| 单词 | to scare up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto scare up d. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). to scare up: to frighten (game) out of cover; (hence) figurative to bring to light, to discover; to procure, obtain, ‘rustle up’. Also to scare out. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (transitive)] wieldeOE haveeOE ofgoOE oweOE addlec1175 winc1175 avela1200 to come by ——a1225 covera1250 oughtc1275 reachc1275 hentc1300 purchasec1300 to come to ——c1330 getc1330 pickc1330 chevise1340 fang1340 umbracec1350 chacche1362 perceivea1382 accroacha1393 achievea1393 to come at ——a1393 areach1393 recovera1398 encroach?a1400 chevec1400 enquilec1400 obtainc1422 recurec1425 to take upc1425 acquirea1450 encheve1470 sortise1474 conques?a1500 tain1501 report1508 conquest1513 possess1526 compare1532 cough1550 coff1559 fall1568 reap1581 acquist1592 accrue1594 appurchasec1600 recoil1632 to get at ——1666 to come into ——1672 rise1754 net1765 to fall in for1788 to scare up1846 access1953 the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)] findOE yfindOE hita1075 befindc1200 out-findc1300 to try outc1325 to find outa1375 to find upc1390 ascryc1400 outwryc1400 inventc1475 vent1611 to hit off1680 discover1762 to scare up1846 to pick up1869 rumble1897 the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (transitive)] > obtain or acquire in a certain way > by care or effort > by exertion to dig upc1400 to dig outa1425 tuga1657 rustle1844 to scare up1846 quarry1847 flog1959 1846 Spirit of Times 25 Apr. 97/1 He is also to send us the rattles of the biggest snake ever scared up in ‘Old Norf Caline’. 1852 H. C. Watson Nights in Block-house 169 Ad was equal to two or three common men in scarin' up and shootin' red-skins. 1853 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Sept. 304/2 A great man..does not make the noodles and nobodies that he may scare up any where, his chief agents. 1857 The States (Washington) (Bartlett 1860) A very useful bag in a family, in scaring up eggs for breakfast. 1862 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 2nd Ser. ii. i. 65 Where can you scare up names like them among your mudsill folks? 1874 J. W. Long Amer. Wild-fowl Shooting 142 We probably won't scare out any very large batches of ducks. 1890 Stock Grower & Farmer 1 Feb. 4/2 A country the like of which can not be ‘scared up’ in many thousands of miles travel. 1913 J. London Night-born 262 Los Angeles must be on the dink when this is the best you can scare up. 1922 J. Galsworthy Loyalties ii. ii. 71 Let's cut it and get out to Nairobi. I can scare up the money for that. 1940 New Yorker 13 Jan. 31/2 A young woman who had somehow contrived to scare up a permit to leave the country. 1951 J. Jones From Here to Eternity (1952) xii. 145 Maybe I can scare you up some [work]. 1961 Listener 2 Nov. 738/1 Professor Ford has always managed to scare up a few distinguished contributors. 1976 H. Nielsen Brink of Murder ii. 21 Why don't you relax..and then we'll scare up some dinner. < as lemmas |
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