单词 | to check out |
释义 | > as lemmasto check out d. to check up (on) (also to check on): to examine carefully or in detail; to maintain a check on; to ascertain the truth about; also absol.; to check out, to investigate, examine for accuracy, authenticity, or a confirmation of fitness. Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > close examination, scrutiny > scrutinize [verb (transitive)] > assess conduct, suitability, etc. sift1573 to watch a person's water1640 to put (a horse, etc.) through (its, etc.) paces1766 to check up (on) (also to check on)1911 vet1924 process1925 to check out1962 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > cheques and drafts > process a cheque [verb (transitive)] > cash cheques, etc. > upon a person draw1635 to check up (on) (also to check on)1911 1911 H. S. Harrison Queed xxiv. 309 In five years the experiment might enable me to check up some of my own conclusions. 1912 Amer. Hist. Rev. 819 There is..more chance to check up legislative ideals by the dry observations of chroniclers. 1924 C. E. Mulford Rustlers' Valley xxvii. 291 He was trying to check up the defenders in the cabin. 1925 H. L. Foster Trop. Tramp with Tourists 51 As the sailing hour approached, the staff and stewards were busy checking up. 1926 G. Hunting Vicarion xvi. 266 He..offered to set a condenser up for her in her own home where she could check up on any of his activities she desired. 1926 Publishers' Weekly (N.Y.) 19 June 1966/2 Nor do the parents think of checking up the reading matter [taken to camp]. 1928 C. M. Fuess Men of Andover 13 Every effort has been made to check up on even the least important statements. 1932 E. Wilson Devil take Hindmost ix. 92 These people will have to be checked up on. 1938 E. Bowen Death of Heart ii. iii. 212 I have never checked up on this. 1938 E. Bowen Death of Heart ii. iv. 248 One solid pleasure of love is to check up together on what has happened. 1942 in C. R. Bond & T. Anderson Flying Tiger's Diary (1984) v. 121 They have been flying Brewster Buffaloes and now are being checked out in Hurricanes. 1957 D. J. Enright Apothecary's Shop 127 Reading back through the book to check up on the implied parallel. 1959 Daily Mail 20 Feb. 10/6 The M.C.C. had a man placed either at mid-on or mid-off..obviously to check on me. 1962 F. I. Ordway et al. Basic Astronautics ix. 388 Most hydraulic control systems have electrical components..thus necessitating two systems to install, check-out, and maintain. 1967 Landfall 21 243 A married man with a rich wife and a packet of kids... I checked him out. 1968 S. Challis Death on Quiet Beach v. 72 Kay. We'll check her out. 1968 Times 16 Dec. 7/4 To begin with, Apollo 8..will be parked in a 119-mile orbit while the crew check out the spacecraft. to check out intransitive. Originally and chiefly U.S. to check out: to be confirmed or verified as accurate or authentic; (also) to prove to be healthy or in an acceptable condition. ΚΠ 1956 Indiana (Pa.) Evening Gaz. 16 Mar. 17 (comic strip) Everything checks out, Ed—the ad..the phone number..the valise and the girl!! 1961 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 7 Aug. ii. 1/3 Ruznak told police he was having trouble with the oil pressure gauge on his car... It checked out okay at the time the police tested it however. 1977 Washington Post (Nexis) 19 May The jersey was available for $300—well worth it..if it checks out as the genuine article. 1992 Men's Health May 36/2 My thyroid checked out okay, and the doctor said my arrhythmia was probably derived from a defect in the wiring of the heart. 1997 M. Groening et al. Simpsons: Compl. Guide 194/2 All right. His story checks out. to check out intransitive. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). to check out: to die. Cf. sense 16e. