单词 | rig-up |
释义 | rig-upn. 1. A manner or process of arranging or erecting equipment; the equipment so arranged; a set-up. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > [noun] > established order or system > way in which anything is organized dispensation1633 establishment1799 set-up1889 rig-up1893 1893 Eng. Mech. 3 Nov. 234/1 In girder work a rig-up like that shown in Fig. 226 is used. It consists of a heavy holding-up hammer on the end of a long elastic handle. 1904 P. N. Hasluck Metalworking 186/1 The rig-up for boring the headstocks is shown in Figs. 589 and 590. 1931 B. Brown Talking Pictures 162 Al Jolson never seemed so good as when over that rig-up he sang his last song. 1987 T. A. Inglis Directional Drilling viii. 148 MWD systems have been designed to allow a fairly simple rig-up so that normal drilling operations are not seriously held up. 2. colloquial. A set of clothes, an outfit; (also) a manner of dressing. Cf. rig n.3 3a, rig-out n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > set or suit of clothes > [noun] habita1420 standc1450 suitc1475 sluch1582 standard1631 rig-out1824 outfit1840 suiting1863 shape1886 rig-up1896 bag of fruit1924 ensemble1927 whistle and flute1931 vine1932 drape1945 1896 ‘Iota’ Quaker Grandmother 283 Either she's mad or in a peck of trouble, to come..in this rig-up. 1996 L. A. Lawson Still following Percy ii. 18 It is the enclosing activity of Margot Reilly's leg that awakens Lance Lamar's desire for her as body, after she has shucked her rig-up as a Southern belle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1893 |
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