all sorts of names on a staff list for the sake of meeting the requirement.
  • It does not matter which candidate's name you elect to put your cross against so long as you make your choice.
  • The organisers had named four for every position and then over to you to put X over the name of your choice.
2.3Express (a thought or comment) in a particular way: to put it bluntly, he was not really divorced...
  • As ever, the finely nuanced statement did not put matters quite so bluntly.
  • As some perceptive reviewer put it, Barry writes like an angel, but an angel on the side of the fallen.
  • Another distinguished citizen, who prefers not to be named, puts it another way.

Synonyms

express, word, phrase, frame, formulate, render, convey, couch;
state, say, utter, voice, speak, articulate, pronounce
3 (put something on/on to) Cause (someone or something) to be subject to something: commentators put some of the blame on Congress he defended his decision to put VAT on domestic fuel...
  • This way you're putting the load on to the contractor.
  • But, crucially, it follows a similar logic of putting the responsibility on to parents to break cycles of deprivation through the sheer force of their parenting skills.
  • This deal puts the focus back on to the team's future potential.

Synonyms

lay, pin, place, impose, fix;
attribute to, impute to, attach to, assign to, allocate to, ascribe to
3.1Assign a particular value, figure, or limit to: it is very difficult to put a figure on the size of the budget...
  • Surely no figure can be put on the value of the experience and commitment of the Peterhead officers.
  • I have no reference points to start figuring out how to put a dollar value on something like that.
  • While it is difficult to put an exact figure on the total of undocumented Irish in the United States it's been estimated that there are tens of thousands.
3.2 (put something at) Estimate something to be (a particular amount): estimates put the war’s cost at £1 million a day...
  • Some estimates put the turnout at up to 300,000.
  • Nightjars are now very rare with the latest estimates putting the population at around 3,500 across Britain.
  • Later the workforce was increased, some estimates putting the final figure at about 45,000.

Synonyms

estimate, calculate, reckon, gauge, assess, evaluate, value, judge, measure, compute, establish, fix, set, guess
informal guesstimate
4Throw (a shot or weight) as an athletic sport: she set a women’s record by putting the shot 56' 7"...
  • He successfully putted the shot 20.16m.
  • He went on to long jump 6.71m and put the shot a personal best of 12.68m.
  • There are three primary styles of putting the shot.
noun
1A throw of a shot or weight.Nichols recorded a put of 61.05 on his third attempt....
  • She produced a magnificent put to end the competition, the furthest throw in the world for at least two years.
  • In June 1984 she achieved a put of 21.00 metres, which would remain her personal best.
2 Stock Market short for put option.If you sell a put, you've agreed to buy stock at a certain price from the owner of the put....
  • A call option is the opposite to a put, and gives a right to buy at a preset price.

Phrases

not know where to put oneself

put something behind one

put the clocks back (or forward)

put someone's eyes out

put one's hands together

put one's hands up

put it (or oneself) about

put it there

put one over on

put up or shut up

Phrasal verbs

put about

put someone about

put something about

put something across

put something aside

put someone away

put something away

put something back

put something by

put someone down

put something down

put someone down as

put someone down for

put something down to

put someone forward

put something forward

put in

put something in/into

put someone off

put something off

put someone on

put something on

put someone on to

put out

put someone out

put something out

put something over

put someone through

put something through

put someone to

put something to

put something together

put someone under

put up

put someone up

put something up

be put upon

put someone up to

put up with

Origin

Old English (recorded only in the verbal noun putung), of unknown origin; compare with dialect pote 'to push, thrust' (an early sense of the verb put).

Rhymes

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