英语词汇“to put to work”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(a) to put (also set) to work.

(i) To set (a person, an animal, etc.) to a task, or to do something; to put (a thing) to use, or (less commonly) in action or operation. Also (reflexive): to apply oneself to labour or an occupation or undertaking; to set about doing something. [Compare Middle French, French mettre en besogne (early 15th cent.; mid 15th cent. in reflexive use).]

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > cause to begin to act or operate

to put (also set) to worka1398

to put on work?1440

streek?a1500

setc1500

to put (also set) in (also into) motion1598

spring1598

to set offa1625

to put (also set) in work1626

to set (a-)going1705

start1822

to start up1865

to set in motion1890

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. xli. 1190 Atte laste he [sc. a colt] is ysette to worke [L. labori exponitur]..and may nouȝt souke his dame tetes.

1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes iii. viii. sig. Miij Euery lorde,..that taken folke in to wages, is holden to paye them for al the tyme that they be so taken be they putte to werke or not.

a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Dii^v A nysot..That wyll syt ydyll..And can not set herselfe to warke.

1574 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Job (new ed.) xxxix. 200/2 They [sc. our nails] serue to arme the fingers, that they may be put to worke.

1641 W. Gouge Sabbaths Sanctification 34 That time wherein they are not put to work they spend in sleeping, grazing, or otherwise feeding.

1662 S. Pepys Diary 19 Dec. (1970) III. 286 With the Lieutenant's leave, set them to work in the garden in the corner against the Mayne-guard.

1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 286 I set Friday to Work to boiling and stewing.

1749 T. Smollett tr. A. R. Le Sage Gil Blas IV. xii. i. 176 The time draws near when I shall set thy address to work.

1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. iv. 104 Such a lamp..is..soon set to work, and as soon extinguished.

1838 H. C. Carey Princ. Polit. Econ. II. v. 209 They were put to work that bore no relation to their age, their strength, or their habits.

1867 ‘Ouida’ Cecil Castlemaine's Gage 235 Somebody else daring him to go in for honours,..he set himself to work to show them all what he could do.

1909 Bull. Internat. Bureau Amer. Republics May 844 I saw a statement..that there were hundreds of thousands of idle workingmen in this country. Let us lay plans now to put them to work.

1961 New Statesman 26 May 830/3 Nancy..set her persuasive charms to work to get Billy, Bob and Nick a free sky-sheltered bench to kip on.

2011 S. Pinkerton Fall of House of Forbes xviii. 101 Heimann put him to work in a room with a stack of annual reports and an adding machine.

(ii) In passive. Of a mine: to be put in operation. Cf. Phrases 1a(c).

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > working > [verb (intransitive)] > begin working

to fall to work1523

fall1589

to go out1660

to put (also set) to work1694

to turn to1799

1694 T. Houghton Royal Inst. Ep. Ded. sig. A3 Which Veyns and Mines, if they was..Set to Work, by any that understands them, would..prove as Rich.

1792 T. Wilson Compar. Statement of Effects of Steam Engines 4 In the latter end of 1779 these Mines ceased working, and in September 1782 were again set to work by five of Boulton and Watts Engines.

1864 Mining & Smelting Mag. May 271 A large number of new mines were put to work.

1909 Proc. 20th Ann. Convent. United Mine Workers Amer. 583 A communication from the Operators' Association,..cutting off negotiations unless the Hudson mine was put to work.

2001 Monumenta Nipponica Spring 78 In 1946 fourteen coal mines were set to work again.

单词	to put to work
释义	> as lemmas to put (also set) to work (a) to put (also set) to work. (i) To set (a person, an animal, etc.) to a task, or to do something; to put (a thing) to use, or (less commonly) in action or operation. Also (reflexive): to apply oneself to labour or an occupation or undertaking; to set about doing something. [Compare Middle French, French mettre en besogne (early 15th cent.; mid 15th cent. in reflexive use).] ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > cause to begin to act or operate to put (also set) to worka1398 to put on work?1440 streek?a1500 setc1500 to put (also set) in (also into) motion1598 spring1598 to set offa1625 to put (also set) in work1626 to set (a-)going1705 start1822 to start up1865 to set in motion1890 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. xli. 1190 Atte laste he [sc. a colt] is ysette to worke [L. labori exponitur]..and may nouȝt souke his dame tetes. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes iii. viii. sig. Miij Euery lorde,..that taken folke in to wages, is holden to paye them for al the tyme that they be so taken be they putte to werke or not. a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Dii^v A nysot..That wyll syt ydyll..And can not set herselfe to warke. 1574 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Job (new ed.) xxxix. 200/2 They [sc. our nails] serue to arme the fingers, that they may be put to worke. 1641 W. Gouge Sabbaths Sanctification 34 That time wherein they are not put to work they spend in sleeping, grazing, or otherwise feeding. 1662 S. Pepys Diary 19 Dec. (1970) III. 286 With the Lieutenant's leave, set them to work in the garden in the corner against the Mayne-guard. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 286 I set Friday to Work to boiling and stewing. 1749 T. Smollett tr. A. R. Le Sage Gil Blas IV. xii. i. 176 The time draws near when I shall set thy address to work. 1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. iv. 104 Such a lamp..is..soon set to work, and as soon extinguished. 1838 H. C. Carey Princ. Polit. Econ. II. v. 209 They were put to work that bore no relation to their age, their strength, or their habits. 1867 ‘Ouida’ Cecil Castlemaine's Gage 235 Somebody else daring him to go in for honours,..he set himself to work to show them all what he could do. 1909 Bull. Internat. Bureau Amer. Republics May 844 I saw a statement..that there were hundreds of thousands of idle workingmen in this country. Let us lay plans now to put them to work. 1961 New Statesman 26 May 830/3 Nancy..set her persuasive charms to work to get Billy, Bob and Nick a free sky-sheltered bench to kip on. 2011 S. Pinkerton Fall of House of Forbes xviii. 101 Heimann put him to work in a room with a stack of annual reports and an adding machine. (ii) In passive. Of a mine: to be put in operation. Cf. Phrases 1a(c). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > [verb (intransitive)] > begin working to fall to work1523 fall1589 to go out1660 to put (also set) to work1694 to turn to1799 1694 T. Houghton Royal Inst. Ep. Ded. sig. A3 Which Veyns and Mines, if they was..Set to Work, by any that understands them, would..prove as Rich. 1792 T. Wilson Compar. Statement of Effects of Steam Engines 4 In the latter end of 1779 these Mines ceased working, and in September 1782 were again set to work by five of Boulton and Watts Engines. 1864 Mining & Smelting Mag. May 271 A large number of new mines were put to work. 1909 Proc. 20th Ann. Convent. United Mine Workers Amer. 583 A communication from the Operators' Association,..cutting off negotiations unless the Hudson mine was put to work. 2001 Monumenta Nipponica Spring 78 In 1946 fourteen coal mines were set to work again. extracted from workn. < as lemmas
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