| 释义 |
hup, hupp, int.|hʌp|
A call to a horse: a. to quicken his pace; b. (Sc. and north.) to turn to the right or away from the driver: the opposite of hie.
1733Fielding Don Quix. Eng. ii. xii, Gee, gee, boys, hup! 1825–80Jamieson, Hup, used to a horse in order to make him quicken his pace. 1851H. Stephens Bk. Farm (ed. 2) I. 160/1 To go from you. Hup is the counterpart to hie in the southern counties..in towns Haap is used where wynd is heard, and Hip bears a similar relation to vane. 1859J. Brown Rab & F. (ed. Alden) 4 ‘Hupp!’ and a stroke of the whip were given to Jess.
Hence hup v., (a) intr., to shout hup!, to urge on a horse; (b) trans., to direct or turn (a horse) to the right; = hap v.4
1824Scott St. Ronan's xvii, Touchwood was soon heard ‘hupping’ and ‘geeing’ to the cart. 1851H. Stephens Bk. Farm (ed. 2) I. 180/1 The horses are then hupped sharp round from you. Ibid. 181/2 [see hie v.2]. 1851Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. XII. i. 125 To lay two 12-yard ridges together, by hupping, or turning to the right hand at the ends. |