| 单词 | shake-up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshake-up 8. In combination with adverb (substantive use of phrases: of shake v.: see also shakedown n., shake-out n.). shake-up: an act of shaking up or being shaken up, or the result of this; a thorough or drastic change or rearrangement; a disturbing or unsettling experience. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > sudden or complete change > [noun] leapc1000 lope14.. revolution?a1439 reverse?1492 metamorphosis1548 transformation1581 earthquake1592 upside down1593 metamorphose1608 sea-changea1616 peritropea1656 transilience1657 transiliency1661 saltus1665 catastrophe1696 peristrophe1716 transiliency1769 upheaving1821 upset1822 saltation1844 shake1847 upheaval1850 cataclysm1861 shake-out1939 virage1989 the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > [noun] > bringing into action > rousing to activity stirring1530 rousing?a1563 stirring?c1580 shake-up1847 shaking1866 the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > [noun] > shaking-up shake-up1847 1847 J. S. Mill Lett. (1910) I. 131 To give that general shake-up to the torpid mind of the nation which the French Revolution gave to Continental Europe. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. ii. 258 Tom gave the prisoner a shake-up, took away his list, and stood him up on the floor. 1880 ‘M. Twain’ Tramp Abroad xxxviii. 438 My nerves had hardly grown quiet after this affair when they got another shake-up,—one which utterly unmanned me for a moment. 1882 National Police Gaz. (U.S.) 18 Nov. 7/2 (heading) The Union Square Company has a matrimonial shake-up all around. 1899 R. H. Barbour Half-back vi. 59 There'll be a shake-up to-morrow... He's going to put Greer on the scrub to-morrow. 1903 Westm. Gaz. 21 Feb. 7/1 The Board has had a healthy ‘shake-up’. 1903 N.Y. Evening Post 16 Sept. Big Police Shake-up. Eight Captains Transferred by Greene. 1904 N.Y. Sun 7 Aug. 5 Looking wistfully across the street was a police captain who was in Commissioner McAdoo's recent shake-up. He had been transferred from a ‘fat’ to a ‘lean’ precinct. 1911 H. S. Harrison Queed xviii. 237 I see a kind of shake-up [in local politics] comin'. 1912 Contemp. Rev. Nov. 654 Indictments and bills in equity became the order of the day, and ‘probings’ and ‘shake-ups’ the common talk of business men. 1916 ‘Taffrail’ Pincher Martin xvi. 312 But, orl the same, Tubby boy, I reckons it's done us orl good ter 'ave a bit of a shake up like this 'ere [sc. a naval engagement]. 1938 E. Bowen Death of Heart iii. i. 325 I can't see that this change has done you harm. Nor the shake-up either; you were getting too quiet. 1962 E. Snow Other Side of River (1963) xxii. 165 ‘Rectification’, self-criticism, retraining and restudy among party and nonparty cadres are followed by shake-ups which affect millions. 1967 D. Pinner Ritual viii. 85 You didn't half give me a shake-up. 1969 Listener 27 Mar. 410/2 I read that BBC radio is due for a programme shake-up. 1970 ‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Cookie Bird iii. 35 It was sporting of your father to ask me. I can imagine what a shake-up it must have been, without taking me on as well. 1980 Christian Sci. Monitor 4 Dec. (Midwestern ed.) 4/1 As a result of the latest shake-up, which occurred at the party meeting, the political balance has shifted away from the conservatives. < as lemmas |
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