high-upadv.adj.n.

Brit.

/ˈhʌɪʌp/, U.S.

/ˈhaɪˌəp/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: high adj., up adv.²

Etymology: < high adj. + up adv.²

A. adv.

Usually in form high up. Up to or in a high place or position; (more generally) relatively high (in various senses of high adv.).

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a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) ii. l. 4204 (MED) He was rapt in a cloude, Hih up in heuene to be stellefied, With othre goddis estatli deified.

c1450 (?c1408) J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte (1901) l. 6533 (MED) The foule most Royal..perceth..the shene sonne..Soring high vp in the ayre.

1534 N. Udall Floures for Latine Spekynge gathered oute of Terence f. 68^v Taking her flyght high vp in to the ayer.

1576 G. Baker tr. C. Gesner Newe Jewell of Health iv. f. 232^v By the beake or nose of the Lymbecke, with a thread draw the Fyltre of a finger breadth cut, so highe vp, that for the strayghtnes of the Nose, the Fyltre wyll no further followe.

1610 G. Markham Maister-peece i. xci. 176 Thrust it into the horses fundament, and draw out all the dung, fleame, and filthy matter that you can feele, euen as high vp as the great bagge.

1637 R. Monro Exped. Scots Regim. ii. 190 To hold the mouth or Cannon of his Musket ever high up.

1640 H. Burton Replie to Relation of Conf. between Laude & Fisher 53 It is able to vie and plead Antiquity even as high up, as the Apostles owne times, and so along downe to ours.

1792 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina (new ed.) iii. viii. 457 The wood-cock..chirruping high up in the air.

1855 C. Darwin Let. 21 May in Corr. (1989) V. 334 When landed high up by the tides and waves..the pods, &c will dry.

1872 C. D. Warner Saunterings 70 Winding along on the slope, sometimes high up, and again descending to cross the stream.

1901 M. Foster Lect. Hist. Physiol. 182 He produced ascites by ligaturing the vena cava high up.

1937 Life 12 Apr. 22/1 His ape-like skull is long and low, his neck pushes high up into his skull, his forehead slopes back rapidly.

2008 Atlantic Monthly Dec. 70/2 Depending on how high up the charges go, the tribunal could have a major impact.

B. adj.

1. Very high (in various senses of high adj.); far up.

a. In predicative use. Usually in form high up.

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1632 S. Rutherford Let. 4 Jan. in Joshua Redivivus (1664) 445 Consider, Madam, if ye are not high up now, & far ben in the palace of our Lord, when ye are upon a throne in white raiment at lovely Christ's elbow.

1653 G. Fox Truth's Defence 34 Thou art high up in thy hypocrisie.

1730 J. Clarke Demonstr. Newton's Princ. Nat. Philos. 10 The same Body is heavier near the Earth, than when it is high up in the Heavens.

1789 J. Williams Nat. Hist. Mineral Kingdom II. 403 Those which were high up fell to pieces with their own weight, when they tumbled down.

1801 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 5 312 The os uteri was high up, inclined backward, and closely contracted.

1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. i. viii. 140 The sun would be high up in the heavens before the long pomp had ended its pilgrimage in the Piazza di San Giovanni.

1938 W. H. Auden & C. Isherwood On Frontier ii. i. 61 Such a nice boy! And quite high up in his shock-troop already.

1958 E. Dominy Judo from Beginner to Black Belt iii. 77 This hand need not be so high up.

2013 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 11 Apr. a18/2 The kinds of knots that held fast when he was high up without a net.

b. attributive.

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the world > space > relative position > high position > [adjective]

highOE

high-seta1382

sovereigna1425

airy1565

sublime?1567

haughty1570

supernal1599

aerial1608

upward1622

high-top1653

superincumbent1659

supern1703

highish1778

high-up1831

high-level1842

altitudinous1868

1831 Nicholas Lockyer's Balm for England (Religious Tract Soc.) ix. 98 Set yourselves amongst the most heavenly souls in high up rooms, with those who have the highest and sweetest communion with God.

1840 Amer. Masonic Reg. 15 Aug. 396/2 They also wondered at the stability of his door and his high up window.

1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock 253 The dwellers in the high-up amphitheatre or gallery..boldly declare that it is in that elevated position alone, that you can enjoy..the gems of the opera.

