单词 | put-up |
释义 | put-upn. 1. A place to stay, a lodging. Also: an act of putting someone up. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > [noun] > lodging-place nestOE inningOE hostela1325 lodgingsc1380 lodging-place14.. entry1457 logis1477 hospital?a1513 stay1566 lodge1571 allodgement1598 lodgementa1701 gite1798 put-up1844 hang-out1852 shebang1867 stash1927 pad1935 1844 E. Fitzgerald Let. 26 Apr. (1980) I. 436 I have not seen Churchyard: had I known his put-up I would have called on him. 1891 Longman's Mag. Oct. 564 We must get a put-up at Queen's Gate. 1920 B. K. Maniates Sand Holler i. 12 He refused the many invitations of hospitable friends, including a put-up at a club, a yachting trip and a fishing party. 2. U.S. Chiefly Marketing. The form in which an item is packaged for sale; esp. a bobbin, spool, etc., of yarn or thread. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > container or package for goods > [noun] package1727 put-up1918 society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > exposure to public view > [noun] > in polished complete form put-up1918 packaging1960 1918 Quartermaster Corps (U.S. Senate Comm. Mil. Affairs) 443 Hosiery and knitting yarns on commercial tubes, cops, cones, or skeins in standard commercial put-ups, suitable for the hosiery, underwear, and regular knitting manufacturers. 1928 Ogden (Utah) Standard-Examiner 28 Nov. 3/6 (advt.) New convenient put-ups: Bicycle and Congress playing cards. 1953 Long Beach (Calif.) Independent 15 May 18 (advt.) Save 41c to 50c a yard on gay, new, superfine cottons in 3 to 5-yard put-ups. 2002 C. Long Embellish Chic i. 6 Beads, sequins, and buttons..are available singly or loose in small put-ups. 3. colloquial. Something contrived or prearranged; a ‘put-up job’ (see put-up adj. 1). ΚΠ 1881 A. Trumble Slang Dict. 28/2 Put up, information given to thieves by persons in the employ of parties to be robbed..whereby the thief is facilitated in his operations.] 1936 ‘J. Curtis’ Gilt Kid xv. 148 He would believe that it was a put-up. 1975 Business Week (Nexis) 13 Jan. 59 The whole thing is a put up to show everyone present what is in store for shoplifters. 1985 A. Beattie Love Always xvii. 141 The P.R. people say whatever they think they ought to say. You know, most of the dates are put-ups, for instance. Guys who don't go with girls and stuff. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). put-upadj. 1. Originally Criminals' slang. Of a crime: planned in advance by conspiracy with other persons, esp. with the assistance of someone on the premises where it occurred; (more generally, of an event, etc.) arranged beforehand in order to deceive someone; preconcerted. Frequently in put-up job. Cf. to put up 10 at put v. Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > [adjective] > planned (of theft) put-up1812 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > [noun] > an instance or act of > planned or organized job1679 put-up job1812 plant1825 voyage of discovery1857 sting1930 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > collusion, intrigue > [adjective] > pre-planned put-up1812 1812 Ann. Reg. 1810 (Otridge ed.) Chron. 296/1 The police officers are of opinion, that the robbery..is what is called, in the slang language, a put-up robbery. 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist I. xix. 317 At least it can't be a put-up job, as we expected. 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist II. xxx. 187 We call it a put-up robbery,..when the servants is in it. 1893 G. J. Goschen in Westm. Gaz. 6 Dec. 3/1 Your acceptance of one amendment is part and parcel of your rejection of the other. It is a put-up job. 1941 N. Coward Blithe Spirit i. ii. 50 The whole thing's a put up job—I must say, though, she shoots a more original line than they generally do. 1966 Times 10 Aug. 12/2 There was a clear agreement in advance and collusion, that a joint attack should be planned..and..the whole thing was a put-up job. 1993 M. Atwood Robber Bride xv. 96 It was just stick-on wounds and fake blood in the first place. A put-up job. 2003 Leicester Mercury (Nexis) 21 Mar. 2 It was a put-up job to give the appearance that what happened was unconnected with the defendant who worked there. 2. That has been put up (in various senses) (see to put up at put v. Phrasal verbs 1). Also with qualifying adverb, as badly, poorly, etc. ΚΠ 1839 Times 28 Feb. 6/1 Crossing a ditch..was made severe by a put-up timber fence on the taking-off side. 1846 C. Dickens Pictures from Italy 124 An English lady..who always carries..a put-up parasol. 1891 Salem Daily Statesman 2 Jan. 5 With the aid of a good architect a person can build a well constructed..house as cheaply as a poorly put up and barny looking structure. 1897 G. B. Shaw Let. 26 Mar. (1965) I. 738 He sends Felix to bid for fashionable put-up plays. 1903 Mansfield (Ohio) News 11 Apr. 8/3 A badly put up skirt will proclaim itself to be homemade from the housetops. 1997 B. Delinsky Three Wishes (1998) x. 159 Bree glanced at the put-up shelf. 2002 Times of India (Nexis) 2 Jan. Removing posters and other illegally putup campaign material. Compounds put-up price n. the price at or above which something will be sold at auction; the reserve price; see to put up 2d at put v. Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > [noun] > auction prices sale price1793 starting price1805 reserve price1820 put-up price1831 reserve1854 knock-down price1888 1784 R. Twining Remarks Rep. E. India Directors 8 Perhaps..the putting-up price of this species [of tea] was to be looked upon as nominal, rather than real.] 1831 Times 9 Dec. 3/2 Bohea tea has been sold at 7d. to 8d. advance on the put-up price, which is, with the duty, 1s. to 1s 2d. per pound higher than it ought to be. 1895 Daily News 17 Aug. 5/3 The put-up prices are very low. 1999 MTI Econews (Nexis) 27 Dec. The most expensive painting sold in Hungary..which had a put-up price of HUF 15m. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1844adj.1812 |
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