单词 | to take apart |
释义 | > as lemmasto take apart to take apart 1. transitive. To take (a person) aside in order to speak privately. Now rare. ΚΠ c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Shipman's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 256 At after dyner daun Iohn sobrely This chapman took a part. 1503 Star Chamber Proc. in Trans. Royal Hist. Soc. (1902) 16 153 Walter Robardes tooke this Alexr apart. 1597 R. Tofte tr. L. Ariosto Two Tales ii. sig. N Yet for to know the certaintie more rife,..To the Nurse he goes, and taketh her apart. 1627 W. Duncomb tr. V. d'Audiguier Tragi-comicall Hist. our Times i. 11 Cleander taking Lisander apart, and discoursing to him his businesse at Court, let him presently know, that he knew nothing of theirs. 1686 tr. D. Bouhours Life St. Ignatius ii. 96 Taking him one day apart, he told him with freedom, that the Life he lead was a dishonor to the Illustrious Family of Loyola. 1717 Mem. James Duke of Hamilton 25 The King took him apart, and unravel'd to him all the Villainous Story. 1796 F. Burney Camilla III. v. iv. 53 After mildly representing the indecorum of detaining any one she was to receive by appointment, he took her apart, and putting a packet into her hand [etc.]. 1836 W. Dunlap 30 Years Ago 6 His father took him apart, and bestowed on him a roll of hard dollars. 1881 H. L. Williams in Amer. Standard Dict. 469 Taking one apart.—‘I took my friend apart to converse with him.’ Say ‘I took him aside’, and avoid a ludicrous suggestion. 1900 Messenger Sacred Heart Jesus May 416/1 She was taken apart and told that her hand had been asked in marriage by the noble gentleman. 1914 Smart Set Aug. 7/2 The retired official had taken him apart to tell him that it was a pity Bismarck was not alive to deal with the Social Democrats. 2. transitive. To separate or detach (one thing) from another. Also figurative with immaterial object. ΚΠ 1605 R. Mason Reasons Academie 71 This is against corrupt nature: as much as to sunder & take apart wines from water, after it is once mingled. 1838 Farmers' Reg. 1 Sept. 322/2 This being effected, I would recommend that the mould be taken apart from the wall. 1902 Proc. 24th. Ann. Conv. Minnesota Dairyman's Assoc. 149 You put the curd in the hoops [sc. circular moulds]... Then you take it apart from the hoops and put it in a tub of salty water. 1965 U.S. Patent 3,195,587 2 The filling valve..consists of several sections which can be taken apart from each other. 1999 I. Graham et al. Sci. Encycl. i. 37 Atoms in the molecules of one substance can be taken apart from each other, then reassembled to form molecules of a new, different substance. 2012 E. F. Isin Citizens without Frontiers vi. 174 For centuries..we have been living under..the nation-state. What we are experiencing now..is that the state is being taken apart from the nation. 3. a. (a) transitive. To separate into constituent parts; to dismantle, disassemble. Also figurative with immaterial object. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > separate into constituents [verb (transitive)] > take apart to-lithec1000 unjoinc1400 joint1530 unpart1536 disjoin1579 disjoint1587 untruss?1605 untack1641 ravela1658 disartuate1660 to take apart1744 demount1756 disarticulate1808 dismount1859 disassemble1881 destructure1951 deconstruct1973 1744 S. Fielding Adventures David Simple I. vi. 195 Let a Machine, of any kind, be joined together by an ingenious Artist, and I dare say, he will be best able to take it apart again. 1774 T. Skaife Key Civil Archit. xxii. 140 In this state put in the pannels, and after smooth all off together; then take it apart, and stick the bead. 1826 N.Y. Reflector 28 Oct. 39/1 Having arrived with the engine at its place of safe keeping..to be informed that..the engine must be taken apart. 