单词 | to suit up |
释义 | > as lemmasto suit up to suit up 1. Originally and chiefly North American. Cf. suited-up adj. (a) at suited adj.1 Compounds 1. a. transitive. To provide (a person) with a set of clothes or garment (such as a spacesuit, wetsuit, etc.) designed or required for a particular activity or occupation; to dress (a person) in a set of clothes or garment of such a type; frequently in passive. Also reflexive. Cf. kit v.1 2.In passive use often difficult to distinguish from predicative uses of the corresponding adjective (suited-up adj. (a) at suited adj.1 Compounds 1). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > with specific garments > other wimple?c1225 pricka1275 clothe1382 addressa1393 haspc1400 to-cloutc1430 shirtc1450 gownc1485 tuft1535 passement1539 kerchief1600 muff1607 inshirt1611 insmock1611 mode1656 costume1802 slop1803 shawl1812 cravat1818 sur-invest1827 frock1828 pinafore1843 smock1847 panoply1851 underclothe1857 upholster1873 fancy dress1878 sleeve1887 to suit up1912 crinoline1915 1912 Lawrence (Kansas) Daily Jrnl.-World 28 Feb. 4/2 Last year the team looked like a bunch of rag muffins and the University and students should see to it that the Baker team is suited up in the right manner this year. 1945 M. H. Allee Smoke Jumper iii. 24 A man suited up for smoke jumping would almost as soon fall into the fire itself as into deep water. 1970 New Yorker 24 Oct. 140/3 Yale suited up sixty men, including four quarterbacks. 1979 Tucson (Arizona) Mag. Apr. 66 (advt.) Dave Bloom and Sons will suit you up for all your active sport needs. 2007 Illawarra (Austral.) Mercury (Nexis) 9 Feb. (News section) 13 At 8am they came with a truck and suited themselves up, and by 8.30 they were pulling pieces off the house. 2019 @KaliSky_ 16 May in twitter.com (accessed 15 July 2019) For the skills work we were suited up with all the diving equipment & worked on figuring out the respirator & mask. b. intransitive. To dress oneself in a set of clothes or garment (such as a spacesuit, wetsuit, etc.) designed or required for a particular activity or occupation. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (intransitive)] > in specific way > in specific clothing to cover (one's head)c1340 boot1600 to be covered1611 to put on1611 robea1626 cloak1774 wrap1847 tuck1888 gown1896 flannel1919 to suit up1927 to dress down1941 1927 Ada (Okla.) Evening News 31 Aug. 2/3 We rested until 8:00 when we suited up for our first workout. 1967 Boston Sunday Herald 30 Apr. i. 22/2 Jim Lyle headed for the flight line to suit up for a routine mission aboard one of the giant radar picket planes. 1978 G. A. Sheehan Running & Being xv. 206 He will suit up and get out on the roads. 2015 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 31 May (Style section) 7/1 We suited up in the sand and headed in, me on an 11-foot soft-top surfboard. 2. Originally and chiefly North American. Cf. suited-up adj. (b) at suited adj.1 Compounds 1. a. transitive. In passive (or reflexive). To be dressed (or dress oneself) smartly, in a suit.In passive use often difficult to distinguish from predicative uses of the corresponding adjective (suited-up adj. (b) at suited adj.1 Compounds 1). ΚΠ 1964 Investig. Assassination President J. F. Kennedy: Hearings before President's Comm. VIII. 251 This particular instance he [sc. Oswald] was suited up; white shirt, dark suit, dark tie. 2000 Guardian (Nexis) 13 Dec. (Features section) 12 I nervously found Drew, who was suited up. 2005 K. George Winter's Tales iv. 167 Half-dressed, he does not think he can bear to ‘suit himself up’ for the evening. 2017 J. Markert Angels' Share ii. 23 Since Henry died, every morning after he suited himself up from wing tips and spats to suspenders and tie, he'd sit in the La-Z-Boy all day. b. intransitive. To dress oneself smartly, in a suit. ΚΠ 1971 College Student Jrnl. (Calif.) 5 31/2 The traditional assumption that it is desirable for staff members to ‘suit up’. 1979 Washington Post (Nexis) 15 May b5 When I get up, with the hours before I have to suit up for the office, I plunge into my housekeeping. 2014 Herald Sun (Austral.) (Nexis) 10 Mar. (News section) 6 Not usually everyday wear, it will be a fashion faux pas tomorrow not to suit up for Tuxedo Tuesday. < as lemmas |
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