| 单词 | beam me up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbeam me up (Scotty) b. Science Fiction. [Originally from the U.S. television series Star Trek: see trekkie n. 2.] (a) transitive. To transport (someone or something) through space as if along a beam of light or energy (esp. up to a spacecraft); frequently in extended use, esp. in catch-phrase beam me up (Scotty), i.e. out of an undesirable or dangerous situation; (b) intransitive, to travel through space in this way.The catch-phrase does not appear in this form in the original scripts (Mrs. M. B. Roddenberry). ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport by psychic or futuristic means > [verb (transitive)] teleport1931 teletransport1953 beam1964 society > travel > air or space travel > space flight > [verb (intransitive)] > travel as if along beam of energy beam1964 the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > rescue from dangerous situation [phrase] beam me up (Scotty)1984 society > travel > transport > transport by psychic or futuristic means > [phrase] beam me up (Scotty)1984 1964 G. Roddenberry Cage (TV story outline) in S. E. Whitfield & G. Roddenberry Making of ‘Star Trek’ (1968) i. iv. 48 The transporter.. beams them to materialize on the planet surface far below. 1966 Roddenberry & Johnson Man Trap in Star Trek (television script) 8 Sept. He beamed up to the ship with us—or something did. 1966 Roddenberry & Johnson Man Trap in Star Trek (television script) 8 Sept. Kirk speaking, three to beam up. 1966 Roddenberry & Johnson Man Trap in Star Trek (television script) 8 Sept. Captain, you can't just beam down here and bully us, and interfere with our work. 1967 Pop. Sci. Dec. 74/2 The ‘Transporter’..can convert matter into energy and ‘beam’ it to a fixed point, then reconvert it back into its original form. It is used for both crew and cargo. 1967–8 M. Armen Gamesters of Triskelion in Star Trek (television script) Kirk: Beam us up, Mr. Scott. 1984 Amer. Banker 31 July 52/1 ‘Beam me up Scotty, there's no prospect of finance down here.’ Undoubtedly, that's what Star Trek's Captain Kirk, commander of the science-fiction Starship Enterprise, would say if he came here in search of bank loans to fund extraterrestrial activities. 1985 Melody Maker 22 June 6 Beam me up! Extra-terrestrial-being Grace Jones gets eyeball to eyeball with a passing stranger in order to practise her famed Vulcan neckgrip. 1987 Washington Post 21 Mar. f17 ‘Do you ever find yourself fantasizing about being “free”?’ ‘Beam me up, Scotty!’ < as lemmas |
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