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单词 build-up
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build-upn.

Brit. /ˈbɪldʌp/, U.S. /ˈbɪldəp/
Etymology: < build v. 4, 5
a. An accumulation of favourable publicity designed to popularize a person, product, etc. Also, simply, preparatory work, preparation. Cf. build v. 4b colloquial (originally U.S. slang).
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] > a) preparation(s)
preparationsc1390
preparativea1450
preparatory1577
preparado1610
bundobust1776
arrangement1786
build-up1927
warm-up1943
run-up1961
loosener1987
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [noun] > for an ulterior purpose
puffery1731
puff1732
jolly1856
log-rolling1888
build-up1927
society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > advertising > types or methods of advertising > [noun] > advertising by build-up of publicity
build-up1927
1927 Collier's 3 Dec. 10/4 That's the old build-up for the Patsys.
1935 Time 24 June 26 One Night of Love had a build-up unrivaled in cinema history.
1935 Evening News 29 June 3/2 The swindler's talk..arouses the interest and acquisitive instincts of the mug... The ‘build-up’ has been made.
1936 P. G. Wodehouse Laughing Gas x. 103 I thought it might soften her a little if you gave the old boy a build-up.
1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §241/1 Preparation,..build-up.
1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §489/1 Build-up, preparatory work for a crime.
1946 R. Chandler Red Wind 247 The threats were a build-up for a killing.
1953 J. Pudney Ring for Luck 16 A big build-up for the indispensable Miss Motting, ‘without whom nobody ticks in Fragos’.
1955 R. M. Lumiansky Of Sondry Folk viii. 85 The scene is to be understood as his careful preparation—the present-day term ‘build-up’ is apt here—for playing a joke on the Host.
1957 Economist 12 Oct. 120/2 Mr Howard gives more space for her early life—the perfect build-up for her subsequent adventures.
b. (Usually gradual) accumulation, increase; spec. Military an accumulation of troops, weapons, etc. Also attributive.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > an increase
eke894
increasec1384
eking1393
augmentationc1452
superexcrescence1479
access1548
accrue1548
accession1551
increasement1561
ekementa1603
afflux1603
accruement1607
increment1631
rise1654
plusa1721
raise1729
swell1768
gain1851
step-up1922
upcurve1928
build-up1943
society > armed hostility > military equipment > arming or equipping with weapons > [noun] > proliferation
build-up1943
proliferation1961
vertical proliferation1966
1943 Daily Tel. 22 Apr. 1/2 The last four months' patient build up of Allied air power.
1944 Times 15 May 4/3 The build-up in the Eighth Army bridgehead across the River Rapido continued during the night.
1944 Times 25 July 4/4 The build-up period lacks the excitement of the initial assaults.
1955 Times 14 July 4/7 The build-up of case law by the tribunal.
1958 I. J. C. Brown Words in our Time 29 There is now evidence of some spread in the population locally, but no evidence at present of any large build-up.
1964 Ann. Reg. 1963 150 On the basis of one of these reports, the Security Council noted with alarm the arms build-up in South Africa.
1969 Times 2 Jan. 16/1 Professor Semple's team detected a massive build-up of the bacteria in several kinds of food on the premises.
c. The gradual development or exposition of a theme, argument, work of art, etc.; artistic construction.
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society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [noun] > work of art > qualities generally
decoruma1568
humoura1568
variety1597
strength1608
uniformity1625
barbarity1644
freedom1645
boldness1677
correctness1684
clinquant1711
unity1712
contrast1713
meretriciousness1727
airiness1734
pathos1739
chastity1760
vigour1774
prettyism1789
mannerism1803
serio-comic1805
actuality1812
largeness1824
local colour1829
subjectivitya1834
idealism1841
pastoralism1842
inartisticalitya1849
academicism1852
realism1856
colour contrast1858
crampedness1858
niggling1858
audacity1859
superreality1859
literalism1860
pseudo-classicism1861
sensationalism1862
sensationism1862
chocolate box1865
pseudo-classicality1867
academism1871
actualism1872
academicalism1874
ethos1875
terribilità1877
local colouring1881
neoclassicism1893
mass effect1902
attack1905
verismo1908
kitsch1921
abstraction1923
self-consciousness1932
surreality1936
tension1941
build-up1942
sprezzatura1957
1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §522/10 Build-up, initial plot development.
1953 A. Upfield Murder must Wait ix. 78 The build-up of the background against which five infants had been stolen.
1958 Spectator 8 Aug. 191/3 The slow build-up of All My Sons..is deliberate.
1959 H. Read Conc. Hist. Mod. Painting vi. 193 The whole build-up, or orchestration, of form and colour is purposively expressive.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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