| 单词 | to clear up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto clear up to clear up 1. transitive. To make clear (what has become overcast); to brighten up. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > make cheerful [verb (transitive)] > make face or eyes cheerful to clear up1594 uncloud?1594 lighten1605 irradiate1651 light1761 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus i. i. 263 Cleare vp faire Queene that cloudy countenance. View more context for this quotation 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 434 The birds..Clear'd up their choicest notes in bush and spray. View more context for this quotation 1685 J. Dryden tr. Horace Odes i. xxix. 24 in Wks. (1882–92) A savoury dish, a homely treat, Where all is plain, where all is neat, Clear up the cloudy foreheads of the great. 2. intransitive. To become clear; esp. of the weather after rain or storm. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > fine weather > [verb (intransitive)] > become clear clearc1374 to clear up1627 uncloud1793 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 41 It cleares vp, set your fore-saile. 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler 195 The weather clears up a little. View more context for this quotation 1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. iv. 56 His Excellency observed my Countenance to clear up. 1843 W. M. Thackeray Irish Sketch-bk. I. ix. 183 The day did not clear up sufficiently to allow me to make any long excursion. 3. transitive. To put into order by clearing away obstructions, rubbish, etc.; to ‘tidy up’. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > put in (proper) order [verb (transitive)] > put in order or tidy redeOE slick1340 redda1500 prepare1585 spruce1594 rid1599 snod1608 to clear up1762 snug1787 ted1811 tidy1821 side1825 fix1832 to pick up1853 mense1859 straighten1867 square1909 neaten1942 1762 A. Dickson Treat. Agric. ii. xii. 227 The plough..follows, and clears up the furrows. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxviii. 95 Not a letter was read until we had cleared up decks for the night. 1885 Manch. Examiner 15 June 5/5 To clear up the mess of difficulties. 4. intransitive. To come into order from confusion. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > come into order [verb (intransitive)] to clear up1749 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. vii. xiii. 105 The House began again to clear up from the Hurry which this Accident had occasioned. View more context for this quotation 5. transitive. To make clear and lucid (to the mind); to elucidate. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > expound, explain [verb (transitive)] arecchec885 unloukOE overrunOE sutelec1000 trahtnec1000 unfolda1050 belayc1175 openc1175 onopena1200 accountc1300 undo?a1366 remenea1382 interpret1382 unwrap1387 exploitc1390 enlumine1393 declarec1400 expoundc1400 unplait?c1400 enperc1420 planea1425 clearc1440 exponec1440 to lay outc1440 to give (also carry) lightc1449 unwind1482 expose1483 reducea1500 manifest1530 explicate1531 explaina1535 unlock?1536 dilucidate1538 elucidate1538 illustrate1538 rechec1540 explicate1543 illucidate1545 enucleate1548 unsnarl1555 commonstrate1563 to lay forth1577 straighten1577 unbroid1577 untwist1577 decipherc1586 illuminate1586 enlighten1587 resolvec1592 cipher1594 eliquidate1596 to take (a person) with one1599 rivelc1600 ravel1604 unbowel1606 unmist1611 extricate1614 unbolta1616 untanglea1616 enode1623 unperplexa1631 perspicuate1634 explata1637 unravel1637 esclarea1639 clarify1642 unweave1642 detenebrate1646 dismystery1652 undecipher1654 unfork1654 unparadox1654 reflect1655 enodate1656 unmysterya1661 liquidatea1670 recognize1676 to clear upa1691 to throw sidelight on1726 to throw (also cast, shed) light on (also upon)1731 eclaircise1754 irradiate1864 unbraid1880 predigest1905 to get (something) straight1920 disambiguate1960 demystify1963 a1691 R. Boyle Wks. (1772) I. 521 By mystical terms, and ambiguous phrases, he darkens what he should clear up. 1734 G. Berkeley Analyst §21 In order therefore to clear up this point. 1832 H. Martineau Life in Wilds iv. 54 You have cleared up the matter completely. 1860 W. Collins Woman in White i. vi. 25 We must really clear up this mystery, in some way. 6. intransitive. To become perspicuous or lucid. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > clearness, lucidity > become clear [verb (intransitive)] to bear in1637 to speak (also express, tell) volumes1803 to clear up1875 to come together1907 1875 E. White Life in Christ (1878) Pref. 12 My early ideas have somewhat cleared up in certain directions in the course of subsequent reflection. 7. transitive. To settle or adjust (debts, accounts). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > payment of debt > pay debt [verb (transitive)] quit?c1225 acquita1250 to pay up1434 satisfy1437 discharge1439 defease1480 persolve1548 solve1558 defray1576 affray1584 clear1600 to pay off1607 extinguish1630 to lay downa1640 wipe1668 settle1688 sink1694 retrieve1711 to clear up1726 balance1740 liquidate1755 to clear off1766 square1821 amortize1830 1726 G. Berkeley Let. 20 Jan. in Wks. (1871) IV. 120 It is an infinite shame that the debts are not cleared up and paid. < as lemmas |
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