| 单词 | to jack it up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto jack it up a. To make or prepare (esp. food or drink); to arrange, organize, contrive. Also in to jack it up. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > put in (proper) order [verb (transitive)] rightlOE attire1330 ettlea1350 to set (also put) in rulea1387 redress1389 dress?a1400 fettlea1400 governc1405 yraylle1426 direct1509 settlec1530 tune1530 instruct1534 rede1545 commodate1595 square1596 concinnate1601 concinnea1620 rectify1655 fix1663 to put (also bring) into repair1673 arrange1802 pipeclay1806 to get together1810 to do up1886 to jack up1939 1939–45 Expressions & Sayings 2nd N.Z. Expeditionary Force in Dict. N.Z. Eng. (1997) 420/1 Jack up, prepare anything. 1942 NZEF Times 7 Sept. 5 In recent weeks NCO's have had a trying time ‘jacking up’ all sorts of things. 1944 J. H. Fullarton Troop Target xxvi. 187 I've jacked up a hot snack for the end of the shoot. 1950 A. R. D. Fairburn Let. 10 June (1981) 196 You can surely jack up some pretext for flying north. 1956 D. M. Davin Sullen Bell i. iii. 24 I've jacked it up to stay the night with a friend of mine. 1985 J. J. Stewart Gumboots & Goalposts 91 ‘I'll jack-up someone to referee,’ Walton volunteered. 2005 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 19 Nov. We finally jacked it up with a telephone conference call. < as lemmas |
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