| 单词 | to let in |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto let in to let in 1. To admit, give admittance to (a person), esp. into a dwelling-house; to open the door of a house to; hence reflexive to enter the house where one lives, usually by means of a latchkey. Also figurative, to include; to allow (someone) to share (confidential information, privileges, etc.); frequently const. on. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come into [verb (transitive)] > let in > let in a person to let inc1000 receivea1382 to take inc1450 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come in [verb (intransitive)] > into the house where one lives to let in1889 society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)] > secrets > let (one) into secret to let in1904 c1000 Ælfric Homilies II. 382 Petrus cnucode oþ ðæt hi hine inne leton. a1240 Sawles Warde in Cott. Hom. 257 Let him in seið wit ȝef godd wule he bringeð us gleade tidinges. ?a1366 Romaunt Rose 700 She the dore of that gardyn Hadde opened, and me leten in. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 18096 Hell..open up þin yates wide, Lete in þe king, wit-vten bide. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) ii. 6 Seth went forth to Paradys; bot the aungel wald noȝt late him in. 1423 Kingis Quair cxxv The maister portare..frely lete vs in, vnquestionate. 1517 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (new ed.) iv. 21 At the chambre in ryght ryche araye We were let in. 1568 (a1500) Freiris Berwik 154 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 265 His knok scho kend and did so him in lett. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iv. ii. 92 There he must stay vntil the Officer Arise to let him in . View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 566 Open, ye everlasting Gates,..let in The great Creator from his work returnd Magnificent. View more context for this quotation 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 45 I was let in at the Back-Gate of a lovely House. 1724 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (1733) II. 134 And now she thanks the happy time That e'er she loot me in. a1817 J. Austen Persuasion (1818) IV. ix. 179 Nurse Rooke..was delighted to be in the way to let you in . View more context for this quotation 1889 J. K. Jerome Three Men in Boat 167 George went home again, musing as he walked along, and let himself in. 1891 N. Gould Double Event 74 I have a latch-key, and I let myself in. 1904 G. S. Porter Freckles xiv. 307 I guess you'll have to let me in on that, too. You mustn't be selfish, you know. 1910 E. A. Walcott Open Door xiii. 162 Let me in on the game, Tommy. 1923 L. J. Vance Baroque vii. 39 I'll let you in on a secret. 1928 E. Wallace Double xv. 239 He had been ‘let in’ by acquaintances on the Stock Exchange to several good things. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §197/5 Inform; give inside information,..let or leave in on. 2. To give entrance or admittance to (light, water, air, etc.). Also transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come into [verb (transitive)] > let in inletc1330 to take inc1330 admit1434 adhibit1542 take1555 to let in1558 to let into1596 intromitc1600 intermit1658 let1706 to sign in1934 the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > action or process of leaking > let in through a leak [verb (transitive)] leak1692 to let in1748 1558 Bp. T. Watson Holsome Doctr. Seuen Sacramentes xviii. f. cviiiv So wee maye lette in shame into oure soule. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 44 The water may be let in by Trenches when you lyst. 1650 Bp. J. Taylor Rule of Holy Living (1686) ii. §6. 134 The more tender our spirits are made by Religion, the more easie we are to let in grief if the cause be innocent. 1685 E. Waller Last Verses in Divine Poems The Soul's dark Cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new Light thro' chinks that time has made. 1697 J. Vanbrugh Æsop v. 62 A Womans Heart's to be enter'd forty ways... An Essenc'd Peruke, and a Sweet Handkerchief; let's you in at her Nose. 1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels I. 221 Though God do not let in Heaven upon us. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 203. ⁋8 A sashed Roof, which lets in the Sun at all Times. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. viii. 78 She let in the water at every seam. 1819 G. Crabbe Tales of Hall II. xvi. 173 And fears of sinning let in thoughts of sin. 1848 A. H. Clough Bothie of Toper-na-Fuosich ix. 125 Half-awake servant-maids..letting-in the air by the doorway. 1871 R. H. Hutton Ess. (1877) I. 11 Skylights opened to let in upon human nature an infinite dawn from above. 3. To insert into the surface or substance of a thing; see also quot. 1867. (Cf. 11a(b).) ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > insert or put in [verb (transitive)] > add by insertion to work in?c1450 redact1570 to let in1575 to let into1596 enchase1611 to piece in1720 inlet1860 1575–6 in H. J. F. Swayne Churchwardens' Accts. Sarum (1896) 289 White the mason lettinge in the boltes above the quier dore 6d. