| 单词 | to put about |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto put about to put about 1. Nautical. a. transitive. To place or set (a vessel) on the opposite tack. Also in extended use: to cause to turn around so as to be facing or travelling in another direction. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > get into the current of the wind [verb (transitive)] > cause to go about wend1556 to put about1607 wind1623 staya1625 about1694 cast1769 the world > space > direction > direct [verb (transitive)] > turn (something) to a (different) direction i-wendeOE wendOE turnc1300 convertc1384 avirec1440 kyr1448 twine1600 wheel1805 to put about1832 1607 J. Davies Relation Voy. in Early Eng. & French Voy. (1932) 409 Espyeinge many soonken rocks and breatches hard by us enforsynge us to put our ship about and stand from them. 1707 W. Funnell Voy. round World i. 14 Captain Dampier thinking we were to the Westward of Cape Horn, ordered to put the ship about. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 248 Every time the vessel was put about, we ship'd a sea that drenched us all to the skin. 1832 Proposed Regulations Cavalry iii. 83 The..wing is..to be put about by Threes. 1842 F. Marryat Percival Keene II. xix The Stella was then put about, and the other broadside given. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake II. ii. 34 Put your horses' heads about and ride for Spalding. 1938 Greeley (Colorado) Daily Tribune 23 Nov. 7/6 Put her about mate, an' full speed ahead!! 1984 Pract. Boat Owner Feb. 69/2 Immediately I put her about on the other tack. 2002 R. Murphy Kick (2003) 193 Puts her about, catches more wind. b. intransitive. To turn on the opposite tack; to go about; (in extended use) to take up a new direction, to change direction. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > go about > by tacking traverse1568 to cast about1591 to throw about1591 staya1613 flat1622 cast1671 to put about1712 to come about1777 to throw round1882 1712 E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea xiv. 167 When discover Danger, or occasion to put about in a dark Night, or Fog, if with Starboard Tacks, to fire two Guns very quick. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. v. 342 The proas..run from one of these Islands to the other and back again..without ever putting about. 1823 W. Scoresby Jrnl. Voy. Northern Whale-fishery 338 The main interests of my voyage obliged me to put about, and return to the northward. 1842 J. Wilson Recreations Christopher North I. 372 Down with the helm, and let us put about. 1904 J. London Sea-wolf xvi. 146 Mr. Van Weyden, will you kindly put about on the port tack. 1970 J. H. B. Peel Country Folk i. 15 The lane was already thick with last night's drifting and I had just time enough to find a gate and there put about for home before every ditch and dyke became invisible. 1992 S. Holloway Courage High! xx. 172/1 Immediately, the fire-float put about and went to help the survivors. 2. transitive. Originally British. To circulate or disseminate (information, a rumour, etc.). Frequently with it and that-clause. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > publish or spread abroad [verb (transitive)] sowc888 blowc1275 dispeple1297 to do abroadc1300 fame1303 publyc1350 defamea1382 publisha1382 open?1387 proclaima1393 slandera1400 spreada1400 abroachc1400 throwc1400 to give outa1425 promote?a1425 noisec1425 publicc1430 noisec1440 divulgea1464 to put outc1475 skail1487 to come out witha1500 bruit1525 bruita1529 to bear out1530 divulgate1530 promulgate1530 propale?1530 ventilate1530 provulgate1535 sparple1536 sparse1536 promulge1539 disperse1548 publicate1548 forthtell1549 hurly-burly?1550 propagate1554 to set abroada1555 utter1561 to set forth1567 blaze1570 evulgate1570 scatter1576 rear?1577 to carry about1585 pervulgate1586 celebrate?1596 propalate1598 vent1602 evulge1611 to give forth1611 impublic1628 ventilate1637 disseminate1643 expose1644 emit1650 to put about1664 to send abroad1681 to get abroad1688 to take out1697 advertise1710 forward1713 to set abouta1715 circulate1780 broadcast1829 vent1832 vulgate1851 debit1879 float1883 1664 J. Wilson Andronicus Comnenius iii. i. 37 Suppose you were Now Emperor, and 'twere now put about; You'd find few boggle at it. 1693 C. Cotton tr. L. Pontis Mem. 176 He..could scarce perswade himself, that there was..any Wretches so vile as to put about such calumnies against an innocent person. 