英语词汇“to down on”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Phrases

P1. colloquial. to down on (also upon).

†a. To come down on (a person) violently or forcefully; to fall upon; to assail. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] > attack with hostile words or measures

fangc1320

hurtlec1374

impugnc1384

weighc1386

to fall upon ——a1398

to start on ——a1398

oppugn?1435

to lay to, untoa1500

onseta1522

wipe1523

to set against ——1542

to fall aboard——1593

aggress1596

to fall foul1602

attack1613

appugn1615

to set upon ——1639

to fall on ——1641

to lay home, hard, hardly to1650

tack1720

bombard1766

savage1796

to pitch into ——1823

to begin upon a personc1825

bulldog1842

to down on (also upon)a1848

to set at ——1849

to start on ——a1851

to start in on1859

set on at or to1862

to let into1872

to go for ——1890

swash1890

slog1891

to get at ——1893

tee1955

a1848 G. F. Ruxton Life in Far West (1849) iv. 108 He has been down'd upon a sight too often to be skeared by what can come out from them waters.

1849 R. S. Surtees Soapey Sponge's Sporting Tour xx, in New Monthly Mag. Aug. 500 No woman with money..ever wanted an offer with Soapey in the way, for he would down upon her at the second or third interview; and always pressed for an immediate fulfilment.

1884 Punch 6 Dec. 276/2 Prove that you value me by downing remorselessly on my enemies.

b. To denigrate or disparage (a person or thing); = to put down 3b at put v. Phrasal verbs 1. Cf. sense 4b.

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1877 Punch 21 Apr. 180/2 They 're always downing on us thus, a hinting round and sneering; Better abuse than this 'ere sly and niminy-piminy jeering.

1890 Sporting Times 1 Feb. 2/1 I had half packed up a nice, dirty, comfortable, worn-out old brown suit, when that was downed on by the Oracle, who opined that, perhaps, I didn't want to look like a croupier who'd been discharged for dressing shabby.

1921 ‘G. A. Birmingham’ Lost Lawyer viii. 88 ‘It's all very well downing on me as you do——’

2016 @adioskristi 28 Feb. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Some of yall are so rude to upcoming artists. Give them a chance & stop downing on them.

P2.

a. to down tools: to cease working, spec. to go on strike.rare in U.S. use.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > working > labour relations > participate in labour relations [verb (intransitive)] > strike

strike1769

to turn out1795

to strike work, tools1803

stick1823

to come out1841

to go out1850

to down tools1855

to hit the bricks1931

1855 Liverpool Mercury 7 Nov. 3/3 Many shipowners know how the associated carpenters will ‘down tools’ and leave a ship because the captain insists upon employing a man not of the club to do some especial jobs.

1890 Morning Bull. (Rockhampton, Queensland) 24 Sept. They must down tools and do no more work until further notice.

1917 Hawke's Bay (N.Z.) Trib. 14 Aug. 3/4 The retort hands at the gasworks, who downed tools on July 8th., resumed work yesterday.

1958 Oxf. Mail 15 Jan. 1/2 He was ‘sincerely sorry’ to leave his job as Minister of Agriculture. ‘I hate downing-tools in the middle of a job.’

1958 Punch 15 Jan. 109/1 More trouble seems to be brewing for the B.B.C., over complaints from manufacturers that after each half-hourly news bulletin workers down tools for five minutes to discuss it.

2006 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 13 Mar. 5/1 The 72 tradesmen and labourers downed tools early last year alleging their living quarters reeked of sewage.

down-tools adj. of or relating to a strike; designating strike action.

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1910 Times 20 Sept. 10/3 These sectional meetings were held this morning, and in each case they reversed the ‘down tools’ resolution adopted at Sunday's mass meeting.

1935 H. Heslop Last Cage Down i. v. 51 ‘We'd rather you settled amicably, if that's what you mean,’ said Railton. ‘A down-tools policy won't win much bread and butter.’

1969 Listener 1 May 614/1 The employer should not be able to impose sudden arbitrary action on the workers, the only remedy for which may be a down-tools strike.

1999 D. Howell Respectable Radicals (2016) 396 The subsequent development of formal bargaining structures was a response to this ‘Down Tools’ strategy.

