单词 | perked-up |
释义 | perked-upadj. 1. a. Proud, conceited, bold. Cf. perk v.2 1. In later use English regional (northern). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > [adjective] highOE rankOE proudOE quaint?c1225 stoutc1315 proud-heartedc1400 gobbedc1440 pridyc1485 high-minded?1503 superb1561 proud-heart1591 tiptoe1593 sublime1596 high-headed1599 magnificent1603 side1673 vaunty1724 perked-up1754 spicy1768 jelly1828 Latin1914 1754 J. Gay Rehearsal at Gotham v. 20 That Creature's Spouse was made a Knight before mine, she always takes occasion to go just before me in all public Places;..one hates to see any body so perk'd up, and so fond of it. 1845 N. P. Willis Dashes at Life with Free Pencil iv. 105 Perked up people think that only such curiosity as would sit well upon George Washington should be catered for in print. 1866 Harper's Mag. Apr. 629 By country I do not mean a perked-up provincial town, with its isolated brick stores, its few feet of flagging, and its plank sidewalks. 1896 Leeds Mercury Weekly Suppl. 6 Jan. in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 475/1 Shoo's nowght but a clever pearked-up thing. b. U.S. Strengthened, cheered; invigorated, alert. Cf. perk v.2 4b. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > refreshment or invigoration > [adjective] > refreshed or invigorated fresha1387 refetc1400 breatheda1425 refect?a1425 restedc1425 well-rested1525 refreshed1552 enlivened1640 renovated1650 invigorate1720 refreshened1764 recreated1832 reanimated1871 reanimate1885 pepped-up1916 perked-up1930 1930 Key West (Florida) Citizen 4 Apr. 2/1 Every former member of the A. E. F...will feel sorter ‘perked up’. 1940 Mountain Democrat (Placerville, Calif.) 18 July 9/1 (advt.) At every sundown you will feel perked-up because meal-times have not meant standing by a stove. 1953 Independent Record (Helena, Montana) 2 July 9/1 The perked up East Helena team will have the best players available from the City league. 2003 Dayton (Ohio) Daily News (Nexis) 7 Dec. b6 News of a perked-up economy hasn't reached many in need. 2. Erect, raised up. Cf. perk v.2 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > [adjective] steepc1000 tooting?c1225 strutting1387 prominent?1440 extant1540 eminent?1541 pouting1563 poking1566 out1576 egregious1578 promontory1579 out-pointed1585 buttinga1593 outjetting1598 perking1598 jettying1609 juttying1609 out-jutting1611 outstanding1611 upsticking1611 out-shooting1622 jutting1624 outgrowing1625 rank1625 toting1645 projectinga1652 porrected1653 protruded1654 protruding1654 upcast1658 protending1659 jettinga1661 raised1663 starting1680 emersed1686 exerted1697 projective1703 jet-out1709 exorbitant1715 sticking1715 foreright1736 poky1754 perked-up1779 salient1789 prouda1800 overdriven1812 extrusive1816 stand-up1818 shouldering1824 jutty1827 outflung1830 sticky-out1839 sticking-up1852 outreaching1853 protrusive1858 out-thrusting1869 stickout1884 protrudent1891 1779 Pictures of Men, Manners & Times II. 135 The panting gunner, crouching low..and marking well their [sc. larks'] perked-up conscious heads. 1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. xxvi. 158 It is only our native coachman with his spread-out fan-tail and perked-up crest. a1854 C. B. Southey Poet. Wks. (1867) 63 The poor old milestone falls, And in its place this smooth, white, perked-up thing, With its great staring figures. 1921 F. S. Mathews Field Bk. Wild Birds & their Music (rev. ed.) 220 A fluffy little ball of mottled brown feathers, with a perked up tail and a bobbing head. 1967 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeology 71 88/1 The present piece [sc. a jug] is rather squat or depressed, which may be a sign that it is early in the sequence, since the tendencies were towards the more ovoid and perked-up shapes. 2003 Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Nexis) 3 Nov. a1 Her [sc. a doe's] wide black eyes and pointy, perked-up ears. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1754 |
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