单词 | to be up to |
释义 | > as lemmasto be up to e. to be up to (a master), to be tutored by (him). Public School colloquial (chiefly Eton College slang). ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > [verb (transitive)] > be pupil of to go to school (to, (also with))a1450 to sit at the feet of1578 to sit under ——1631 to be up to1874 1874 C. M. Yonge Life J. C. Patteson I. ii. 19 The lower remove of the fourth form..was then ‘up to’ the Rev. Charles Old Goodford, i.e. that was he who taught the division so called in school. 1910 A. Huxley Let. 15 Feb. (1969) 33 This half we are all up to that ignorant creature Heygate. I have successfully proved his ignorance. 1927 H. E. Wortham Oscar Browning vii. 99 Curzon was subsequently ‘up to him’. 1977 A. J. Ayer Part of My Life ii. 36 In the official language of the school..to be in a master's division was to be up to him. < as lemmas |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。