| 释义 |
set up
transitive verb
1.
a. : to raise to and place in a high position
< set up a mark to shoot at >
< set up a sail >
< set up a flag >
b. : to place in view : post
< set up a sign >
c. : to put forward (as a plan, a theory) for acceptance
d. obsolete : to put up (as for sale or auction)
2.
a. : to make (a loud noise) with the voice
< set up a fearful bawling >
b. : to cause (a condition) to come into effect
< the wind sets up a humming in the wires >
< the added sugar sets up a fermentation >
< the splinter set up an inflammation >
3.
a. : to make taut (a stay, shroud, hawser)
b. : to raise the pitch of (a string) by tightening
c. : to transpose to a higher key
< a baritone aria set up for a tenor >
d. obsolete : to heighten the brilliance of (a color)
e. : to tighten firmly (as a nut or a pipe joint)
4.
a. : to place in power or in office
< plotting to set him up on the throne >
< a rival pope was set up >
b. : to place in a position of hostility or opposition : oppose
< degree of presumption … to set himself up against the authority of so many great men — T.L.Peacock >
c. : to raise from depression : elate, gratify
< set up by unexpected praise from her husband >
d. : to make proud or vain
< much set up by flattery >
e. : to put forward or extol as a model
f. : to claim (oneself) to be
< sets himself up as an authority on art >
or to be capable of
< literary journalist … seldom setting up to pass judgment on major writers — British Book News >
5.
a. : to place upright : erect
< set up a building >
< set up a post >
< set up a roadblock >
< set up a tent >
< set up a card table >
b. : to assemble the parts of and erect in position for use or operation
< set up a printing press >
c. : to put (a machine) in readiness or adjustment for a tooling operation
6.
a. archaic : to put aside and save for future use
b. : to erect (a perpendicular or a figure) on a base in a drawing or diagram
7.
a. : found, institute, inaugurate
< set up a religious order >
< set up rules and bylaws for a club >
< set up a school >
< set up a regulating committee >
b. : to put (as a way of living or a means of livelihood) in operation especially for oneself
< set up housekeeping >
< set up shop in a new neighborhood >
c. : establish 11
d. : to clear (a route) for the free passage of a train
8.
a. : to provide with means or opportunity of making a living
< set his son-in-law up in business >
b. : to place in or restore to comparative prosperity or a chance of success
c. : to bring or restore to normal health and strength
d. : to cause (one) to take on a soldierly or athletic appearance especially through drill
< set up recruits >
9.
a. : to make carefully worked out plans for
< set up a bank robbery >
: prearrange
b. : to execute one or more plays in preparation for scoring (a goal or touchdown)
10. : to pole (a boat) in hunting waterfowl
11.
a. : to pay for (drinks)
b. : to treat (someone) to something
< set him up to a meal and new suit >
intransitive verb
1. : to come into active operation or use
2. : to begin business
< saved enough to set up for himself as a contractor >
3. : to make pretensions : claim to be or be capable
< are you setting up for a wit now >
4. : to solidify too rapidly
< ways to avoid setting up in the cement mixer >
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