| 单词 | to hold down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto hold down to hold down 1. transitive. To keep down (literal and figurative); to keep under, keep in subjection, repress, oppress. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > low position > put in low position [verb (transitive)] > keep in low position to hold down1533 society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > subject [verb (transitive)] > keep in subjection to hold down1533 underkeep1590 to keep down1723 snool1735 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) iv. 394 The fame and rumoure thareof was haldin doun amang the Veanis. 1606 J. Marston Parasitaster iv, in Wks. (1856) II. 77 The more held down, they swel. 1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack xix. 129 Confused and holding down my head. 1881 Bible (R.V.) Rom. i. 18 Men who hold down the truth in unrighteousness. 1883 Daily News 1 Feb. 5 Plump English folk, not at all starved or ‘hadden doon’, as his countrymen say. 2. Mining (U.S. and Australia). to hold down a claim (also absol. to hold down): ‘to reside on a section or tract of land long enough to establish a claim to ownership under the homestead law’ ( C.D.). ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > [verb (intransitive)] > claim right to possession > by occupancy of land to hold down a claim1888 society > occupation and work > industry > mining > mine [verb (transitive)] > mark out claim > guard (claim) shepherd1855 to hold down1888 1888 Harper's Mag. July 236/1 A lone and unprotected female ‘holding down a claim’. 1893 Eng. Illustr. Mag. 10 324/1 In mining slang Pilbarra did not ‘hold down’, and the place was ultimately almost deserted. 3. To remain in (a position or situation); to continue to occupy (a place or post) or succeed in discharging the duties of (one's employment). Originally U.S. colloquial. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > duties > [verb (transitive)] > discharge a duty or office officiate1615 serve1621 managea1627 to hold down1891 pull1941 1891 C. Roberts Adrift in Amer. 92 Jumping an east bound freight.., I managed to hold it down or keep on it till I got to Alameda. 1893 Harper's Mag. Dec. 80/2 If a man is to ‘hold down’ a big ranch in northern Mexico he has got to be ‘all man’. 1896 G. Ade Artie xiv. 129 I'll bet that guy up in your place don't know nothin' on earth except how to hold down his measly job. 1902 G. H. Lorimer Lett. Merchant v. 60 The fellow who's got the right stuff in him is holding down his own place with one hand. 1910 S. E. White Rules of Game i. iii. 19 I didn't much think you could hold down a job here. You see there's too much doing here. 1913 F. H. Burnett T. Tembarom ii I wonder, if I ever did get his job, if I could hold it down? 1931 G. D. H. Cole in W. Rose Outl. Mod. Knowl. xvi. 688 There are few pleasures in life equal to that of successfully holding down a difficult and responsible job. 1936 Punch 14 Oct. 439/2 He never could hold down a job. 1973 A. Behrend Samarai Affair i. 12 Captain Coldstream looked exactly what he was—an ex-sailor of quality now holding down an exacting shore job. to hold down 2. Mining (U.S. and Australia). to hold down a claim (also absol. to hold down): ‘to reside on a section or tract of land long enough to establish a claim to ownership under the homestead law’ ( C.D.). ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > [verb (intransitive)] > claim right to possession > by occupancy of land to hold down a claim1888 society > occupation and work > industry > mining > mine [verb (transitive)] > mark out claim > guard (claim) shepherd1855 to hold down1888 1888 Harper's Mag. July 236/1 A lone and unprotected female ‘holding down a claim’. 1893 Eng. Illustr. Mag. 10 324/1 In mining slang Pilbarra did not ‘hold down’, and the place was ultimately almost deserted. < as lemmas |
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