| 单词 | to punch up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto punch up c. transitive. North American. to punch up: to stir or hurry up by punching or poking; to goad, prompt. Frequently figurative. ΚΠ 1854 Waukesha (Wisconsin) Plain Dealer 6 Sept. 2/2 The Racino Advocate has an article..in which some person is evidently punched up with terribly sharp sticks. 1872 W. D. Howells Their Wedding Journey ix. 252 A..beadle..punched up a kneeling peasant. 1892 ‘M. Twain’ Let. to Publishers 7 Dec. (1967) 327 He will need punching up again, lest he do some more forgetting. 1966 J. Lewis Vengeance is Stranger v. 58 We saddled up, riding out to get the cattle on their feet..while Tam punched up the fire beneath our skimpy breakfast. 2001 Toronto Sun (Nexis) 10 June 29 In an effort to punch up morale..the folks in CA communications have put out a call for help to their MPs and staff. to punch up d. transitive. Chiefly U.S. to punch up: to assault with punches, to beat up. Cf. punch-up n. 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- 1889 Atlanta (Georgia) Constit. 21 Mar. 3/2 Mr Bates's face is punched up with holes and he is very seriously injured in one place.] 1907 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Daily News 7 Jan. 9/3 A gentleman caller..blackened her eye and punched up her face pretty generally. a1911 V. Kester Just & Unjust (1912) xvii. 236 I punched him up some, I couldn't keep my hands off him, I only wonder I didn't kill him. 1963 Listener 31 Jan. 202/1 The folknicks in Washington Square when they punch up the police of a Sunday afternoon. 2000 A. L. Sirois Blind Ambitions 125 ‘That's how I got punched up,’ said Goths, waving his fingers at his face. ‘Bloody guard tried to take it away from me, and we had a bit of a scuffle.’ to punch up c. transitive. to punch up: to add emphasis to, to increase (action, sound, brightness, etc.) to add impact; to enliven or strengthen. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > imbue with vigour or force [verb (transitive)] tanga1529 strengthen1605 to punch up1923 1923 Atlanta Constit. 17 June 8 c/1 I shall even punch up my own address with the new inspiration of reaching the countless multitudes in America. 1924 Amer. Mercury Sept. 47/1 Punching up a speech with a line from Cicero was deliberate and usually shameless ostentation. 1959 W. S. Sharps Dict. Cinematogr. 121/2 Punch up. In acting, this is to add emphasis to a phrase or action. In filming, the term means to increase picture brightness, and in recording, to bring in a new sound, or to increase the volume or pitch of an existing sound. 1991 Amer. Cinematographer Sept. 96/3 A lot of dialogue exposition is needed to get to the critical action scenes. Since the first creatures aren't seen until reel seven, we used sound to punch it up. 2003 Time Out N.Y. 8 May 28/2. The scalloped potatoes at Home..are..swimming in cream and cheese, topped with a crusty golden layer of bread crumbs and punched up with garlic. to punch up e. transitive. to punch up: to cause to appear or start, esp. on a computer screen, by appropriate keystrokes. ΚΠ 1964 N.Y. Times 1 Nov. x. 15/8 An operator will punch up the figures electronically on a digital display unit that is in view of the TV camera. 1967 Lima (Ohio) News 18 May 14/5 There'll be a keyboard console and the passenger will simply punch up his destination and time and class of service. 1979 D. Adams Hitch Hiker's Guide to Galaxy 79 She sighed and punched up a star map on the visiscreen. 1983 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 4 Feb. c1 The young man at the end of the bar has been punching up vintage rock-and-roll on the glittering jukebox in the corner. 2000 N. DeMille Lion's Game xlvi. 517 I punched up my e-mail, but aside from a lot of interoffice stuff, there was nothing there. < as lemmas |
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