| 单词 | to cut up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto cut up to cut up 1. transitive. To cut so as to take or get up; to root up by cutting; also figurative. ΘΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > root out or up > by cutting to cut up1602 1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida iv. sig. F4v Rootes, rootes? alas, they are seeded, new cut vp. 1611 Bible (King James) Job xxx. 4 Who cut vp mallowes by the bushes. View more context for this quotation 1690 J. Locke Two Treat. Govt. i. xi This doctrine cuts up all government by the roots. 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. 15 The law has therefore wisely cut up the root of dissension. 1839 Morning Herald 28 Aug. The gum trade..is nearly cut up by the roots. 2. To cut in pieces; to divide into parts by cutting, to carve; to cut open. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of meat > dress animals for food [verb (transitive)] > carve shearc1330 unlacec1400 smitea1500 carve1529 to cut up1574 cuta1616 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > division by cutting > divide by cutting [verb (transitive)] > cut into pieces snithec725 chop?a1400 culpec1430 gobbonc1440 gobbeta1450 culpon1508 to cut up1574 share1577 junk1776 1574 J. Baret Aluearie C 1737 Cut vp: or winne these partriges. 1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle sig. Gv No wilde foule to cut vp but mine? 1847 F. Marryat Children of New Forest I. iii. 44 Now I'll cut up the onions, for they will make your eyes water. 1885 Illustr. London News 10 Oct. 362 Every lady and gentleman was instructed how to cut up a turkey, capon or bustard. 3. figurative. To divide into parts, destroy the continuity of; to destroy or mar irretrievably. Π 1813 L. Hunt in Examiner 19 Apr. 242/2 His night's sleep had been cut up. 1817 Faraday in B. Jones Life & Lett. (1870) I. 248 My time is just now so closely cut up. 1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad I. iii. 123 They will very soon cut up and destroy all we have in this country. 4. To overcome with great slaughter, ‘cut to pieces’: see 7c. ΘΠ society > armed hostility > victory > make victorious [verb (transitive)] > conquer or overcome overcomeeOE shendc893 awinc1000 overwinOE overheaveOE to lay downa1225 mate?c1225 discomfitc1230 win1297 dauntc1300 cumber1303 scomfit1303 fenkc1320 to bear downc1330 confoundc1330 confusec1330 to do, put arrear1330 oversetc1330 vanquishc1330 conquerc1374 overthrowc1375 oppressc1380 outfighta1382 to put downa1382 discomfortc1384 threshc1384 vencuea1400 depressc1400 venque?1402 ding?a1425 cumrayc1425 to put to (also at, unto) the (also one's) worsec1425 to bring or put to (or unto) utterance1430 distrussc1430 supprisec1440 ascomfita1450 to do stress?c1450 victorya1470 to make (win) a conquest1477 convanquish1483 conquest1485 defeat1485 oversailc1485 conques1488 discomfish1488 fulyie1488 distress1489 overpress1489 cravent1490 utter?1533 to give (a person) the overthrow1536 debel1542 convince1548 foil1548 out-war1548 profligate1548 proflige?c1550 expugnate1568 expugn1570 victor1576 dismay1596 damnify1598 triumph1605 convict1607 overman1609 thrash1609 beat1611 debellate1611 import1624 to cut to (or in) pieces1632 maitrise1636 worst1636 forcea1641 outfight1650 outgeneral1767 to cut up1803 smash1813 slosh1890 ream1918 hammer1948 1803 Duke of Wellington in Marquess Wellesley Select. Despatches (1877) 787 A parcel of stragglers cut up our wounded. 1821 V. Blacker Mahratta War i. ix. 155 (note) The body of cavalry..employed to cut up the column of infantry. 