| 单词 | straight-up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstraight-up straight-up adj. (a) perpendicular; (b) colloquial exact, complete; true, trustworthy; also as quasi-adv. (i) truthfully, honestly; = C. 6; (ii) U.S., unmixed, undiluted (cf. sense A. 9a). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > vertical position > [adjective] plumb rightc1445 perpendiculara1450 plumba1500 downright1530 straight-upc1590 vertic1607 up and downc1710 vertical1725 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adjective] soothc825 soothlyc888 soothfastc950 rightOE lealc1330 verilya1340 veryc1386 truea1398 soothfulc1400 real1440 vray1460 trothlike1544 of verityc1550 verimenta1592 correct1705 truthful1781 truthy1848 unillusory1853 straight-up1910 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adverb] > as emphasis God (it) wot?c1225 goddot?a1289 sooth to sayc1330 truth (also sooth) to tella1375 honestly1819 honest Indian1854 truthfully1854 honest Injun1857 on the level1872 straight1874 honest1876 square dinkum1888 no kidding1901 straight-up1963 the world > relative properties > wholeness > state or quality of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded > [adverb] uncompoundedly1628 unmixedly1642 impermixtly1677 inconfusedly1852 straight1869 straight-up1976 c1590 A. Montgomerie Sonnets xxxii. 2 The lillie..Vhose staitly stalk so streight vp is and stay. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 205 Having on the very top of it a great Rock streight up. 1910 A. Bennett Clayhanger i. ix. 71 This new Licensing Act will close every public-house..at eleven o'clock, and a straight-up eleven at that! 1936 ‘J. Curtis’ Gilt Kid v. 52 But Maisie was the only girl he had ever loved! That was straight-up. 1963 L. Deighton Horse under Water xlix. 211 ‘What's the trouble?’ I asked. ‘I'm being followed,’ he said. ‘Really,’ I said. ‘Straight up,’ he said. ‘I wasn't sure until today.’ 1973 W. J. Burley Death in Salubrious Place vii. 150 I don't know where he is, Mr Gill, straight up, I don't. 1975 B. Garfield Death Sentence (1976) v. 30 He..beckoned the barmaid. ‘Dewar's straight up, darlin'.’ 1976 Listener 8 Jan. 23/1 It proved to be a completely wasted sacrifice, for the programme it gave space to..was a straight-up disaster. 1979 D. Sanders Queen sends for Mrs. Chadwick 137 You might have something going there. That's if this is straight up. 1982 R. Hill Who guards a Prince ii. vii. 149 You looked honest to me..and you sounded like a straight-up guy. < as lemmas |
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