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [verb (intransitive)] forsweltc888 sweltc888 adeadeOE deadc950 wendeOE i-wite971 starveOE witea1000 forfereOE forthfareOE forworthc1000 to go (also depart , pass, i-wite, chare) out of this worldOE queleOE fallOE to take (also nim, underfo) (the) deathOE to shed (one's own) blood?a1100 diec1135 endc1175 farec1175 to give up the ghostc1175 letc1200 aswelta1250 leavea1250 to-sweltc1275 to-worthc1275 to yield (up) the ghost (soul, breath, life, spirit)c1290 finea1300 spilla1300 part?1316 to leese one's life-daysa1325 to nim the way of deathc1325 to tine, leave, lose the sweatc1330 flit1340 trance1340 determinec1374 disperisha1382 to go the way of all the eartha1382 to be gathered to one's fathers1382 miscarryc1387 shut1390 goa1393 to die upa1400 expirea1400 fleea1400 to pass awaya1400 to seek out of lifea1400–50 to sye hethena1400 tinea1400 trespass14.. espirec1430 to end one's days?a1439 decease1439 to go away?a1450 ungoc1450 unlivec1450 to change one's lifea1470 vade1495 depart1501 to pay one's debt to (also the debt of) naturea1513 to decease this world1515 to go over?1520 jet1530 vade1530 to go westa1532 to pick over the perch1532 galpa1535 to die the death1535 to depart to God1548 to go home1561 mort1568 inlaikc1575 shuffle1576 finish1578 to hop (also tip, pitch over, drop off, etc.) the perch1587 relent1587 unbreathe1589 transpass1592 to lose one's breath1596 to make a die (of it)1611 to go offa1616 fail1623 to go out1635 to peak over the percha1641 exita1652 drop1654 to knock offa1657 to kick upa1658 to pay nature her due1657 ghost1666 to march off1693 to die off1697 pike1697 to drop off1699 tip (over) the perch1699 to pass (also go, be called, etc.) to one's reward1703 sink1718 vent1718 to launch into eternity1719 to join the majority1721 demise1727 to pack off1735 to slip one's cable1751 turf1763 to move off1764 to pop off the hooks1764 to hop off1797 to pass on1805 to go to glory1814 sough1816 to hand in one's accounts1817 to slip one's breatha1819 croak1819 to slip one's wind1819 stiffen1820 weed1824 buy1825 to drop short1826 to fall (a) prey (also victim, sacrifice) to1839 to get one's (also the) call1839 to drop (etc.) off the hooks1840 to unreeve one's lifeline1840 to step out1844 to cash, pass or send in one's checks1845 to hand in one's checks1845 to go off the handle1848 to go under1848 succumb1849 to turn one's toes up1851 to peg out1852 walk1858 snuff1864 to go or be up the flume1865 to pass outc1867 to cash in one's chips1870 to go (also pass over) to the majority1883 to cash in1884 to cop it1884 snuff1885 to belly up1886 perch1886 to kick the bucket1889 off1890 to knock over1892 to pass over1897 to stop one1901 to pass in1904 to hand in one's marble1911 the silver cord is loosed1911 pip1913 to cross over1915 conk1917 to check out1921 to kick off1921 to pack up1925 to step off1926 to take the ferry1928 peg1931 to meet one's Maker1933 to kiss off1935 to crease it1959 zonk1968 cark1977 to cark it1979 to take a dirt nap1981 1921 W. Mason in Los Angeles Times 27 Apr. ii. 4/5 One balmy night he went to bed all full of pleasant schemes, and in the morning he was dead—he'd checked out in his dreams. 1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues i. 16 I landed in the hospital with dysentery and I almost checked out. 1969 S. Faessler in R. Sullivan Stories by Canad. Women (1984) 229 You'd better get down here... I think the old man's checking out. 1999 S. Rushdie Ground beneath her Feet (2000) xi. 322 For one hundred and fifty seconds he genuinely checked out, kicked the bucket. to check out intransitive. Darts. to check out: to win a leg by scoring the exact number of points that will reduce one's score to zero during a turn; (also) to win a leg using a particular number of darts. Frequently with in, on. In most variations of the game, a player must finish by hitting a double or the bullseye. ΚΠ 1939 Whitstable Times 27 May 6/3 His first dart took a single and his second dart checked out with double four. 1977 Daily Mirror 26 Sept. 27/3 It ended with Jim checking out for a 3–1 win. 1996 Daily Record (Nexis) 2 Jan. 50 Taylor checked out on double 15. 2006 B. George & L. Hardy Bobby Dazzler vi. 57 My fondest memory of him is of two successive legs that we played at the King George, when I checked out both times in nine darts. < as lemmas |
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