5. To cut, hack, or gash the surface of irregularly; to damage by or as by cutting. ΘΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > cut [verb (transitive)] > cut roughly in order to damage hacka1200 mangle1528 hackle1564 behack1565 to rip up1567 to cut upa1592 hash1591 bemangle1601 hagglea1616 hacker1807 snag1811 butch1834 a1592 H. Smith Serm. (1622) 301 Like the plough, which cutteth up the ground that it may receive the seed. 1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VIII. xx. 90 The roads which were terribly cut up. 1826 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 104 The ice..was much cut up. 1859 All Year Round 23 July 306 The ground was..much cut up between wickets. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride (a horse or other animal) [verb (transitive)] > urge on > with whip whip1587 to cut up1756 1756 T. Amory Life John Buncle I. 282 My horse was as good..and I cut him up, and pricked him over the turf. 7. figurative. To censure, criticize, or review with destructive severity. ΘΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > criticize [verb (transitive)] > severely to be sharp upon1561 crossbite1571 scarify1582 canvass1590 maul1592 slasha1652 fib1665 to be severe on (or upon)1672 scalp1676 to pull to (or in) pieces1703 roast1710 to cut up1762 tomahawk1815 to blow sky-high1819 row1826 excoriate1833 scourge1835 target1837 slate1848 scathe1852 to take apart1880 soak1892 pan1908 burn1914 slam1916 sandbag1919 to put the blast on (someone)1929 to tear down1938 clobber1944 handbag1952 rip1961 monster1976 1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World I. 73 The book-answerers..when they have cut up some respectable name. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia IV. vii. ix. 139 May be..its out of bashfulness: perhaps he thinks we shall cut him up. 1784 R. Bage Barham Downs II. 228 The conversation fell naturally..upon Miss Whittaker's affair, and Lord Winterbottom was cut up..without mercy. 1860 G. A. Sala Lady Chesterfield's Lett. 55 [The reviewer] savagely cutting up people's books or pictures. 8. To wound deeply the feelings of; to distress greatly. (Usually in passive) ΘΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > cause of mental anguish or torment > cause anguish to or torment [verb (transitive)] quelmeOE eatc1000 martyrOE fretc1175 woundc1175 to-fret?c1225 gnawc1230 to-traya1250 torment1297 renda1333 anguish1340 grindc1350 wringc1374 debreakc1384 ofpinec1390 rivea1400 urn1488 reboil1528 whip1530 cruciate1532 pinch1548 spur-galla1555 agonize1570 rack1576 cut1582 excruciate1590 scorchc1595 discruciate1596 butcher1597 split1597 torture1598 lacerate1600 harrow1603 hell1614 to eat upa1616 arrow1628 martyrize1652 percruciate1656 tear1666 crucify1702 flay1782 wrench1798 kill1800 to cut up1843 1843 C. Dickens Christmas Carol i. 2 Scrooge was not so dreadfully cut up by the sad event. 1876 F. E. Trollope Charming Fellow II. ix. 127 I believe he was dreadfully cut up at my going away. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] > cause to cease or put a stop to > suddenly or abruptly (an action or person) break1330 to break offc1340 to take up1530 to cut off1576 stunt1603 to cut up short1607 to cut short1611 pawl1797 to sew up1837 to stop short1837 burst1842 to pull up1861 1607 S. Hieron Worth Water of Life in Wks. (1620) I. 197 Shee, beeing..something a shrewd-tongued woman, by and by cut Him vp short. 10. To share (plunder), to divide. slang. ΚΠ 1779 R. Cumberland Wheel of Fort. iv. iii. (Farmer). A gentleman who trusts to servants in his absence is sure to be cut up.] 1879 Macmillan's Mag. 40 505 (Farmer) We had between sixty and seventy quid to cut up. 11. intransitive. To admit of being cut up or divided, to turn out as to amount of fortune; apparently originally a butcher's phrase; said of a person after his death. slang. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > descend by succession [verb (intransitive)] > be worth when dead to cut up1782 1782 F. Burney Cecilia III. vi. ii. 232 Pray, how does he cut up? what has he left behind him? 1792 E. Gibbon Misc. Wks. (1814) I. 366 Geneva would cut up as fat as most towns in Europe. 