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单词 building up
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building upn.

Brit. /ˌbɪldɪŋ ˈʌp/, /ˈbɪldɪŋ ʌp/, U.S. /ˌbɪldɪŋ ˈəp/, /ˈbɪldɪŋ ˌəp/
Forms: see building n. and up adv.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: building n., up adv.1
Etymology: < building n. + up adv.1, after to build up at build v. Phrasal verbs 1.
The action of building someone or something up (in various senses).
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the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun]
waxingc1055
increasingc1340
increasec1374
echinga1382
creasing1398
augmentinga1400
alarginga1425
moringa1425
augmentc1425
incrementc1425
creasec1440
increasement1509
enlarginga1513
enlargement1564
amplification1569
accession1570
usury1576
enhancement1577
growth1587
creasement1592
accrease1598
crescence1602
improvement1607
excrement1608
majoration1626
heightening1629
auction1692
turgescence1806
outgrowth1837
steepening1868
prolating1919
upgrading1920
c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale (Hengwrt) (1872) l. 1979 Of buyldyng [c1415 Corpus Oxf. buldyng, c1425 Petworth beeldinge, c1430 Cambr. Gg.4.27 bildyng] vp of chirches.
1582 R. Parsons First Bk. Christian Exercise 330 He in the gospel, which had taken great trauayle & care,..in plucking down his olde barnes, and buylding vp of new.
1604 S. Hieron Preachers Plea 151 For the building vp of their soules in Christ Iesus.
1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation vi. 99 God threatned sore Plagues to his People, because they were negligent in building up of the Earthly Temple.
1852 M. F. Tupper Proverb. Philos. 37 Trifles..are levers in the building up of character.
1885 Harper's Mag. Jan. 218/2 The mangrove..has had much to do with the building up of this western fringe of Florida.
1942 W. S. Churchill End of Beginning (1943) 36 The steady building-up of very powerful forces and bases there.
1988 J. Downing & M. Smith Ngura Walytja 100 The people talked a lot about doing..any work associated with the building up of their homeland communities.
2022 Telegraph-Jrnl. (New Brunswick) (Nexis) 17 Mar. The city should do more to address the building up of snow and ice on catch basins, instead of leaving it to residents.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).
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