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. ii. 96 A Lead-Pipe..into which at the top was let in a short neck'd weather-glass, or bolt-head. 1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 26 Let in all the Half-timbers, and then get in your Kelson. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. To let in, to fix or fit a diminished part of one plank or piece of timber into a score formed in another to receive it, as the ends of the carlings into the beams. 1932 D. C. Minter Mod. Needlecraft 214/1 Joins can be made decorative by letting in a piping cord down the centre. 1968 J. Arnold Shell Bk. Country Crafts 257 Handles are constructed by letting in a cane as a foundation. 4. To make a way for something to happen; to give rise to. Obsolete or archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] > give rise to makeOE breedc1200 wakea1325 wakenc1330 engendera1393 gendera1398 raisea1400 begetc1443 reara1513 ingener1513 ingenerate1528 to stir upc1530 yield1576 to pull ona1586 to brood up1586 to set afloat (on float)1586 spawn1594 innate1602 initiate1604 inbreed1605 irritate1612 to give rise to1630 to let in1655 to gig (out)1659 to set up1851 gin1887 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. 62 They pleaded also that the Churlishnesse of the Porter let in this sad Accident, increased by the Indiscretion of those in his own Family. 1805 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. V. 479 The bar or extinguishment of both, by the recovery..lets in the reversion in fee after both. 1893 Sir J. W. Chitty in Law Times Rep. 68 430/1 It would..let in all the mischief against which the statute was intended to guard. 5. Of ice, etc.: To give way and allow (a person) to fall through into the water. Hence figurative (colloquial) to involve in loss or difficulty by fraud, financial failure, etc. to let in for (cf. in for at in adv. Phrases 2): to involve in the performance, payment, etc. of. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > defraud or swindle [verb] > involve in to let in for1832 society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > associate with [verb (transitive)] > participate with > cause to participate in to let in for1873 deal1942 1832 Examiner 826/2 The Major..had become security for several friends, who..taxed his friendship too much, by ‘letting him in’ to the amount of the security. 1837 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 1st Ser. (ed. 2) vi An old sea captain, who was once let in for it pretty deep by a man with a broader brim than common. 1849 A. R. Smith Pottleton Legacy 124 I was so confoundedly let in by the Patent Artificial Flour Company. 1873 Punch 12 Apr. 149/1 If we interfere to promote the object, Turkey will infallibly let us in for the cost. 1886 H. W. Lucy Diary Two Parl.: Gladstone 348 A young man to whom nothing is sacred would probably find peculiar pleasure in ‘letting-in’ his own father. 1913 J. Galsworthy Fugitive ii. 48 Mr Malise, I know what I ought to be to you, if I let you in for all this. 1925 D. H. Lawrence Let. 29 Dec. (1962) II. 873 We sort of let ourselves in for these things. 1938 E. Waugh Scoop i. v. 86 We've been having a row with you lately. Something about a libel action one of our boys let you in for. 1955 Times 29 June 12/6 But never once has she let-in her passengers for a major breakdown in foreign parts, or otherwise far from home. 1971 E. Lemarchand Death on Doomsday i. 16 You're..spelling out the horrors we've let ourselves in for with appalling clarity. 1973 Listener 15 Nov. 661/1 Princess Anne, did you explain to Captain Phillips..what he was letting himself in for? 6. intransitive. To become connected or implicated with. ? University slang. ΚΠ 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. i. 14 He has also been good enough to recommend to me many tradesmen..but..I shall make some inquiries before ‘letting in’ with any of them. 7. Motoring. To engage (the clutch) by releasing one's pressure on the clutch pedal. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > drive a vehicle [verb (transitive)] > drive a motor vehicle > operate clutch or gears throw1804 to put in1902 to slip (in) the clutch1904 shift1910 to let in1933 double-clutch1938 to let out1958 1933 D. L. Sayers Hangman's Holiday 173 Mr. Egg acknowledged the courtesy with a wave of his smart trilby, and let his clutch in with quiet determination. 1960 I. Jefferies Dignity & Purity iv. 61 I let in the clutch and zoomed off. 1968 Listener 19 Dec. 811/2 The Fiddler chuckled as he let in the clutch. 1973 C. Egleton Seven Days to Killing xx. 213 He slipped the handbrake, raced the engine and then let the clutch in fast. 8. As participial adjective. (See quots.) ΚΠ 1882 J. Southward Pract. Printing xxvii. 257 Let-in notes are, as the name indicates, let into the text. 1894 Amer. Dict. Printing & Bookmaking 336/1 Let-in notes, another term for cut-in notes, or those let into the text, as distinct from side notes. 1973 Collins's Authors & Printers Dict. (ed. 11) 247/2 Let-in notes,..those let into the text, as distinct from side-notes. < as lemmas |
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