单词 | to be taken up with |
释义 | > as lemmasto be taken up with (b) Chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern). to be taken up with: to have an engrossing interest in; to be charmed or attracted by; to be taken with. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > engage the attention [verb (transitive)] > become interested in to take up in1665 enter1694 to take up1751 to turn on1954 1751 Universal Mag. Nov. 232/2 Entirely taken up with her darling Innocence, she flies towards her, and would willingly have thrown herself into her arms. 1824 W. Carr Horæ Momenta Cravenæ 19 Thouz seea bobberous an keckahoop wi' thy twelve groats, and seea ta'en up wi' thy quality, at thouz quite an clear forgotten t'lile whipper snapper window-peeper. 1827 London Lit. Gaz. 24 Nov. 755/1 Wha are yon twa bonnie young folk that seem sae taen up wi ane anither. 1885 J. Ruskin Præterita I. vi. 174 I was extremely taken up with the soft red cushions of the armchairs. 1911 J. Bone Edinb. Revisited iv. 152 She said they were ‘a' very ta'en up wi' the picture’. He (her husband) liked to look at it, and she had moved his bed that he could see it. 1992 C. M. Fraser Stranger on Rhanna i. ii. 23 Once, when Auld Biddy had to give him an enema, he was that taken up wi' all the wee tubes it was all she could do to make him leave them alone so that should do what had to be done wi' them. 1999 in Sc. National Dict. New Suppl. (Electronic text) (at cited word) Fair taen up wi the new bairn. < as lemmas |
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