1796 E. Burke Let. to Noble Lord 69 Their only question will be that of..some other of their legislative butchers, How he cuts up? 1831 B. Disraeli Young Duke III. iv. vii. 64 ‘You think him rich?’ ‘Oh! he will cut up very large!’ said the Baron. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Bk. Snobs vii. 29 The old banker died in course of time, and..‘cut up’ prodigiously well. 12. to cut up rough, rusty, savage, etc.: (intransitive) to become angry or quarrelsome. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > [verb (intransitive)] > become angry wrethec900 wrothc975 abelghec1300 to move one's blood (also mood)c1330 to peck moodc1330 gremec1460 to take firea1513 fumec1522 sourdc1540 spitec1560 to set up the heckle1601 fire1604 exasperate1659 to fire up1779 to flash up1822 to get one's dander up1831 to fly (occasionally jump, etc.) off (at) the handle1832 to have (also get) one's monkey up1833 to cut up rough, rusty, savage1837 rile1837 to go off the handle1839 to flare up1840 to set one's back up1845 to run hot1855 to wax up1859 to get one's rag out1862 blow1871 to get (also have) the pricker1871 to turn up rough1872 to get the needle1874 to blaze up1878 to get wet1898 spunk1898 to see red1901 to go crook1911 to get ignorant1913 to hit the ceiling1914 to hit the roof1921 to blow one's top1928 to lose one's rag1928 to lose one's haira1930 to go up in smoke1933 hackle1935 to have, get a cob on1937 to pop (also blow) one's cork1938 to go hostile1941 to go sparec1942 to do one's bun1944 to lose one's wool1944 to blow one's stack1947 to go (also do) one's (also a) dingerc1950 rear1953 to get on ignorant1956 to go through the roof1958 to keep (also blow, lose) one's cool1964 to lose ita1969 to blow a gasket1975 to throw a wobbler1985 society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > quarrel [verb (intransitive)] > be quarrelsome > become quarrelsome to cut up rough, rusty, savage1837 to turn up rough1872 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xlii. 462 I may say I von't pay, and cut up rough. 1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. xii. 114 Hang it, you cut up quite savage. 1873 W. Black Princess of Thule vii. 107 Now, Ingram,..don't cut up rough about it. 13. To cut a dash; show off; to behave (in a specified way); to behave badly or indecorously. U.S. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > behave badly [verb (intransitive)] misbehave1703 misdemean1765 to go on1778 to cut up1787 perform1891 to act out1913 the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > make ostentatious display or show off [verb (intransitive)] brandishc1340 ruffle1484 braga1556 swash1556 flourish1563 flaunt1566 prank1567 prink1573 to shake, wag the feather1581 peacockize1598 air1605 display1608 to launch it out1608 flasha1616 to cut it out1619 flare1633 vapour1652 peacock1654 spark1676 to gallantrize it1693 bosh1709 glare1712 to cut a bosh1726 to show away1728 to figure away, off1749 parade1749 to cut a dashc1771 dash1786 to cut up1787 to cut a flash1795 to make, or cut, a splash1804 swank1809 to come out strong1825 to cut a spludge1831 to cut it (too) fat1836 pavonize1838 splurge1844 to do the grand1847 to cut a swath1848 to cut a splurge1860 to fan out1860 spread1860 skyre1871 fluster1876 to strut one's stuff1926 showboat1937 floss1938 style1968 1787 Generous Attachment i. 89 A couple of plough boys..would do, when properly dressed, and cut it up..as well as the best. 1859 A. Moore Notes Plymouth Pulpit: Coll. Passages H. W. Beecher 201 I believe I never did cut up so bad any one week as I did that week. 1862 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 2nd Ser. i. 13 It ain't no use to argerfy ner try to cut up frisky. 