| 单词 | to hole up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto hole up 7. intransitive. To go into a hole. to hole up, (a) to retire to a hole for hibernation; also, to seek shelter, to seek (temporary) quarters; (b) to lie in wait or in ambush, to hide (chiefly U.S. slang). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > hide, lie or hidden [verb (intransitive)] > go into hiding to take squat1583 cavea1616 hole1631 to go to earth1820 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > a secret place, hiding place > be or hide in secret place [verb (intransitive)] squata1425 den1610 hole1828 to hole up1890 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > [verb (intransitive)] > go to earth (of fox) hole1828 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > [verb (intransitive)] liec1000 harbourc1200 sojournc1290 layc1300 sojourc1330 to make, take (up) one's lodging1362 pilgrimagea1382 bield?a1400 lodgec1400 tarryc1400 to make (one's) residence1433 harbingec1475 harbry1513 stay1554 roost?1555 embower1591 quarter1591 leaguer1596 allodge1601 tenta1616 visit1626 billet1628 to lie abroad1650 tabernacle1653 sojourney1657 canton1697 stop1797 to shake down1858 to hole up1875 perendinate1886 shack1935 cotch1950 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > take or seek refuge [verb (intransitive)] bield?a1400 to hide one's headc1475 shroud1579 subterfuge1622 refuge1640 to take refuge1667 haven1742 to go to earth1820 to hole up1875 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > hide, lie or hidden [verb (intransitive)] > remain in hiding lurkc1300 to hide one's headc1475 mitch1558 nestle1567 to lie at (on, upon the) lurch1578 to lay low1600 skulk1626 squat1658 to lie by1709 hide1872 to hole up1875 to lie low1880 to lie (also play) doggo1882 to hide out1884 to put the lid on1966 the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [verb (intransitive)] > hibernate latibulize1802 hibernate1816 to den up1843 to hole up1890 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make attack [verb (intransitive)] > lie in wait siteOE wait?c1225 aspya1250 awaita1250 keepc1275 to sit in wait(s)a1300 lurkc1300 bush1330 to lie at (the) waitc1440 to lie on waitc1440 to lie wait1445 lay one's wait1535 hugger1567 to lie at (on, upon the) lurch1578 couch1582 ambuscade1592 to lie (also stand, stay, etc.) perdu1624 to lie at (or upon the) snap1631 ambush1638 to hole up1912 1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes v. ii. 88 in Wks. II Wi' your worming braine.., Which I shall see you hole with, very shortly. A fine round head, when those two lugs are off, To trundle through a Pillory. 1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre iv. vi. 66 in Wks. II Come put in his legge in the middle roundell, and let him hole there. 1688 T. Shadwell Squire of Alsatia v. i. 72 The Rogue is hol'd somewhere. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Hole, to earth as a fox. 1875 J. Burroughs Winter Sunshine 279 Only five days was I compelled to ‘hole up’ in my state-room. 1878 Scribner's Monthly 15 303/1 The fox..has run to earth, or, as we have it, ‘has holed’. 1890 L. C. D'Oyle Notches Rough Edge Life 70 It was getting time for the bears to ‘hole-up’. 1910 Mrs. H. Ward Canadian Born ix. 181 I'm a poor old broken-down..miner, who wants to hole-up somewhere, and get comfortable for his old age. 1912 C. E. Mulford & J. W. Clay Buck Peters, Ranchman xxvi. 340 Go slow, Tex; mebby he's holin' up on us, like he did on Buck. 1924 C. E. Mulford Rustlers' Valley xii. 141 Now you'll mebby have to take to th' hills an' hole up just when I need you most. 1925 C. E. Mulford Cottonwood Gulch xvi. 218 It would have been only a matter of a few minutes before they would have forced him to abandon the horse and to hole up on the defensive, to make a losing fight. 1929 W. Faulkner Sartoris iv. 282 Hole up here, you potlickin' fool. 1929 D. Hammett Red Harvest xviii. 179 You'll have to..take a plant on Willsson's... I hear whisper Thaler's holing-up there. 1939 R. Chandler Big Sleep xxvii. 240 That's the place where she's holed up. 1951 S. Lewis World so Wide xii. 135 We've got to begin thinking about holing up for the night. 1952 P. G. Wodehouse Pigs have Wings ix. 178 The poltergeist, for such he assumed it to be, appeared to have holed up behind the door that led presumably to the kitchen. 1954 ‘N. Blake’ Whisper in Gloom ii. xiv. 194 I bet you Elmer's holed up in Harwich, or somewhere near it. 1961 G. Greene Burnt-out Case ii. iii. 37 Who would expect to find the Querry holed up in a leproserie? 1973 ‘D. Jordan’ Nile Green xlv. 234 We were holed up in the flat, drinking Gold Star beer. < as lemmas |
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