单词 | to rip up |
释义 | > as lemmasto rip up to rip up 1. transitive. a. To pull or tear (something) away from something else (such as the ground, a building, etc.), esp. violently or destructively. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away > forcibly tear off or away tear1297 aracec1315 arachec1315 ravisha1382 pullc1390 to draw offa1398 roota1398 ripa1400 to pull awayc1410 to rip upc1425 brit1578 arrest1593 to carry away1604 avulsea1765 c1425 Serm. (BL Add.) in G. Cigman Lollard Serm. (1989) 99 If it be þicke of þornes þat makeþ þe lond to vnþryue, ripe hem vp bi þe roote. 1745 tr. L. J. M. Columella Of Husbandry ii. xiv. 89 Unless it be ripped up as soon as the crop you have of them is taken away, they will be of no benefit at all to corns that are sown in that place afterwards. 1794 Proc. High Treason 368 This is an answer to those who state what they mean by equal representation of the people, as opposed to ripping up monarchy by the roots. 1838 Knickerbocker Nov. 54 She ripped up all the rag-carpet in the ‘best parlour’, and put down an ‘ingrain carpetin'’. 1881 Proc. Inst. Civil Engineers 63 271 A cribwork pier is easily ripped up and removed by an ordinary spoon dredge. 1908 B. L. Putnam Weale Coming Struggle in E. Asia i. xi. 305 The railway had been ripped up by the Russians. 1993 Wired Mar. (Premiere Issue) 97/2 They had to rip up some of the Ethernet wiring that they'd laid before the show. 2004 P. Hymers New Home Builder iii. 47 High winds can rip up oversailing verge tiles. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > fashion, shape, or form > form by cutting, pounding, tearing, rubbing, etc. hewc900 smitec1275 tailc1400 carve1490 tear1597 wear1597 to work out1600 draw1610 to carve outa1616 effringe1657 shear1670 pare1708 sned1789 whittle1848 to rip up1852 slice1872 chop1874 1852 Democratic Rev. Sept. 287 That vast assemblage of Babel-speaking nations incubates a revolution vaster and more profound than that which ripped up a new world in 1848. 1885 Manch. Examiner 21 July 5/3 The tornado wrought terrible damage, ripping up pathways through the forests. 2. transitive. To open up (a wound or sore) again in a rough or harsh manner. Frequently figurative (esp. to rip up old sores). Cf. also sense 4. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (transitive)] > wound > aggravate a wound salta1300 to rip up1565 1565 T. Stapleton Fortresse of Faith f. 150 Let vs..rippe vp the deadly woundes of our greuous iniquites. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 2121/1 They..began to refricate and rippe vp the old sore. 1641 R. Greville Disc. Nature Episcopacie 96 I profess I take no pleasure in ripping up their foule loathsome sores. 1679 J. Goodman Penitent Pardoned iii. vi. 379 He will not rake in men's wounds, nor rip up their old sores. 1733 J. Smith Misery of Ignorant & Unconverted Sinners 16 'Tis better the Wound should be rip'd up, than that the miserable Patient should die of it and perish. 1798 S. Porter tr. A. von Kotzebue Lovers' Vows iv. ii. 72 O mon Colonel, you rip up an old wound. 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd II. iv. ix. 76 It's little my part to rip up old sores. 1866 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. v. iii. 450 The two having taken opposite sides on that measure,..got provoked into ripping up old sores in general. 1914 E. T. Thurston Achievement i. xvii. 136 Every word you said was like a surgeon's knife ripping up old wounds. 1969 J. Fisher Afrikaners iv. 55 But what is the use of ripping up old sores? This happened when I was a boy, and I am now old and grey. 3. transitive. a. To slash with a sharp instrument; to tear or open up roughly or with violence. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > cut [verb (transitive)] > cut roughly in order to damage hacka1200 mangle1528 hackle1564 behack1565 to rip up1567 to cut upa1592 hash1591 bemangle1601 hagglea1616 hacker1807 snag1811 butch1834 1567 in W. P. Baildon Black Bks. (Rec. Soc. Lincoln's Inn) (1897) I. App. I. 445 To ryppe uppe the old jakes and levyeng..of the ground for the foundacion. 1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 66v [He] drewe out a shoulder knife, And ript me vp the brest of him that murdred lay. a1627 T. Middleton Mayor of Quinborough (1661) iii. iii. 40 I will rip up the Linings. 1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper i. 46 Julian..caused the bellies of Women and Virgins to be ript up. 1688 C. Molloy De Jure Maritimo (ed. 4) ii. i. §6. 204 If a Ship be ript up in parts, and taken asunder in parts. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 250 He..ripp'd up his Wastcoat to feel if he was not wounded. 1774 Ld. Kames Sketches Hist. Man I. i. i. 34 The person who began the quarrel..drew his sword, and ripped up his own belly. 1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy I. vii. 84 You send for your dog, who is ripped up by the bull. 1897 ‘O. Rhoscomyl’ For White Rose Arno (U.K. ed.) 301 Iolyn..had ripped up one [man] in the cave mouth as he rose. 1929 L. Hart Knees in Compl. Lyrics (1986) 146/1 Turning a nip-up, You rip up your shins! b. figurative and in figurative context. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) v. ii. 152 You bloudy Nero's, ripping vp the wombe Of your deere Mother-England. View more context for this quotation 1728 in P. Walker Six Saints (1901) I. 8 To rip up..the foul moniplyes of that bundle of these intricate implicate, multifarious, and unnecessary oaths. 1840 W. Irving Sketches in Paris in 1825 in Knickerbocker Nov. 523 Their columns were ripped up by cannonry. 1920 Atlantic Monthly Jan. 7/2 Suppose he had ripped up his organization at the beginning of the war? Would the country have come off better? 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 14 Aug. 12/1 What rips you up is the craziness... I felt like, well, since I loved them both, they should love each other. They don't. 2008 Independent 29 July 3/2 Campaigners hope that the example of this dedicated military man..is giving new impetus to their attempt to rip up the Clinton-era policy known as don't ask, don't tell. c. reflexive. To commit suicide; spec. (in Japanese contexts) to perform hara-kiri. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > suicide > [verb (reflexive)] murderc1175 spill1390 spoil1578 to make away1581 massacre1591 misdo1599 self-murder1648 to lay violent hands on (or upon)1662 to make away with1667 to rip up1807 suicide1818 1807 W. Mavor Universal Hist. XII. ii. 20 It is not uncommon, on the decease of a nobleman, for twenty of his favourites to kill themselves, in order to serve him in the other world; these rip themselves up on the spot, and are thrown on the same pile with the deceased. 1870 ‘W. M. Cooper’ Hist. of Rod xxiv. 233 The doomed gentleman, bidding his friends farewell, quietly rips himself up. 1903 Irish Monthly Aug. 444 For his offence the Council decreed that he should perform hara-kiri... Takumi no Kami accepted his fate and ripped himself up like a Japanese gentleman. 2001 H. Toland Sort of Peace Corps vii. 68 Delirious with a high fever, he had wandered at night to the hayloft of his barn and ripped himself up. d. To tear (paper, card, etc.) to pieces. Frequently figurative with symbolic meaning. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > tearing or tearing apart > tear [verb (transitive)] > tear paper or cloth, or make ragged breakOE rive1415 to-ragc1430 raga1603 shred1613 to rip up1891 1891 Methodist Q. Rev. July 288 Now if I concluded..that salvation was not absolutely free to every creature, I would tear my Geneva gown to shreds, and rip up my Bible into paper rags. 1914 T. P. Whittaker Ownership, Tenure & Taxation Land iii. iii. 419 He respected no such agreement or undertaking, and was prepared to rip up any such contract without a moment's hesitation. 1951 Jet 15 Nov. 30 1,000 Negroes ripped up their $2.50 tickets when told the front door of the Municipal Auditorium was for whites only. 1994 B. A. Staples Parallel Time xi. 219 When Charlie pays up, Rinaldo rips up the money and throws it away. 2005 J. Dicker United States of Wal-Mart v. 97 Workers simply came to their senses, pulled a Norma Rae in reverse, and ripped up their union cards. 4. transitive. figurative. To bring again into notice or discussion (esp. something unpleasant or which is to a person's discredit); to open or rake up. Now rare.See also reap v.2 ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)] > again to rip up1570 re-reveal1830 1570 T. Wilson tr. Demosthenes 3 Orations 12 If a man weare disposed to rippe up all that euer he did and to charge him with every point thereof. 1587 D. Fenner Def. Godlie Ministers sig. Giv Wee are loth to rippe vpp manie things whiche..can not well be discussed. 1606 J. Carpenter Schelomonocham xvii. f. 71v I shall rippe vp vnto you the seauenth cause of the kings sorowe. 1650 S. Clarke Marrow Eccl. Hist. (1654) i. 35 Hereupon he ript up Origen's faults. 1678 W. Temple Let. to Elector in Wks. (1720) II. 506 Ripping up their whole Conduct in the Course of this Affair. 1781 R. B. Sheridan Trip to Scarborough iv. i Don't stand ripping up old stories, to make one ashamed before one's love. a1791 J. Wesley Husbands & Wives vii. §2, in Wks. (1811) IX. 86 The husband may..tell her how her faults were ripped up. 1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk II. xvii. 390 We do not want to rip up old grievances. 1880 M. E. Braddon Just as I Am xxvii Why do you come here to rip up the secrets of the past? 1884 Law Times Rep. 52 88/1 Their interest was bound by that decision, and they cannot rip up what was then done. 1911 H. N. Birt Benedictine Pioneers in Austral. v. 160 I had..to guard against..ripping up old feuds and stories, which I was anxious should not be brought publicly before my notice, as the best means of their being buried for ever. 1938 S. Beckett Murphy ii. 18 He..believed that the future held great things in store for him; and never ripped up old stories. ΚΠ 1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (at cited word) Ripping one up, telling him all his faults. < as lemmas |
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