1903 Book Lover May 3/1 In a high-up room in the Rue Lafayette.

1934 E. Bowen Cat Jumps 74 The skies were disturbed by a high-up swift rustling sigh: the summer birds flying south.

1999 Bon Appétit Feb. 100/3 The cliffs of the high-up favelas became sodden and dropped onto the rooftops of the rich.

a. Esp. of clothing: extending above the usual level; spec. high-necked. Now rare.

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1820 M. Edgeworth Let. 4 June (1979) 143 A high up gown with trimming round the bosom.

1868 Temple Bar Mar. 556 The lady in the grey, high-up dress..met his sudden and eager advance with a little sign of caution.

1935 Rep. Supreme Court S. Carolina 146 284 He had a high-up forehead and he was grey-headed.

b. Of greater than average vertical extent; tall.

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1885 J. B. Franklin in Our Women in War (News & Courier, Charleston, S. Carolina) xi. 64/2 In front of me was slowly moving one of those old-fashioned high-up carriages.

1916 O. J. Lodge Raymond xxi. 248 A chair is in front of it,..a high up chair.

1942 A. L. Rowse Cornish Childhood iv. 82 Myself sitting in the high-up baby's chair with the little tray attached in front.

1993 H. Hollingsworth Places of Greater Safety xxxv. 230 Way up in the corner,..farthest from that high-up desk.

2003 S. Mackay Heligoland (2004) x. 157 Rachel is waving from one of those high-up people carriers.

3. figurative. Of high rank, position, or status; senior. Also: of or characteristic of people of high rank or status.

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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > [adjective] > exalted in rank

higheOE

stern of slatec1300

greatc1325

differentc1384

excellentc1400

haught1470

upper1477

elevate?1504

of sort1606

sublime1606

eminenta1616

exalted1623

elevated1665

uppish1797

ranking1847

high-up1848

high-ranking1850

superimposed1861

salt1868

top-ranking1936

1848 Littell's Living Age 26 Aug. 425/2 He married a high-up lady.

1868 J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial. 273 He's some desput high-up chap.

1918 C. Wells Vicky Van ii. 23 A high-up Publican.

1961 Guardian 27 May 3/7 His penetrating assessment of high-up American attitudes to Cuba.

1988 V. Alcock Monster Garden (1990) i. 5 My father is a high-up scientist.

2011 Daily Tel. 21 July 13/6 Simply putting women in high-up positions and expecting them to mentor other women won't work.

C. n.

1. Something having a high position. Also: something which is tall, or extends high up. rare.

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1841 Lit. Gaz. 13 Feb. 109/1 We have only to add as regards this room that there may be many productions among the high-ups and the low-downs [sc. pictures at an exhibition], which have escaped our notice, notwithstanding their deserts.

1896 A. M. Douglas Little Girl in Old New York iii. 51 Aprons..were no longer ‘high-ups’ with a plain armhole.

2000 Amer. Cowboy May 18/2 Twenty years after her summer in the high-ups [sc. mountains], she's as surefooted as ever.

2. colloquial. A person of high rank, position, or status. Cf. higher-up n.

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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > one who is important > one of high rank

statec1449

top people1752

anybody1802

celestitude1824

big bug1826

wig1828

celestiality1837

(the) salt of the earth1842

high-up1882

big-timer1917

V.I.P.1933

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > [noun] > person of

proudOE

higha1200

estate1399

honourablea1450

statec1449

dignitya1525

high and mighty1576

palasinc1580

titular1605

sublimity1610

dignitary1672

person of condition1673

figure1692

title1817

titulary1824

Hon.1836

high-up1882

high-ranker1899

1882 Dover (Ohio) Weekly Argus 10 Feb. 2/1 The Lord Mayor of London, Bishops, and other high-ups are going to hold a meeting to protest against the persecution of Jews in Russia.

1929 W. R. Burnett Little Caesar vii. vi. 299 Rico got in touch with some of the high-ups.

1946 J. Richardson Phoney Phleet 150 Two high-ups, lordly ones, or nobs.

1957 D. Niland Call me when Cross turns Over ii. 31 The woman that runs it, she used to be some sort of a high-up with the Sallies down in Sydney.

