shape-upn.

Forms: Also shapeup.

Etymology: < verbal phrase to shape up: see shape v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈshape-up.

U.S.

1. A system of hiring dock workers for the day or half-day by arbitrary selection from a gathering of men on site. Also transferred.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > working > labour supply > [noun] > recruitment or hiring > of dockers

shape-up1940

1940 Sun (Baltimore) 8 Nov. 22/7 Under the shape-up system..longshoremen are forced to gather on the docks..every morning from 5 o'clock on..for the sake of a half day's pay.

1948 Sun (Baltimore) 26 Nov. 2/2 Retention of the traditional twice-a-day ‘shapeup’ or work call, with the guarantee of four hours work for men called to work only once in a single day.

1954 Sun (Baltimore) 9 Apr. 20/4 There are now from 22 to 24 cities being considered for the major leagues... This is the opinion of Ford Frick, baseball's high commissioner... ‘Of course,’ Frick said, ‘I don't know when their shape-up will take place.’

1967 Boston Sunday Herald 30 Apr. 1. 7/1 Boston's union long~shoremen have sounded the death knell of their traditional but unwieldy dock shape-up.

1977 Time 17 Oct. 57/2 When Marlon Brando starred in On the Waterfront (1954), the morning shape-ups of New York Dock workers were pretty much as the movie portrayed them—noisy, brawling scenes of men fighting for the jobs available.

2. The action or an instance of shaping up.

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the world > health and disease > [noun] > good health > fitness

condition1798

thing1832

fighting-fitness1894

shape1896

fitnessa1935

shape-up1963

1963 Washington Post 2 Oct. d2 The United States Olympic track and field team will have a final ‘shapeup’ meet in the Los Angeles Coliseum.

1977 Time 7 Feb. 20/2 He [sc. Lipshutz] presides at the daily 8 a.m. staff meetings... She is the only..outspoken liberal at Lipshutz's daily shape-ups.

1977 Time 4 Apr. 60/2 Then, as the Central Intelligence Agency became mired in inefficiency, Schlesinger was tapped for the shape-up operation. As CIA director he immediately began to demythologize the agency.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	shape-up
释义	shape-upn. Forms: Also shapeup. Etymology: < verbal phrase to shape up: see shape v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈshape-up. U.S. 1. A system of hiring dock workers for the day or half-day by arbitrary selection from a gathering of men on site. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > labour supply > [noun] > recruitment or hiring > of dockers shape-up1940 1940 Sun (Baltimore) 8 Nov. 22/7 Under the shape-up system..longshoremen are forced to gather on the docks..every morning from 5 o'clock on..for the sake of a half day's pay. 1948 Sun (Baltimore) 26 Nov. 2/2 Retention of the traditional twice-a-day ‘shapeup’ or work call, with the guarantee of four hours work for men called to work only once in a single day. 1954 Sun (Baltimore) 9 Apr. 20/4 There are now from 22 to 24 cities being considered for the major leagues... This is the opinion of Ford Frick, baseball's high commissioner... ‘Of course,’ Frick said, ‘I don't know when their shape-up will take place.’ 1967 Boston Sunday Herald 30 Apr. 1. 7/1 Boston's union long~shoremen have sounded the death knell of their traditional but unwieldy dock shape-up. 1977 Time 17 Oct. 57/2 When Marlon Brando starred in On the Waterfront (1954), the morning shape-ups of New York Dock workers were pretty much as the movie portrayed them—noisy, brawling scenes of men fighting for the jobs available. 2. The action or an instance of shaping up. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > [noun] > good health > fitness condition1798 thing1832 fighting-fitness1894 shape1896 fitnessa1935 shape-up1963 1963 Washington Post 2 Oct. d2 The United States Olympic track and field team will have a final ‘shapeup’ meet in the Los Angeles Coliseum. 1977 Time 7 Feb. 20/2 He [sc. Lipshutz] presides at the daily 8 a.m. staff meetings... She is the only..outspoken liberal at Lipshutz's daily shape-ups. 1977 Time 4 Apr. 60/2 Then, as the Central Intelligence Agency became mired in inefficiency, Schlesinger was tapped for the shape-up operation. As CIA director he immediately began to demythologize the agency. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1940
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