| 单词 | to sit up and take notice |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto sit up and take notice d. intransitive. to sit up and take notice: (originally, of a sick person) to raise oneself up from a prostrate position and pay attention to one's surroundings; (now usually) to become suddenly interested, to start paying attention. Also with of. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > pay attention [phrase] to nim or take yemec1175 to bow the eyec1230 give tenta1300 to take (nim) heed13.. to have respect toa1398 to have an eye to (also in)1425 to give, pay heed (to)?1504 to make reckoning of1525 to take notice1573 to take into consideration1652 to return to our sheep1871 to sit up and take notice1886 1886 Weekly New Era (Lancaster, Pa.) 17 July 5/2 By the time she is able to sit up and take notice and get from the bed to the fire, she surrounds herself with every treatise she can find on the proper method of training infants. 1909 N.Y. Evening Post 6 Mar. 1/3 The crowd that fell upon Washington was of such a size that the District authorities sat up and took serious notice. 1940 K. Furse Hearts & Pomegranates xxviii. 387 I was amused to see that women who had succumbed and been carried to the lamp-post islands by St. John Ambulance stretcher-bearers, could sit up and take notice as we passed. 1954 A. Huxley Let. 18 Jan. (1969) 694 If you want them to sit up and take notice, prepare your way with a barrage of heavy guns from respectable institutions. 1968 H. C. Rae Few Small Bones ii. viii. 141 Look at him..stuffed full of pet theories, praying I'll sit up and take notice of him. 2005 N.Y. Times 10 Apr. 15/1 The competition for resources and the health of the planet is causing many analysts and political leaders to sit up and take notice. < as lemmas |
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