| 单词 | to open up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto open up to open up 1. Physical senses. a. transitive. = sense 1a. Now literary and poetic. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > open [verb (transitive)] undoc893 untinec950 openOE to-doOE undita1225 leesea1325 unfolda1325 unspeara1325 unclosea1350 to open upa1400 disclose?1440 opea1450 unlock?1548 uncask1594 unhinge1624 unsluice1652 reserate1657 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 18095 Open up þin yates wide, Lete in þe king. 1592 (?a1425) Chester Myst. Cycle (1974) 331 Open up hell-gates anonne, ye prynces of pyne. 1873 A. Anderson Winter Visitors 175 Come..Open up its rusted gateway. 1897 ‘F. H. Williams’ Matin Bells iii. 136 One great Conqueror's cry..opened up a door into eternity. 1917 Dial. Notes 4 412 Open up the door and let the funk out. 1956 E. Merriam Montgomery, Alabama Money, Mississippi & Other Places 20 Opening up the gates of learning. 1997 C. Eady Autobiogr. Jukebox i. 33 (title of poem) I don't want nobody to give me nothing (open up the door, I'll get it myself). b. intransitive. = sense 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > become open [verb (intransitive)] > of a door, gate, etc. > open a door undo1122 to open up1935 a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 299 (MED) This stede shall stand no longer stokyn; open vp, and let my pepill pas. 1935 M. M. Atwater Murder in Midsummer xxii. 210 Why didn't you open up when I knocked? 1976 ‘H. Carmichael’ False Evid. i. 14 Someone knocked at the door... ‘Open up, Miss Crawford.’ 2001 J. Ellroy Cold Six Thousand iv. 23 Moore rang the bell. A man opened up. c. transitive. To make accessible or available for use, passage, view, etc. (usually with the implication of the removal of an obstruction); spec. to make (land) available for cultivation and settlement. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)] unwryc825 unhelec1000 to draw forthc1175 unhillc1200 to bring forth?c1225 unsteekc1250 let witc1275 uncovera1300 wraya1300 knowc1300 barea1325 shrivec1374 unwrapc1374 again-covera1382 nakena1382 outc1390 tellc1390 disclosea1393 cough1393 unhidea1400 unclosec1400 unhaspc1400 bewrayc1405 reveal1409 accusea1413 reveil1424 unlocka1425 unrekec1425 disclude?1440 uncurec1440 utter1444 detect1447 break1463 expose1483 divinec1500 revelate1514 to bring (also put) to light1526 decipher1529 rake1547 rip1549 unshadow1550 to lay to sight1563 uppen1565 unlace1567 unvisor?1571 resign1572 uncloak1574 disshroud1577 spill1577 reap1578 unrip1579 scour1585 unharboura1586 unmask1586 uncase1587 descrya1591 unclasp?1592 unrive1592 discover1594 unburden1594 untomb1594 unhusk1596 dismask1598 to open upc1600 untruss1600 divulge1602 unshale1606 unbrace1607 unveil1609 rave1610 disveil1611 unface1611 unsecret1612 unvizard1620 to open up1624 uncurtain1628 unscreen1628 unbare1630 disenvelop1632 unclothe1632 to lay forth1633 unshroud1633 unmuffle1637 midwife1638 dissecret1640 unseal1640 unmantle1643 to fetch out1644 undisguise1655 disvelop1658 decorticate1660 clash1667 exert1692 disinter1711 to up with1715 unbundlea1739 develop1741 disembosom1745 to open out1814 to let out1833 unsack1846 uncrown1849 to bring (out) in (also into) the open1861 unfrock1866 disbosom1868 to blow the lid off1928 flush1950 surface1955 to take or pull the wraps off1964 the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > open [verb (transitive)] > open by freeing of obstruction openOE ridlOE unstop1398 uncumberc1440 redd1488 clear1530 unchoke1588 disencumber1598 disobstruct1611 unblock1611 unchain1616 deobstruct1653 unobstruct1659 free1690 rede1693 to open up1793 c1600 Hist. & Life James VI (1825) 116 To oppin up the meynis for the mair facill attening to a gude peax. 1792 A. F. Tytler tr. F. Schiller Robbers iv. 163 This awful key will shut the prison-door of life, and open up the regions of futurity. 1793 Monthly Rev. 9 159 The place which is first opened up. 1827 T. Carlyle tr. J. W. von Goethe Wilhelm Meister's Trav. in German Romance IV. 149 By Miracles and Similitudes, a new world is opened up. 1872 W. H. Dixon W. Penn (rev. ed.) i. 3 Opening up a new and tempting branch of trade. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 29 Aug. 11/2 He would begin by opening up, say, twenty-five acres his first year, clearing, draining, and planting. 1895 Manch. Guardian 14 Oct. 5/6 The Isker Valley line..will open up this country for the first time. 1942 C. Bressey in London Replanned Introd. 