单词 | put |
释义 | 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!...
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...
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...
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....
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...
2.1 (put oneself in) Imagine oneself in (a particular situation): it was no use trying to put herself in his place...
2.2Write or print (something) in a particular place: they put my name on the cover page...
2.3Express (a thought or comment) in a particular way: to put it bluntly, he was not really divorced...
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...
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...
3.2 (put something at) Estimate something to be (a particular amount): estimates put the war’s cost at £1 million a day...
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"...
noun 1A throw of a shot or weight.Nichols recorded a put of 61.05 on his third attempt....
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....
Phrasesnot 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 verbsput 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 OriginOld 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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