2002 J. Cartwright White Lightning xvi. 127 The director's career, the general in charge of special forces—all the high ups—must be exonerated.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	high-up
释义	high-upadv.adj.n. Brit. /ˈhʌɪʌp/, U.S. /ˈhaɪˌəp/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: high adj., up adv.² Etymology: < high adj. + up adv.² A. adv. Usually in form high up. Up to or in a high place or position; (more generally) relatively high (in various senses of high adv.). ΚΠ a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) ii. l. 4204 (MED) He was rapt in a cloude, Hih up in heuene to be stellefied, With othre goddis estatli deified. c1450 (?c1408) J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte (1901) l. 6533 (MED) The foule most Royal..perceth..the shene sonne..Soring high vp in the ayre. 1534 N. Udall Floures for Latine Spekynge gathered oute of Terence f. 68^v Taking her flyght high vp in to the ayer. 1576 G. Baker tr. C. Gesner Newe Jewell of Health iv. f. 232^v By the beake or nose of the Lymbecke, with a thread draw the Fyltre of a finger breadth cut, so highe vp, that for the strayghtnes of the Nose, the Fyltre wyll no further followe. 1610 G. Markham Maister-peece i. xci. 176 Thrust it into the horses fundament, and draw out all the dung, fleame, and filthy matter that you can feele, euen as high vp as the great bagge. 1637 R. Monro Exped. Scots Regim. ii. 190 To hold the mouth or Cannon of his Musket ever high up. 1640 H. Burton Replie to Relation of Conf. between Laude & Fisher 53 It is able to vie and plead Antiquity even as high up, as the Apostles owne times, and so along downe to ours. 1792 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina (new ed.) iii. viii. 457 The wood-cock..chirruping high up in the air. 1855 C. Darwin Let. 21 May in Corr. (1989) V. 334 When landed high up by the tides and waves..the pods, &c will dry. 1872 C. D. Warner Saunterings 70 Winding along on the slope, sometimes high up, and again descending to cross the stream. 1901 M. Foster Lect. Hist. Physiol. 182 He produced ascites by ligaturing the vena cava high up. 1937 Life 12 Apr. 22/1 His ape-like skull is long and low, his neck pushes high up into his skull, his forehead slopes back rapidly. 2008 Atlantic Monthly Dec. 70/2 Depending on how high up the charges go, the tribunal could have a major impact. B. adj. 1. Very high (in various senses of high adj.); far up. a. In predicative use. Usually in form high up. ΚΠ 1632 S. Rutherford Let. 4 Jan. in Joshua Redivivus (1664) 445 Consider, Madam, if ye are not high up now, & far ben in the palace of our Lord, when ye are upon a throne in white raiment at lovely Christ's elbow. 1653 G. Fox Truth's Defence 34 Thou art high up in thy hypocrisie. 1730 J. Clarke Demonstr. Newton's Princ. Nat. Philos. 10 The same Body is heavier near the Earth, than when it is high up in the Heavens. 1789 J. Williams Nat. Hist. Mineral Kingdom II. 403 Those which were high up fell to pieces with their own weight, when they tumbled down. 1801 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 5 312 The os uteri was high up, inclined backward, and closely contracted. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. i. viii. 140 The sun would be high up in the heavens before the long pomp had ended its pilgrimage in the Piazza di San Giovanni. 1938 W. H. Auden & C. Isherwood On Frontier ii. i. 61 Such a nice boy! And quite high up in his shock-troop already. 1958 E. Dominy Judo from Beginner to Black Belt iii. 77 This hand need not be so high up. 2013 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 11 Apr. a18/2 The kinds of knots that held fast when he was high up without a net. b. attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > high position > [adjective] highOE high-seta1382 sovereigna1425 airy1565 sublime?1567 haughty1570 supernal1599 aerial1608 upward1622 high-top1653 superincumbent1659 supern1703 highish1778 high-up1831 high-level1842 altitudinous1868 1831 Nicholas Lockyer's Balm for England (Religious Tract Soc.) ix. 98 Set yourselves amongst the most heavenly souls in high up rooms, with those who have the highest and sweetest communion with God. 1840 Amer. Masonic Reg. 15 Aug. 396/2 They also wondered at the stability of his door and his high up window. 