3 New glimpses of the Thames can be opened up. 1965 Listener 20 May 734/1 Much of it was not even opened up by Europeans, still less occupied, until the time of our grandfathers. 2000 M. Sargeant Royal Crown Derby 25 Printing opened up a huge, hitherto untapped market. d. transitive. To break up, make less compact or hard (ground, soil, etc.) by ploughing, digging, etc. In later use chiefly spec. (Australian and New Zealand): to break (the surface of the earth) preparatory to mining. ΚΠ 1762 A. Dickson Treat. Agric. ii. xiii. 244 It is necessary to add something with respect to the ploughing lea, or opening up grass-ground. 1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 385 The land may be opened up as deep as possible by the common plough. 1833 J. Smith Thorough Draining in Rep. Exhib. Agric. Productions Stirling (W. Drummond & Sons) 41 The subsoil plough..will plough a Scotch acre in nine hours..completely opening up the subsoil. 1869 Wallaroo Times (Kadina) 4 Sept. 5/2 Levels driven and the ground opened up. 1900 N.Z. Illustr. Mag. 3 208 When the swamps are dry the hooker has to open up the hardened surface with a spade. 1936 J. Kirwan My Life's Adventure 77 When opened up that mine, too, proved a duffer. 1976 P. Beaumont Middle East (1988) iv. 175 Tractors and steel ploughs..are efficient in opening up the soil. e. transitive and intransitive. Australian and New Zealand. Sheep-shearing. To begin shearing (a fleece or sheep); to shear wool from (a particular area). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > sheep-shearing > shear sheep [verb (intransitive)] > manner or technique to open up1886 to play the piano1933 slum1965 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > sheep-shearing > shear sheep [verb (transitive)] > manner, technique, or part beard1429 belt?1523 feazea1642 shirl1688 dag1706 tag1707 clat1838 tomahawk1859 rough1878 to open up1886 pink1897 crutch1915 barrow1933 slum1965 1886 P. Fletcher ‘Hints to Immigrants’ in P. Fletcher Queensland 4 You..may have the chance of getting hold of a sheep which a shearer has already ‘opened up’, or begun. 1904 ‘G. B. Lancaster’ Sons o' Men 81 A big Maori was making the [shearing] pace; opening up in a scientific fashion with a clean-run cut over the ear-root. 1914 P. Fletcher Queensland 4 You..may have the chance of getting hold of a sheep which a shearer has already ‘opened up’, or begun. 1956 G. Bowen Wool Away! (ed. 2) iii. 32 Three short sharp blows are essential here to open up the neck for clean shearing. 1981 J. H. Sutherland & W. Taylor Sunrise on Hikurangi 45 He leaned well over the sheep, placed the forelegs under his left arm, and opened up the right side of the belly. f. transitive and intransitive. To increase the speed of (an engine or vehicle) by widening the throttle. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > drive a vehicle [verb (intransitive)] > drive or operate a motor vehicle > accelerate or decelerate accelerate1902 to open up1903 to open out1906 to step on the gas1916 to step on it (her)1923 to turn the wick up (or down)1948 to hit the floorboard1971 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > means of propulsion > [verb (transitive)] > open throttle (of engine), accelerate to open up1903 to open out1906 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > drive a vehicle [verb (transitive)] > drive a motor vehicle > accelerate to open out1906 gun1930 floorboard1942 to open up1970 1903 J. Scholz Log Winter Cruise 18 Feb. We then opened up under six boilers and headed for Mobile, Alabama, making about twelve knots an hour. 1926 T. E. Lawrence Let. 27 Sept. (1938) 500 It's my great game on a really pot-holed road to open up to 70 m.p.h. or so and feel the machine gallop. 1942 Tee Emm (Air Ministry) 2 95 On no account..should the engine be opened up during the final stages of ditching. 1970 K. Benton Sole Agent vii. 78 She's a nice car, the Chevvy. She'd do ninety if I opened her up. 1989 J. Galloway Trick is to keep Breathing (1991) 45 Sam took me back on the motorway to open her up and wind rushing towards us took my breath away. g. intransitive. To start shooting (at or on a person or thing). Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > discharge firearms [verb (intransitive)] > start firing to open up1909 1909 J. London Koolau the Leper in House of Pride 80 He lay in the thicket, smiling, until he remembered the war guns. Without doubt they would open up on him again. 1939 H. L. Ickes Diary 30 July in Secret Diary (1954) II. 688 Two or three days ago John L. Lewis, before the Labor Committee of the House, opened up savagely on Garner. 