1781 F. Burney Let. May in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (2003) IV. 347 Is it what she [sc. Mrs. Thrale] put about in the morning? 1821 P. Egan Life in London ii. ii. 178 The Mollishers are all nutty upon him, putting it about, one to another, that he is a well breeched Swell. 1881 E. Lynn Linton My Love! II. v. 102 Who has put this lie about? 1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood viii. 137 What was the fama of the minister which had been put about in Woodilee? 1963 P. W. Lyon Success Story iii. 142 The cynical, as soon as they got wind of this scheme, put it about that McClure was only baiting his hook for a fatter circulation. 2004 A. Hollinghurst Line of Beauty iv. 116 He felt foolish, childish at having put it about that they were boyfriends. ΚΠ 1673 W. Wycherley Gentleman Dancing-master i. 18 No matter, we only desire you shou'd look on, while we eat, and put the glass about, or so. 1676 T. Shadwell Libertine iv. 71 Here, Governour, your health. Friends, put it about. 1729 C. Cibber Rival Queans iv. 32 Let's put the Glass about: Health to the Son of Alexander's Father, each Man take his Bumper In his Hand. 1783 J. Dent Too Civil by Half i. iii. 22 Come, gentlemen, put about the bottle, for my friend..would be damned angry, if I should stint you. 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist III. xli. 105 Mr. Fagin..put about the liquor which Barney reappeared with, in a very friendly manner. 1887 W. C. Russell Frozen Pirate i. 6 We strove to encourage one another as best we could, sometimes with words, sometimes with putting the bottle about. 4. transitive (reflexive). British colloquial. a. To disport oneself; to cavort, caper; (now esp.) to make conspicuous use of physical effort.In recent use (esp. in sporting contexts) sometimes hard to distinguish from sense 4b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > exert oneself [verb (reflexive)] afforcec1300 enforcec1386 virtuea1393 endeavourc1400 naitc1400 envirtue1477 exploit1490 to put it forthc1500 constrainc1510 efforce1512 lay1535 evirtuate1642 to exert oneself1736 hump1835 spread1843 to put about1983 1768 Lady M. Coke Jrnl. 28 Aug. (1889) II. 349 That Strange Girl that you remember was used to put herself about upon the Stage, almost all her Cloaths off. 1913 H. Brighouse Graft ii. 29 He's a bit too keen on this recreation ground, Verity is. Been putting himself about something extraordinary. 1983 Times 23 Sept. 22/1 Two lads put themselves about up front. The two big central defenders..tackle hard and clear danger briskly. 1996 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 12 Aug. 1 If you don't put yourself about against Manchester United, if your defensive set-up is slack, they will punish you. 2004 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 16 May (Sport section) 16 Seasoned Olympic observers say that, in the sporting parlance, she needs to put herself about more. b. To make oneself conspicuous, impressive, or noticeable; to promote oneself. ΚΠ 1970 P. Laurie Scotl. Yard 293 Put oneself about, to, to swagger about, to impress. 1975 Times 12 June 10/5 I wonder if there is any difference between Spike Milligan's seemingly irresistible urge to put himself about as an Indian or a Pakistani and the Black and White Minstrels' appalling black-faced routines. 1986 B. Geldof Is that It? x. 142 We had done a smaller tour in 1977 to put our faces about. 2001 Stage (Nexis) 30 Aug. 19 Make your film/short/TV promo... And when it is made,..go out there and promote it. Put yourself about, get known. 5. transitive. a. To put (a person) to inconvenience or trouble. Frequently reflexive: to take pains or trouble. Cf. to put out 9e at Phrasal verbs 1.Formerly chiefly Scottish. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > inconvenience > affect with inconvenience [verb (transitive)] trouble1516 misease1530 incommodatea1575 inconveniencea1656 run1697 incommode1702 disannul1794 disconvenience1821 to put about1825 to put out1851 to jerk around1877 to bugger about1921 to dick around1944 to fuck around1955 to bugger around1961 to screw around1967 to fuck about1975 to cock around1990 to dick about1996 to cock about2009 1785 J. Hartley Hist. Westm. Election (ed. 2) 503 Much you've put yourself about, For nought but keen vexations. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) To Put about, to subject to inconvenience or difficulty;..as, ‘I was sair put about to get that siller’. 1837 Times 17 Aug. 4/2 When people cannot be stimulated to put themselves about in favour of new proposals, the presumption is, that they wish things to remain as they are. 1866 C. Reade Griffith Gaunt (ed. 2) II. 297 Oh, don't put yourself about for me. 1901 J. N. McIlwraith Roderick Campbell ix. 110 It was hardly to be expected that our great-uncle should put himself greatly about to keep his word. 1924 J. Galsworthy White Monkey (U.S. ed.) iii. ii. 234 Oh! no, sir; you did me a service. I don't want to put you about, telling falsehoods for me. 1972 I. Baker Grave Doubt xii. 168 ‘We can't put you about like this,’ I said, trying not to sound ungrateful. b. Chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern). To perturb, disconcert, upset, distress. Cf. to put out 9b at Phrasal verbs 1, to put out 9d at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > upset or perturb [verb (transitive)] to-wendc893 mingeOE dreveOE angerc1175 sturb?c1225 worec1225 troublec1230 sturble1303 disturbc1305 movea1325 disturblec1330 drubblea1340 drovec1350 distroublec1369 tempestc1374 outsturba1382 unresta1382 stroublec1384 unquietc1384 conturb1393 mismaya1400 unquemea1400 uneasec1400 discomfita1425 smite?a1425 perturbc1425 pertrouble?1435 inquiet1486 toss1526 alter1529 disquiet1530 turmoil1530 perturbate1533 broil1548 mis-set?1553 shake1567 parbruilyiec1586 agitate1587 roil1590 transpose1594 discompose1603 harrow1609 hurry1611 obturb1623 shog1636 untune1638 alarm1649 disorder1655 begruntlea1670 pother1692 disconcert1695 ruffle1701 tempestuate1702 rough1777 caddle1781 to put out1796 upset1805 discomfort1806 start1821 faze1830 bother1832 to put aback1833 to put about1843 raft1844 queer1845 rattle1865 to turn over1865 untranquillize1874 hack1881 rock1881 to shake up1884 to put off1909 to go (also pass) through a phase1913 to weird out1970 1843 F. E. Paget Warden of Berkingholt 149 You see I don't let a thoughtless word put me about, and you must'na neither. 1857 D. Livingstone Missionary Trav. S. Afr. Introd. 6 I would not have been much put about, though my offer had been rejected. 1890 A. Conan Doyle Little Sq. Box in Capt. Polestar 152 What's put you about, Hammond? You look as white as a sheet. 1938 F. Urquhart Time will Knit 151 My mother had been sore put about, though everybody said it wasn't Tom's fault... But more than my mother would be put about if Grace produced a fatherless bairn. 1952 R. C. Hutchinson Recoll. of Journey (1982) ix. 206 Could they really be so put about by a rumour from a drunken soldier? 2003 in Sc. National Dict. New Suppl. (Electronic text) at Pit v.1 Ah'm awfy pit aboot because o that cat an its flees. 6. transitive. British slang. to put it about: to be sexually promiscuous. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [verb (intransitive)] > be promiscuous to play legerdeheel1605 to put it about1817 to do the (also a) naughty1902 to fool around1923 sleep1928 to play around1929 alleycat1937 to screw around1939 bed-hop1943 tom1950 horse1953 to whore it up1956 swing1964 1817 Ld. Byron Let. 20 Jan. (1976) V. 162 Is the brat mine?—I have reason to think so—for I know..that she had not lived with S[helley] during the time of our acquaintance—& that she had a good deal of that same with me.—This comes of ‘putting it about’. 1975 S. Brett Cast 48 The simplest explanation was that he had just got tired of Jacqui... He was a man who had always put it about a bit. 1989 Lit. Rev. Dec. 11/1 Helen is pretty, and she puts it about. 2001 I. Sinclair Landor's Tower (2002) i. iv. 46 His first (other-sex) relationship came at a time when women took care of contraception and felt obliged..to celebrate their newly acquired freedom by putting it about. < as lemmas |
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