1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock 253 The dwellers in the high-up amphitheatre or gallery..boldly declare that it is in that elevated position alone, that you can enjoy..the gems of the opera. 1903 Book Lover May 3/1 In a high-up room in the Rue Lafayette. 1934 E. Bowen Cat Jumps 74 The skies were disturbed by a high-up swift rustling sigh: the summer birds flying south. 1999 Bon Appétit Feb. 100/3 The cliffs of the high-up favelas became sodden and dropped onto the rooftops of the rich. 2. a. Esp. of clothing: extending above the usual level; spec. high-necked. Now rare. ΚΠ 1820 M. Edgeworth Let. 4 June (1979) 143 A high up gown with trimming round the bosom. 1868 Temple Bar Mar. 556 The lady in the grey, high-up dress..met his sudden and eager advance with a little sign of caution. 1935 Rep. Supreme Court S. Carolina 146 284 He had a high-up forehead and he was grey-headed. b. Of greater than average vertical extent; tall. ΚΠ 1885 J. B. Franklin in Our Women in War (News & Courier, Charleston, S. Carolina) xi. 64/2 In front of me was slowly moving one of those old-fashioned high-up carriages. 1916 O. J. Lodge Raymond xxi. 248 A chair is in front of it,..a high up chair. 1942 A. L. Rowse Cornish Childhood iv. 82 Myself sitting in the high-up baby's chair with the little tray attached in front. 1993 H. Hollingsworth Places of Greater Safety xxxv. 230 Way up in the corner,..farthest from that high-up desk. 2003 S. Mackay Heligoland (2004) x. 157 Rachel is waving from one of those high-up people carriers. 3. figurative. Of high rank, position, or status; senior. Also: of or characteristic of people of high rank or status. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > [adjective] > exalted in rank higheOE stern of slatec1300 greatc1325 differentc1384 excellentc1400 haught1470 upper1477 elevate?1504 of sort1606 sublime1606 eminenta1616 exalted1623 elevated1665 uppish1797 ranking1847 high-up1848 high-ranking1850 superimposed1861 salt1868 top-ranking1936 1848 Littell's Living Age 26 Aug. 425/2 He married a high-up lady. 1868 J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial. 273 He's some desput high-up chap. 1918 C. Wells Vicky Van ii. 23 A high-up Publican. 1961 Guardian 27 May 3/7 His penetrating assessment of high-up American attitudes to Cuba. 1988 V. Alcock Monster Garden (1990) i. 5 My father is a high-up scientist. 2011 Daily Tel. 21 July 13/6 Simply putting women in high-up positions and expecting them to mentor other women won't work. C. n. 1. Something having a high position. Also: something which is tall, or extends high up. rare. ΚΠ 1841 Lit. Gaz. 13 Feb. 109/1 We have only to add as regards this room that there may be many productions among the high-ups and the low-downs [sc. pictures at an exhibition], which have escaped our notice, notwithstanding their deserts. 1896 A. M. Douglas Little Girl in Old New York iii. 51 Aprons..were no longer ‘high-ups’ with a plain armhole. 2000 Amer. Cowboy May 18/2 Twenty years after her summer in the high-ups [sc. mountains], she's as surefooted as ever. 2. colloquial. A person of high rank, position, or status. Cf. higher-up n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > one who is important > one of high rank statec1449 top people1752 anybody1802 celestitude1824 big bug1826 wig1828 celestiality1837 (the) salt of the earth1842 high-up1882 big-timer1917 V.I.P.1933 society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > [noun] > person of proudOE higha1200 estate1399 honourablea1450 statec1449 dignitya1525 high and mighty1576 palasinc1580 titular1605 sublimity1610 dignitary1672 person of condition1673 figure1692 title1817 titulary1824 Hon.1836 high-up1882 high-ranker1899 1882 Dover (Ohio) Weekly Argus 10 Feb. 2/1 The Lord Mayor of London, Bishops, and other high-ups are going to hold a meeting to protest against the persecution of Jews in Russia. 1929 W. R. Burnett Little Caesar vii. vi. 299 Rico got in touch with some of the high-ups. 1946 J. Richardson Phoney Phleet 150 Two high-ups, lordly ones, or nobs. 1957 D. Niland Call me when Cross turns Over ii. 31 The woman that runs it, she used to be some sort of a high-up with the Sallies down in Sydney. 2002 J. Cartwright White Lightning xvi. 127 The director's career, the general in charge of special forces—all the high ups—must be exonerated. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.adj.n.?a1439
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