1897 G. E. Vincent Social Mind & Educ. p. viii It is..important to direct and systematize the process of analysis, i.e., to aid the pupil in taking apart the vague unity of his life experiences. 1936 C. Sandburg People, Yes 60 Let's take it apart to see how it ticks. 1969 J. A. McPherson in A. Chapman New Black Voices (1972) 163 They took the seniority clause apart word by word, trying to figure a way to get at Doc. But they had it written airtight. 2000 P. Vincent Mountain Bike Maintenance 30/2 The advantage with a freewheel type hub is that the components can be taken apart to replace the bearings. (b) intransitive. To be able to be dismantled or disassembled; to be designed to be taken to pieces and reassembled. ΚΠ 1782 Hibernian Mag. Oct. 546/2 A curious ancient golden cross was found... It takes apart, and has a hollow recess, which was filled with earth and fibres of roots. 1862 W. De La Rue Bakerian Lect. on Total Solar Eclipse 3 A new cast-iron pedestal composed of several pieces which took apart for the convenience of carriage. 1913 Hardware Dealers' Mag. Aug. 393/1 They call it the Conqueror Automobile Spade. It takes apart by means of an adjustable thumb nut screw. 1999 Field & Stream May 50 The entire gun takes apart easily and without tools. b. transitive. To beat or thrash severely; to subject to severe or brutal criticism; to demolish (literal and figurative). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > beat [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person to-beatc893 threshOE bustc1225 to lay on or upon?c1225 berrya1250 to-bunea1250 touchc1330 arrayc1380 byfrapc1380 boxc1390 swinga1400 forbeatc1420 peal?a1425 routa1425 noddlea1450 forslinger1481 wipe1523 trima1529 baste1533 waulk1533 slip1535 peppera1550 bethwack1555 kembc1566 to beat (a person) black and blue1568 beswinge1568 paik1568 trounce1568 canvass1573 swaddle?1577 bebaste1582 besoop1589 bumfeage1589 dry-beat1589 feague1589 lamback1589 clapperclaw1590 thrash1593 belam1595 lam1595 beswaddle1598 bumfeagle1598 belabour1600 tew1600 flesh-baste1611 dust1612 feeze1612 mill1612 verberate1614 bethumpa1616 rebuke1619 bemaul1620 tabor1624 maula1627 batterfang1630 dry-baste1630 lambaste1637 thunder-thump1637 cullis1639 dry-banga1640 nuddle1640 sauce1651 feak1652 cotton1654 fustigate1656 brush1665 squab1668 raddle1677 to tan (a person's) hide1679 slam1691 bebump1694 to give (a person) his load1694 fag1699 towel1705 to kick a person's butt1741 fum1790 devel1807 bray1808 to beat (also scare, etc.) someone's daylights out1813 mug1818 to knock (a person) into the middle of next week1821 welt1823 hidea1825 slate1825 targe1825 wallop1825 pounce1827 to lay into1838 flake1841 muzzle1843 paste1846 looder1850 frail1851 snake1859 fettle1863 to do over1866 jacket1875 to knock seven kinds of —— out of (a person)1877 to take apart1880 splatter1881 to beat (knock, etc.) the tar out of1884 to —— the shit out of (a person or thing)1886 to do up1887 to —— (the) hell out of1887 to beat — bells out of a person1890 soak1892 to punch out1893 stoush1893 to work over1903 to beat up1907 to punch up1907 cream1929 shellac1930 to —— the bejesus out of (a person or thing)1931 duff1943 clobber1944 to fill in1948 to bash up1954 to —— seven shades of —— out of (a person or thing)1976 to —— seven shades out of (a person or thing)1983 beast1990 becurry- fan- the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > criticize [verb (transitive)] > severely to be sharp upon1561 crossbite1571 scarify1582 canvass1590 maul1592 slasha1652 fib1665 to be severe on (or upon)1672 scalp1676 to pull to (or in) pieces1703 roast1710 to cut up1762 tomahawk1815 to blow sky-high1819 row1826 excoriate1833 scourge1835 