单词 | to check up |
释义 | > as lemmasto check up (on) (also to check on) 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. < as lemmas |
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