单词 | to clap fast |
释义 | > as lemmasto clap fast 11. esp. To put (with promptitude or high-handedness) in prison or custody; to imprison, confine. Also simply to clap up ( †to clap fast): ‘to imprison with little formality or delay’ (Johnson). ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > imprison [verb (transitive)] beclosec1000 setc1100 steekc1175 prison?c1225 adightc1275 imprison1297 laya1325 keepc1330 presentc1380 locka1400 throwc1422 commise1480 clapc1530 shop1548 to lay up1565 incarcerate1575 embar1590 immure1598 hole1608 trunk1608 to keep (a person) darka1616 carceir1630 enjaila1631 pocket1631 bridewell1733 bastille1745 cage1805 quod1819 bag1824 carcerate1839 to send down1840 jug1841 slough1848 to send up1852 to put away1859 warehouse1881 roundhouse1889 smug1896 to bang up1950 the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > be careless or heedless of [verb (transitive)] > perform without accuracy or thoroughness > construct or compile carelessly to clap upc1530 ruffle1533 huddle1579 to knock off1886 c1530 A. Barclay Egloges i. sig. F Then art thou clappyd in the flete or clynke. 1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 667 The King caused him to be clapt in prison. 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. F8 They are sometimes sent to prison, clapt in irons, manicled. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) i. iv. 50 Let them be clapt vp close. View more context for this quotation a1618 W. Raleigh Remains (1644) 73 Wee'le clap you up, and you shall sue to us ere you get out. 1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. i. xxvi. 142 Let him be clapt up in Gaol till he pays the whole. 1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 303 Certain Nobles whom the King had clapt up. 1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (1778) II. v. 82 He was..clapt in fetters. 1840 W. M. Thackeray Catherine v What did the creditors do but clap my gay gentleman into Shrewsbury gaol. 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present ii. vi. 95 Some were clapt in prison. < as lemmas |
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