target1837 slate1848 scathe1852 to take apart1880 soak1892 pan1908 burn1914 slam1916 sandbag1919 to put the blast on (someone)1929 to tear down1938 clobber1944 handbag1952 rip1961 monster1976 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or defeat > soundly threshc1384 to knock the socks offa1529 thump1597 thrash1609 thwacka1616 capot1649 to beat to snuff1819 to knock into a cocked hat1830 to —— (the) hell out of1833 sledgehammer1834 rout1835 whop1836 skin1838 whip-saw1842 to knock (the) spots off1850 to make mincemeat of1853 to mop (up) the floor with1875 to beat pointless1877 to lick into fits1879 to take apart1880 to knock out1883 wax1884 contund1885 to give (a person) fits1885 to wipe the floor with1887 flatten1892 to knock (someone) for six1902 slaughter1903 slather1910 to hit for six1937 hammer1948 whomp1952 bulldozer1954 zilch1957 shred1966 tank1973 slam-dunk1975 beast1977 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (transitive)] > break down, demolish, or ruin spillc950 fellOE to cast downc1230 destroy1297 to turn up?c1335 to throw down1340 to ding downc1380 to break downa1382 subverta1382 underturn1382 to take downc1384 falla1400 to make (a building, etc.) plain (with the earth)a1400 voida1400 brittenc1400 to burst downc1440 to pull downc1450 pluck1481 tumble1487 wreck1510 defacea1513 confound1523 raze1523 arase1530 to beat downc1540 ruinate1548 demolish1560 plane1562 to shovel down1563 race?1567 ruin1585 rape1597 unwall1598 to bluster down16.. raise1603 level1614 debolish1615 unbuilda1616 to make smooth work of1616 slight1640 to knock down1776 squabash1822 collapse1883 to turn over1897 mash1924 rubble1945 to take apart1978 1880 Lippincott's Mag. Mar. 356/1 She (coolly)... You can take him apart and tell him so. He (vindictively). If I took him apart he'd never get put together again! 1918 Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen's Mag. 15 June 37/2 You-all pull that stunt just once more and I shorely romp over here and take you apart a heap! 1942 N. Balchin Darkness falls from Air v. 94 Supposing I went round and took him apart? 1963 Listener 21 Feb. 350/3 The Labour Party's new leader was taken apart with the sort of cheerful and dedicated venom hitherto reserved for Tory Cabinet ministers. 1976 Birmingham Post 16 Dec. 12/2 League leaders Liverpool were taken apart by the speed, skill and determination of the entire Villa side. 1978 M. Puzo Fools Die xv. 161 The new kids were wilder and started taking everything apart. 2004 M. Crichton State of Fear 435 Standing up in Professor Whitson's con law class, his legs shaking, while old Whitson took him apart. c. transitive. colloquial. To search (a place) thoroughly. Frequently with the implication of causing damage or disorder. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > search for or seek [verb (transitive)] > search a place or receptacle thoroughly asearch1382 searcha1387 ransacka1400 ripea1400 upripe?a1400 riflec1400 ruffle1440 gropea1529 rig1572 rake1618 rummage1621 haul1666 fish1727 call1806 ratch1859 to turn over1859 to go through ——1861 rifle1894 rancel1899 to take apart1920 fine-tooth comb1949 1920 Rudder Nov. 16/2 Art lost his cap behind a desk in Chris. Smith's room and proceeded to take the room apart in order to find it. 1958 M. Allingham Hide my Eyes xv. 150 I am going to take this shed apart if it costs me my ticket. 1974 D. Seaman Bomb that could Lip-read xxiv. 243 There is going to be one God-awful search for the man... They will take this hamlet apart. 2001 Guardian 11 Aug. (Weekend Suppl.) 5/3 A cocaine taker on a jag who's convinced that they've got another gram somewhere and takes their house apart looking for it. < as lemmas |
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