| 单词 | double up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdouble up c. transitive and intransitive (colloquial). To couple or associate with (in the same quarters). Often double up. In Betting, to double the stakes. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > providing with dwelling > [verb (transitive)] > in same quarters or rooms double up1789 to chum one person on another1837 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > inhabit type of place [verb (intransitive)] > inhabit house > inhabit rooms > together chum1730 double up1789 room1809 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > play games of chance [verb (intransitive)] > stake > type of stake to play high1640 butter1671 set up one's rest1680 to play low1735 paroli1835 to go one's pile1836 to go nap1894 parlay1895 double up1940 1789 W. Dyott Diary July (1907) I. 63 I was very unpleasantly situated, being obliged to double up with a jolly ensign, or to take lodgings in town. 1837 J. Richardson Brit. Legion (ed. 2) i. 23 Another Captain of my regiment is doubled up with me. 1885 W. Westall Larry Lohengrin iii. (Farmer) He..promised the steward a handsome tip if nobody were doubled up with him, i.e. if no other person were put into the same cabin. 1886 J. Morley Stud. Lit. (1889) 108 The scientific lawyer is doubled with the Indian bureaucrat. 1940 P. G. Wodehouse Eggs, Beans & Crumpets 29 You doubled up when you won, thus increasing your profits by leaps and bounds. 1952 Times 21 Nov. 8/3 In favour of giving students a reasonable spell of living in college, without making them ‘double up’ on the staircases. 1958 J. K. Galbraith Affluent Society xiii. 148 People cannot afford to own or rent their own homes and must double up. 1970 R. Gadney Drawn Blanc vii. 82 ‘Doubling up again, Donnelly?’ someone said... The roulette wheel was spun once more. to double up b. to double up (a person): to make to bend or stoop, as by a blow; hence figurative to finish up, cause to ‘collapse’. (slang or colloquial) ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > strike with specific degree of force [verb (transitive)] > strike severely > so as to double a person up to double up1814 1814 Sporting Mag. 44 278 Planting a blow on the side of Perrot, which doubled him up. 1883 J. Parker Tyne Chylde 108 Never saw a man so doubled up [in argument]. 1891 E. Gosse Gossip in Library xxi. 275 This master of science [pugilism], who doubled up an opponent as if he were plucking a flower. < as lemmas |
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