| 单词 | to keep a quarter |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto keep a (bad, etc.) quarter b. to keep a (bad, etc.) quarter : to maintain a (bad, etc.) state of things, to behave in a (specified) manner; (hence without adjective) to make a noise or disturbance. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [verb (transitive)] to keep a (bad, etc.) quarter1632 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > confused sound > [verb (intransitive)] > uproar or tumult clamourc1400 rumblec1405 shout1513 racket1617 to keep a (bad, etc.) quarter1632 to raise a dust1649 obstreperate1765 row1797 uproar1834 to raise Cain1840 to raise the mischief1840 to raise (also lift) the roof1845 steven1855 tow-row1877 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iii. 88 The Souldiers kept a bloody quarter among themselues. 1659 Commw. Ball. (Percy Soc.) 150 For all you kept such a quarter, you are out of the councell of state. 1668 S. Pepys Diary 29 Jan. (1976) IX. 42 They had fiddlers and danced and kept a quarter; which pleased me (though it disturbed me). 1689 R. Milward Selden's Table-talk 39 They keep a huge quarter when they carry it into the Cellar. 1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ What a quarter they keep in the market. 1760 G. Baretti Dict. Eng. & Ital. Lang. II. (at cited word) To keep a heavy quarter, fare un grande strepito. < as lemmas |
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