单词 | to send up |
释义 | > as lemmasto send up to send up 1. transitive. Of things: To emit, give off, shoot out (something that rises or travels upwards). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > emit > something that rises to send up1584 1584 B. R. tr. Herodotus Famous Hyst. ii. f. 76 The countrey is exceeding hote and parching, being altogether vnfit to sende vp any vapours. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 742 The Hills..Vapour, and Exhalation dusk and moist, Sent up amain. View more context for this quotation 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 62. ¶5 It is a Flame that sends up no Smoak. 1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna vii. xi. 161 [It] Past like a spark sent up out of a burning oven. 1837 P. Keith Bot. Lexicon 104 If a bean is planted..it will immediately begin to send up a stem. 2. To cause (a person) to go or (a thing) to be taken ‘upstairs’ (from the kitchen, entrance hall, etc.); esp. to serve up (a meal), to send in (one's name or card as a visitor). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > charges > [verb (transitive)] > demand payment > send bill or account render1712 to send up1836 society > leisure > social event > visit > visiting > visit [verb (transitive)] > send in name or card to send in1748 to leave one's (also a) card1749 spit1782 to send up1884 1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy I. xi. 170 The master of the inn..sent up the bill by the waiter. 1884 Graphic 29 Nov. 578/3 Gerald..sent up his name to Lord Whitby. 3. To send (a bill) from the Commons to the Lords. Also gen. ΘΚΠ society > law > legislation > make (laws) or establish as law [verb (transitive)] > send bill to Lords to send up1832 1832 C. C. F. Greville Mem. 6 Apr. (1874) II. 282 That could not be now in the Bill, as it was sent up from the Commons. 1920 Act 10 & 11 George V c. 67 § 17 If..any Public Bill..is sent up to the Senate of Southern Ireland..at least one month before the end of the session. 4. Public Schools. To send (a boy) to the headmaster (a) for reward, (b) for punishment. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > school administration > [verb (transitive)] > reward to send up1821 society > education > educational administration > school administration > [verb (transitive)] > punishment to send up1857 impose1887 1821 Salt-Bearer (Eton Coll.) 129 He more than once had the honour of being ‘sent up for good’, i.e. having his verses read over by the head master as particularly worthy of commendation. 1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. xxxv. 338 I remember poor Shelley at school being sent up for good for a copy of verses. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. vii. 168 ‘What if we're late?’ said Tom. ‘No tea, and sent up to the Doctor,’ answered East. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. vii. 360 He sent me up to be flogged for it. 1881 C. E. Pascoe Everyday Life in our Public Schools 322 Sent up, Eton. An honour due usually to distinction in verses. 1881 C. E. Pascoe Everyday Life in our Public Schools 323 The Head Master exercised the power of sending up ‘for play’, which was counted as three times ‘sent up for good’. Every third occasion of being sent up for good the boy could claim a book from the Head. 5. To put in prison. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > imprison [verb (transitive)] beclosec1000 setc1100 steekc1175 prison?c1225 adightc1275 imprison1297 laya1325 keepc1330 presentc1380 locka1400 throwc1422 commise1480 clapc1530 shop1548 to lay up1565 incarcerate1575 embar1590 immure1598 hole1608 trunk1608 to keep (a person) darka1616 carceir1630 enjaila1631 pocket1631 bridewell1733 bastille1745 cage1805 quod1819 bag1824 carcerate1839 to send down1840 jug1841 slough1848 to send up1852 to put away1859 warehouse1881 roundhouse1889 smug1896 to bang up1950 1852 ‘N. Buntline’ Myst. & Miseries N.Y. (new ed.) iii. 7 (Farmer) They'd blow on me for some of my work, and I'd be sent up. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 30 Apr. 10/1 Only two prisoners, men, occupied the prison-van... Burns was being ‘sent up’ for wife-beating, and Tannahill for theft. 6. To pass (one's plate, cup, etc.) up the table for another helping. ΚΠ 1856 Punch 12 July 18/2 A Vulgar Error.—That it is not allowed at a City dinner to send up twice for Turtle Soup! 7. Logging. (See quot.) ΚΠ 1902 S. E. White Blazed Trail xi. 82 He was engaged in ‘sending up’: that is he was one of the two men who stand at either side of the skids to help the ascending log keep straight and true to its bed on the pile. 1905 Terms Forestry & Logging (Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric., Bureau Forestry, No. 61) 46 Send-up man, that member of a loading crew who guides the logs up the skids. Send up, to, in loading, to raise logs up skids with cant hooks, or by steam or horse power. 8. To mock, make fun of (a person or thing); to parody. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > ridicule or mockery by specific means > ridicule or mock by specific means [verb (transitive)] > ridicule or mock by imitation mocka1616 buffoon1638 mimic1671 burlesque1676 parody1733 caricature1749 to take off1750 travesty1825 grotesque1875 cartoon1884 spoof1927 to send up1931 1931 T. R. G. Lyell Slang, Phrase & Idiom Colloq. Eng. 673 The last time he came in, he was sent up unmercifully by half the room. 1957 ‘N. Blake’ End of Chapter 68 Who's Johnnie Ray? He's—go on! you're sending me up! 1962 John o' London's 29 Nov. 506/3 The effect..is as if he is attempting to ‘send up’ the whole picture. 1969 Times 13 Dec. p. v/2 These represented the British sense of humour, our genius for sending ourselves up, but they seem to me rather to be reinforcements of such attitudes. 1977 P. G. Winslow Witch Hill Murder ii. xvii. 220 I wasn't sending you up the other night. I was afraid. < as lemmas |
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