单词	to down on
释义	> as lemmas to down on (also upon) Phrases P1. colloquial. to down on (also upon). †a. To come down on (a person) violently or forcefully; to fall upon; to assail. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] > attack with hostile words or measures fangc1320 hurtlec1374 impugnc1384 weighc1386 to fall upon ——a1398 to start on ——a1398 oppugn?1435 to lay to, untoa1500 onseta1522 wipe1523 to set against ——1542 to fall aboard——1593 aggress1596 to fall foul1602 attack1613 appugn1615 to set upon ——1639 to fall on ——1641 to lay home, hard, hardly to1650 tack1720 bombard1766 savage1796 to pitch into ——1823 to begin upon a personc1825 bulldog1842 to down on (also upon)a1848 to set at ——1849 to start on ——a1851 to start in on1859 set on at or to1862 to let into1872 to go for ——1890 swash1890 slog1891 to get at ——1893 tee1955 a1848 G. F. Ruxton Life in Far West (1849) iv. 108 He has been down'd upon a sight too often to be skeared by what can come out from them waters. 1849 R. S. Surtees Soapey Sponge's Sporting Tour xx, in New Monthly Mag. Aug. 500 No woman with money..ever wanted an offer with Soapey in the way, for he would down upon her at the second or third interview; and always pressed for an immediate fulfilment. 1884 Punch 6 Dec. 276/2 Prove that you value me by downing remorselessly on my enemies. b. To denigrate or disparage (a person or thing); = to put down 3b at put v. Phrasal verbs 1. Cf. sense 4b. ΚΠ 1877 Punch 21 Apr. 180/2 They 're always downing on us thus, a hinting round and sneering; Better abuse than this 'ere sly and niminy-piminy jeering. 1890 Sporting Times 1 Feb. 2/1 I had half packed up a nice, dirty, comfortable, worn-out old brown suit, when that was downed on by the Oracle, who opined that, perhaps, I didn't want to look like a croupier who'd been discharged for dressing shabby. 1921 ‘G. A. Birmingham’ Lost Lawyer viii. 88 ‘It's all very well downing on me as you do——’ 2016 @adioskristi 28 Feb. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Some of yall are so rude to upcoming artists. Give them a chance & stop downing on them. P2. a. to down tools: to cease working, spec. to go on strike.rare in U.S. use. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > labour relations > participate in labour relations [verb (intransitive)] > strike strike1769 to turn out1795 to strike work, tools1803 stick1823 to come out1841 to go out1850 to down tools1855 to hit the bricks1931 1855 Liverpool Mercury 7 Nov. 3/3 Many shipowners know how the associated carpenters will ‘down tools’ and leave a ship because the captain insists upon employing a man not of the club to do some especial jobs. 1890 Morning Bull. (Rockhampton, Queensland) 24 Sept. They must down tools and do no more work until further notice. 1917 Hawke's Bay (N.Z.) Trib. 14 Aug. 3/4 The retort hands at the gasworks, who downed tools on July 8th., resumed work yesterday. 1958 Oxf. Mail 15 Jan. 1/2 He was ‘sincerely sorry’ to leave his job as Minister of Agriculture. ‘I hate downing-tools in the middle of a job.’ 1958 Punch 15 Jan. 109/1 More trouble seems to be brewing for the B.B.C., over complaints from manufacturers that after each half-hourly news bulletin workers down tools for five minutes to discuss it. 2006 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 13 Mar. 5/1 The 72 tradesmen and labourers downed tools early last year alleging their living quarters reeked of sewage. b. down-tools adj. of or relating to a strike; designating strike action. ΚΠ 1910 Times 20 Sept. 10/3 These sectional meetings were held this morning, and in each case they reversed the ‘down tools’ resolution adopted at Sunday's mass meeting. 1935 H. Heslop Last Cage Down i. v. 51 ‘We'd rather you settled amicably, if that's what you mean,’ said Railton. ‘A down-tools policy won't win much bread and butter.’ 1969 Listener 1 May 614/1 The employer should not be able to impose sudden arbitrary action on the workers, the only remedy for which may be a down-tools strike. 1999 D. Howell Respectable Radicals (2016) 396 The subsequent development of formal bargaining structures was a response to this ‘Down Tools’ strategy. extracted from downv.¹ < as lemmas
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