1974 Black Panther 16 Mar. 16/4 Frelimo guerrillas opened up on the train from both sides. 1985 T. O'Brien Nucl. Age v. 83 Open up, Kid—both barrels. 2. Non-physical senses. ΚΠ ?1591 R. Bruce Serm. Sacrament iii. (1 Cor. xi. 23) sig. M7v But zit the word wald bee opened vp, quhat wee mean bee the worde present. a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 147 Ordinarlie ther, meall about, the students opened upe a chapter. 1694 Acts Gen. Assembly Church of Scotl. 10 That the ministers..shall in their exercise of lecturing read and open up to people some large and considerable portion of the Word of God. 1715 A. Pennecuik Curious Coll. Scotish Poems in Geogr., Hist. Descr. Tweeddale App. 116 O how his Lips with charming words did move, While opening up the Misteries of Love. 1824 J. Hogg Private Mem. Justified Sinner 227 I then opened up the mysteries of religion to him in a clear and perspicuous manner. 1896 C. T. Studd Let. (1933) xi. 106 I have had such a good day to-day, early up and a quiet time for most of the day and the Lord has been opening up the Word. b. transitive. To disclose, to unburden oneself of; to bring to attention, reveal. Also: to raise for discussion (and leave unsettled). ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)] unwryc825 unhelec1000 to draw forthc1175 unhillc1200 to bring forth?c1225 unsteekc1250 let witc1275 uncovera1300 wraya1300 knowc1300 barea1325 shrivec1374 unwrapc1374 again-covera1382 nakena1382 outc1390 tellc1390 disclosea1393 cough1393 unhidea1400 unclosec1400 unhaspc1400 bewrayc1405 reveal1409 accusea1413 reveil1424 unlocka1425 unrekec1425 disclude?1440 uncurec1440 utter1444 detect1447 break1463 expose1483 divinec1500 revelate1514 to bring (also put) to light1526 decipher1529 rake1547 rip1549 unshadow1550 to lay to sight1563 uppen1565 unlace1567 unvisor?1571 resign1572 uncloak1574 disshroud1577 spill1577 reap1578 unrip1579 scour1585 unharboura1586 unmask1586 uncase1587 descrya1591 unclasp?1592 unrive1592 discover1594 unburden1594 untomb1594 unhusk1596 dismask1598 to open upc1600 untruss1600 divulge1602 unshale1606 unbrace1607 unveil1609 rave1610 disveil1611 unface1611 unsecret1612 unvizard1620 to open up1624 uncurtain1628 unscreen1628 unbare1630 disenvelop1632 unclothe1632 to lay forth1633 unshroud1633 unmuffle1637 midwife1638 dissecret1640 unseal1640 unmantle1643 to fetch out1644 undisguise1655 disvelop1658 decorticate1660 clash1667 exert1692 disinter1711 to up with1715 unbundlea1739 develop1741 disembosom1745 to open out1814 to let out1833 unsack1846 uncrown1849 to bring (out) in (also into) the open1861 unfrock1866 disbosom1868 to blow the lid off1928 flush1950 surface1955 to take or pull the wraps off1964 1624 State Papers Earl of Melrose (1837) II. 644 The said Johnne sould haif gone to his pastour and oppynit vp his grief vnto him. 1740 D. Hume Treat. Human Nature III. ii. 120 I..shall here continue to open up a little more distinctly my sentiments on that subject. 1753 T. Smollett Ferdinand Count Fathom II. lix. 202 She, in my hearing, opened up..an amazing scene of iniquity, baseness and ingratitude. c1829 J. Sterling Ess. & Tales (1848) I. p. xxiii I..detected two errors; one of them the phrase open up a subject, which, I suppose, is an innovation of the sectarian pulpits. 1852 W. E. Gladstone in Edinb. Rev. Apr. 392 This inquiry, however, opens up and detects the master fallacy. 1894 J. Davidson Smith i. 220 No answer, Brown, Because I want to open up a point. 1911 ‘M. Field’ Trag. Pardon v. iii. 49 For if I may not..open up my grief..a little help me! 1959 K. McNaught Prophet in Politics xii. 188 Woodsworth opened up the matter sharply when he described the implications of the bank monopoly. 1984 A. Smith Mind v. xv. 304 The brain-death issue opened up fresh areas for debate. c. intransitive. To become accessible or available for passage, view, enterprise, etc. (usually with the implication of the removal of an obstruction). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > become open [verb (intransitive)] > become open by removal of obstructions to open up1857 1857 D. Livingstone Missionary Trav. S. Afr. xx. 407 Avenues of wealth opening up so readily. 1920 J. B. Scott Proc. Hague Peace Conf. 225 I consider it a supreme consolation to see new prospects opening up for the good of humanity. 1934 Times 12 Dec. 19/3 The new field of nuclear chemistry was opening up with great rapidity. 