1888 Howells Likely Story in Harper's Mag. Dec. 26 If you dare to touch them, I'll ring for Jane, and then she'll see you cutting up. 14. Sport slang. To ‘behave’ (badly, etc.) in a race or competition. ΚΠ 1883 Scotsman 11 July 18/1 He cut up badly and can have no chance for the Cup. 1883 Illustr. London News 12 May 463/2 (Farmer) Export again cut up wretchedly in the Burwell Stakes. 15. transitive. With caper, shines, etc.: to behave in a mischievous or frolicsome manner. U.S. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > frolic [verb (intransitive)] floxec1200 ragea1275 to dance antics1545 rig1570 to keep (also play) reaks1573 wanton1582 wantonize1592 frolic1593 wantonize1611 hoit1613 mird?c1625 to play about1638 freak1663 romp1665 rump1680 ramp1735 jinket1742 skylark1771 to cut up1775 rollick1786 hoity-toity1790 fun1802 lark1813 gammock1832 haze1848 marlock1863 train1877 horse1901 mollock1932 spadger1939 grab-ass1957 1775 in Narragansett Hist. Reg. (1885) Apr. 263 A man that was in company there the evening before that cut up a caper. 1846 D. Corcoran Pickings 28 He vas cutting up all kinds of extra shines.. like these here theatric fellers. 1847 ‘H. Franco’ Trippings Tom Pepper I. vi. 43 Let me catch him cutting up any monkey shines in this house, and I'll bea[n] him! a1848 Knickerbocker A wild bull of the prairies was cutting up shines at no great distance, tearing up the sod with hoofs and horns. 1851 N.Y. Tribune 10 Apr. in J. S. Farmer Americanisms (1889) We should have had just the same didoes cut up by the chivalry. 1903 A. D. McFaul Ike Glidden in Maine ii. 11 It was not Ike that cut up the mischief this time. 1945 S. Lewis Cass Timberlane (1946) xvii. 102 People recognizing you and staring at you cutting up monkey~shines! 16. To conduct or manage (a contest) fraudulently. Sport slang. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > collusion, intrigue > conspire against [verb (transitive)] > manage fraudulently to frame up1891 to cut up1923 bend1960 1923 Daily Mail 16 Jan. 7 Georges Carpentier, M. Descamps, his manager, and M. Hellers, the manager of the coloured boxer Siki, have been acquitted by the French Boxing Federation of having arranged and ‘cut up’ the fight in which Siki was declared victor. 1923 Weekly Disp. 13 May 7 I read in newspapers now that more than half the races under National Hunt rules are cut up, and that jockeys and trainers are out to rob the public. 17. intransitive. Of the surface of the ground: to become broken up irregularly. ΘΠ the world > the earth > land > ground > [verb (intransitive)] > become rough to cut up1891 1891 W. G. Grace Cricket iii. 70 Snow had fallen during the day, and the wicket cut up badly. 1909 Moa Flat Estate 36 Six-ton loads went through..before the roads ‘cut up’ and would not bear traffic. 18. to cut up (old) touches: to gossip or reminisce. U.S. slang. ΚΠ 1931 D. Runyon Guys & Dolls (1932) viii. 180 They are cutting up old touches. 1931 D. Runyon Guys & Dolls (1932) xiii. 281 Having a drink together..and..cutting up old touches of the time when they run with the Hudson Dusters together. 1941 New Yorker 1 Nov. 27/3 He and Dutch would get together and cut up touches. 19. To cut in front of (another vehicle or its driver), esp. causing it to brake or take other evasive action; to pass recklessly or illegally. colloquial. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > drive a vehicle [verb (transitive)] > drive a motor vehicle > overtake > and cut in front of to cut up1939 1939 H. Hodge Cab, Sir? xv. 219 To ‘cut a man up’ means much the same as the more official driving term ‘cutting in’. 1975 Observer 11 May 1/4 They drove up the inside of a line of traffic waiting to turn right into Ley Road. One of the vehicles they ‘cut up’ turned out to be a ‘nondescript’ (unmarked) police van. < as lemmas |
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