| 单词 | put |
| 释义 | put I. transitive verb 1. a. < put the roof on the house > < put the plant near the window > < two tumblers of brandy had been enough to put him under the table — Van Wyck Brooks > b. < put the hands of the clock back > < put the book down > < put his arm through the sleeve > < put the car into the garage > < put the cat out of the house > c. (1) < a sharpshooter put a ball through the old captain's head — Frank Yerby > < put a knife between his ribs > (2) < put a nail into the wall > (3) < put the shot 63 feet 6 inches — Newsweek > d. (1) < when his father had died he had put her into mourning — F.M.Ford > < put one in the proper mood to enjoy the local operettas — Horace Sutton > < put the motor into working order > < put her to shame > < put it to use > < put the matter right > (2) < put him on a salt-poor diet > < put them on bread and water > e. < you could ask anybody to put you across a river — Archibald Marshall > < the twenty-knot speed that would put a ship across the Atlantic in … seven days — Edward Ellsberg > f. < put its competitor out of business > < put the idea from his mind > g. < put his glasses on the group — F.W.Booth > 2. a. < put him to death > < put them to the sword > < put him to the expense of a new roof > < put him to the shame of revealing his poverty > b. < put a special tax on luxuries > < put a heavy strain on his resources > < if I put any tricks upon 'em — Shakespeare > < put numerous insults on him > 3. a. < put the question of a special dividend before the board of directors > < put the problem of downtown parking before the mayor > < it was a question that her life had never permitted her to put to herself — Laura Krey > b. < the chairman is not supposed to say anything except to put the motion — Dorothy C. Fisher > < the question of adjournment was then put, and carried by a large majority — T.L.Peacock > 4. a. (1) < found it difficult to put his feelings in words > < put the story of his life into a novel > (2) < put the poem into English > < put the play into modern idiom > (3) < witty lyrics put to tuneful music > b. < that's putting it mildly > < put his proposal awkwardly > 5. a. < put himself to the study of law > < put himself to winning back their confidence > b. < put his mind to the problem > < put all his strength into the fight > < put all his resources behind the candidate > c. < put him to mixing the salad > < put her to filing letters > < put them to work > d. < put him to school > < put the children to bed > < put the play on the stage > e. (1) < put the horse over the fence > < put the boy through his exercises > (2) < put the prowler to flight > < put them into a frenzy > (3) < you put me to forget a lady's manners — Shakespeare > — now used only in legal phrases < the husky handyman was not immediately put to plea and no date was set for the arraignment — Springfield (Massachusetts) Union > 6. a. < put him into the hands of his enemies > < put themselves in good hands > < put him under the care of a specialist > b. < puts his trust in God > < puts his faith in reason > c. < put all his money in the company > < put his savings into stocks > d. archaic 7. a. < the medical examiner put the time as about a quarter past eleven — Mary R. Rinehart > < put the number at 500,000 — Roy Lewis & Angus Maude > b. < puts a wrong construction on his actions > < puts a high value on his friendship > < puts a high premium on leisure — H.W.Glidden > c. < put the blame for the illegal actions on his partner > < put the responsibility for the accident on the other driver > d. < puts morality on the basis of self-interest > < puts his conclusion on the evidence of the fossil remains > e. < he puts “episcopal buildings along the crest” of Quebec before the first bishop set foot in the country — A.L.Burt > < the poet puts his enemies in hell > 8. < put an end to his suffering > < put a limit on the betting > < put a check on his enthusiasm > 9. < put the absurd impossible case, for once — Robert Browning > 10. a. < they did not dare to put their names to what they wrote — Virginia Woolf > < put a check next to the name of each course he had taken > b. < asked to have his name put on the list of candidates > < put the telephone call on my bill > < let's plan to put it on the menu for tomorrow > 11. < before you condemn him, put yourself in his place > 12. < consider seriously putting some of your ewes to longwool rams — E.F.Fricke > 13. < put two dollars on the favorite > intransitive verb 1. chiefly dialect 2. a. < caught his squaw by one arm and put for the timber with her — H.L.Davis > b. of a ship < put into the bay to avoid the storm > < put down the river > 3. chiefly dialect 4. < the river puts into a lake > Synonyms: see set • - put forth - put forward - put in an appearance - put in mind - put one on to - put one's finger on - put out of the way - put paid to - put the arm on - put the bee on - put the finger on - put to bed - put to it - put to rights - put two and two together - put up to - put up with II. 1. 2. dialect Britain 3. III. < stayed put under the stove — E.B.White > IV. V. also put the screws to • - put the make on - put the screws on |
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