1979 Rolling Stone 11 Jan. 86 When I learned I could do that by just being honest, whole vistas of trouble opened up. 2000 T. C. Fischer U.S., European Union, & ‘Globalization’ of World Trade ix. 105 The European market will open up to more foreign agricultural products. d. intransitive. To talk; esp. to declare one's thoughts or feelings, to unburden oneself. Cf. senses 12d, to open out 8 at Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > without restraint to wear one's heart on one's tongue (also in one's mouth)?1576 to speak out1694 to open up1884 to talk cold turkey1928 society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or make revelations [verb (intransitive)] cough1393 wrayc1425 to break a secreta1450 to tell allc1450 to bring (also put) to light1526 to let on1725 to open up1884 to come out of the closet1971 to come out1976 1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn xxvii. 232 Then the Reverend Hobson opened up, slow and solemn, and begun to talk. 1896 H. A. Bryden Tales S. Afr. 210 Cornelis would open up, and yarn to me in a way that, until you know him well, the Boer seldom manifests. 1921 Sat. Evening Post 12 Feb. 61/4 We had a drink and we had another and a couple more. Finally he opened up... It took him two hours to tell his story. 1949 B. Wolfe in A. Dundes Mother Wit (1973) 534 How much did the Negroes tell him when they ‘opened up’? Just how far did they really open up? 1976 J. Crosby Nightfall xii. 66 You're not being very helpful... You must have a few ideas. Open up! 2002 Fangoria Mar. 33/1 Local people will open up to you after a time, especially if they're afraid to talk to the sheriff or the newspapers. e. intransitive. To begin trading, to start business. Cf. to open out 10 at Phrasal verbs. ΚΠ 1919 Brit. Manufacturer Nov. 19/1 An Englishman who intends to open up with the Chinese should..first acquire a working knowledge of the Chinese language. 1926 J. Black You can't Win viii. 90 The new owners had no bankroll, just opened up on a shoestring. 1985 Times 17 May 17/1 Pru-Bache..is also excited by the prospects of opening up in a country with almost no experience of retail securities markets. f. transitive (reflexive). To make oneself mentally or emotionally receptive to; to expose oneself to (also with for). Cf. sense 14a. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > sensitiveness or tenderness > make (more) sensitive or tender [verb (transitive)] opena1350 softenc1429 thaw1582 entender1591 undull1654 unsteel1748 to open up1963 1963 A. Huxley Let. 17 Feb. (1969) 949 One..opens oneself up receptively to the Mysterium tremendum et fascinans within and without. 1978 M. Gordon Final Payments (1979) ix. 169 You're opening yourself up for a lot of heartbreak. 1985 J. N. Isbister Freud iii. 103 In the process of offering an interpretation..he would inevitably open himself up to the charge of being an evil man. 1990 K. Ohmae Borderless World (1992) xi. 238 But Thailand has opened itself to the global economy and flourished while Myanmar has shut itself off and fallen backward. 2001 C. Glazebrook Madolescents 96 You could be opening yourself up to a whole new culinary experience. Come on, fill your boots, young'un. g. intransitive. = sense 14b. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > sensitiveness or tenderness > become (more) sensitive or tender [verb (intransitive)] tender1390 soften1565 thaw1598 open1713 to open up1968 1968 Listener 29 Feb. 265/2 I know so many people that before they took it [sc. LSD] were such a drag, and when they took it, they really opened up. 1988 D. Freemantle Profitboss (BNC) 32 Open up to the possibility of how closed your mind is. 1993 Gnosis Winter 17/2 Those cultures..not only help seekers open up, but guide very carefully what seekers open up to. h. transitive. Film. To flesh out (a narrative) for a screenplay by expanding or adding characters, scenes, locations, etc.; spec. to adapt (a play) for film. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > [verb (transitive)] > adapt into film filmize1911 cinematize1914 script1936 adapt1952 to open up1970 to open out1981 1970 N.Y. Times 28 July 22/4 A screenplay by Clive Exton that..opens up the action mainly to enlarge the characterization of Ed. 1981 J. Monaco How to read Film (rev. ed.) App. I. 444 To open up a narrative means to provide scenes or sequences in other than the main location. 1989 L. Barnes Snake Tattoo xiv. 137 I have this play... It's been going no place forever, but I'm going to open it up, turn it into a screenplay. 2002 Guardian (Nexis) 12 Oct. 17 In some ways, as you say, you open up the story, it becomes less claustrophobic on screen. But in other ways you pare it down. < as lemmas |
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