| 单词 | to put across |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto put across to put across 1. transitive. Baseball. To pitch (a ball) directly over home plate. Chiefly as to put it across. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > play baseball [verb (transitive)] > actions of pitcher pitch1848 curve1877 to put over1891 scatter1892 save1899 to put across1903 walk1905 fan1909 plunk1909 southpaw1911 whiff1914 sidearm1921 sidearm1922 outpitch1928 blow1938 hang1967 wild pitch1970 1883 Chester (Pa.) Times 18 May He put the ball across the plate with all the energy of his right arm.] 1903 Williamsport (Pa.) Daily Gaz. & Bull. 6 June 5/3 ‘Put it right across. He's got to hit it.’..Williams did put it across and Maitland laced her out for three bases. 1943 Amer. Speech 18 106 If the pitcher throws a straight ball with good control, he is said..to put it over, to put it across, or to put it right in there. If he has speed, he may..put over a fast one. 2002 Daily Times (Salisbury, Maryland) (Nexis) 10 May 21 If it's not a strike you don't swing at it... He didn't put it across so I didn't swing at it. 2. transitive. Chiefly U.S. To execute, implement, or establish successfully; to accomplish. Frequently as to put it across. ΚΠ 1906 G. Ade in Manitoba Morning Free Press 15 Dec. Uncle Tom is now a wuzzer. He cannot put it across any more except under a Tent. 1911 Newark (Ohio) Advocate 22 Feb. 1/3 One vote would have put the bill across. 1926 D. L. Colvin Prohibition in U.S. 434 Wet propagandists asserted that prohibition had been ‘put across’ against the will of the majority. 1941 P. Sargent Getting US into War 40 There must be a new order in Europe, and..the Germans are the organizing people who have got to put it across. 1998 Buffalo News (Nexis) 4 Aug. 1 a 51 Republicans joined 185 Democrats and one Independent to put the bill across. 3. transitive. Originally U.S. To convey (a meaning or message) in a specified manner; (now usually without adverbial complement) to communicate or present effectively. ΘΚΠ society > communication > [verb (transitive)] > successfully to put over1908 to put across1910 the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > act of convincing, conviction > bring to belief, convince [verb (transitive)] > by assertion tella1275 assurea1535 over-talk1605 to talk over1734 to put over1908 to put across1910 1910 Tribune (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) 7 Jan. Just get your nerve back and put it across in plain English and the rest will be forgotten and forgiven. 1915 S. Ford Torchy, Private Sec. xvi. 277 I expect he'd have put it across just as raw if there'd been a dozen around instead of only one. 1935 Archit. Rev. 77 129/2 They have paid copy-writers and poster-designers to ‘put them across’ in nation-wide publicity drives. 1943 J. S. Huxley TVA 129 The TVA was managing to put across a good deal of its plan. 1970 ‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Cookie Bird ii. 11 If you don't put yourself across, who'll do it for you? 2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 17 Sept. 4/3 Perhaps the Masters were short-sighted, or not very good at putting their message across. < as lemmas |
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