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单词 throw up the sponge
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sponge /spunj/

noun
  1. Any member of the phylum Porifera, sessile aquatic animals with a single cavity in the body, with numerous pores
  2. The fibrous skeleton of such an animal, remarkable for its power of holding water
  3. A piece of such a skeleton, or a synthetic substitute, used for washing, absorbing, etc
  4. A swab for a cannon
  5. Any spongelike substance, such as leavened dough, a cake or pudding, or swampy ground
  6. A bedeguar
  7. A hanger-on or parasite (informal)
  8. A drunkard (informal)
  9. An application of a sponge
  10. The life or behaviour of a sponger upon others (informal)
transitive verb
  1. To wipe, wipe out, soak up or remove with a sponge
  2. To drain, as if by squeezing a sponge
  3. To gain by the art of the parasite
intransitive verb
  1. To suck in, as a sponge does
  2. To fish for sponges
  3. To live on others parasitically (often with on or off)
ORIGIN: OE sponge, spunge, and OFr esponge, from L spongia, from Gr spongiā

sponˈgeable adjective

spongeous /spunˈjəs/ adjective

Spongy

spongˈer noun

  1. A person who uses a sponge
  2. A sponge fisher
  3. A sponge fishing boat
  4. An apparatus for sponging cloth
  5. A sponge or parasite

spongicolous /spun- or spon-jikˈə-ləs/ adjective

(L colere to inhabit) living in association with, usu within, a sponge

sponˈgiform adjective

Like or related to a sponge

sponˈgily adverb

In a spongy way or manner

spongin /spunˈjin/ noun

A horny substance in the skeletons of various sponges

sponˈginess noun

spongiose /spunˈ or -ōsˈ/ adjective

spongious /spunˈjəs/ adjective

spongoid /spongˈgoid/ adjective

spongologist /spong-golˈə-jist/ noun

spongolˈogy noun

The science of sponges

spongy /spunˈji/ adjective

  1. Absorptive
  2. Porous
  3. Wet and soft
  4. Drunken
  5. (of vehicle suspension, brakes, etc) lacking firmness or responsiveness

spongeˈbag noun

  1. A waterproof bag for carrying a sponge and toiletries
  2. (in pl) checked or striped trousers

adjective

Checked

sponge bath noun

A washing of the body by or from a sponge, as for a sick or bedridden person

sponge cake noun

A very light sweet cake of flour, eggs, and sugar

sponge cloth noun

A cotton cloth of open texture similar to a sponge

spongeˈ-down see sponge down below.

sponge finger noun

A finger-shaped sponge cake

sponge fisher noun

sponge fishing noun

sponge rubber noun

Rubber processed into spongelike form

spongeˈware noun (ceramics)

Pottery, etc on which patterns, colours, etc are applied using a sponge

spongeˈwood noun

Sola, an Indian plant also known as the hat plant

sponˈging-house or spunˈging-house noun (obsolete)

A bailiff's lodging-house for debtors in his custody before their committal to prison

spongy parenchyma noun (botany)

A loose tissue in leaves with much intercellular space

spongy platinum or platinum sponge noun

Platinum in a finely divided state

set a sponge

To leaven a small mass of dough for use in leavening a large quantity

sponge down

To clean or wipe with a sponge (spongeˈ-down noun)

throw up (or in) the sponge

  1. To acknowledge defeat by throwing into the air the sponge with which a boxer is rubbed down between rounds (cf throw in the towel)
  2. To give up any struggle

throw1 /thrō/

transitive verb (pat threw /throo/; pap thrown /thrōn/)
  1. To cast, hurl, fling through the air
  2. To project
  3. To emit
  4. To cause (one's voice) to appear to come from elsewhere
  5. To cause to be in some place or condition, esp suddenly
  6. To render suddenly
  7. To put
  8. To put on or take off (clothes, etc) quickly, carelessly or violently (with off, on, onto)
  9. To execute, perform
  10. To have or suffer (eg a fit or tantrum)
  11. To give (a party)
  12. To bemuse, perplex, disconcert
  13. To move (a switch) so as to connect or disconnect
  14. To form (pottery) on a wheel
  15. To turn with a lathe
  16. To wind or twist (yarn) together
  17. (of a horse) to dislodge (its rider) from the saddle
  18. (of a horse) to lose (a shoe)
  19. To cast (one's opponent) to the ground (wrestling, judo)
  20. To deliver (a punch) (boxing)
  21. To bowl (a ball) bending illegally and straightening the arm during delivery (cricket)
  22. To play (a card)
  23. To make a cast of dice amounting to
  24. To cast (dice)
  25. To lose (a contest) deliberately, esp in return for a bribe (informal)
  26. To defeat, get the better of, or discomfit
  27. (of an animal) to give birth to
  28. To produce
intransitive verb
  1. To cast or hurl
  2. To cast dice
  3. To lay about one (Spenser)
noun
  1. An act of throwing
  2. A cast, esp of dice or a fishing-line
  3. The distance to which anything may be thrown
  4. A woollen wrap or small rug (esp N American)
  5. (also throwˈover) a piece of fabric spread over a piece of furniture, esp a bed or sofa, to improve its appearance or protect it
  6. An article, item, turn, go, occasion, etc (informal)
  7. A risky venture (informal)
  8. The vertical displacement of a particular rock, vein or stratum due to a fault (cf lateral shift; geology)
  9. A deflection caused by a sudden fluctuation (physics)
  10. Amplitude of movement (physics)
  11. A blow (Spenser)
ORIGIN: OE thrāwan to turn, to twist; Ger drehen to twist; see also thraw, throe

throwˈer noun

throwˈing noun and adjective

thrown adjective

  1. Twisted
  2. Cast, flung

throwˈster noun

  1. A person who twists silk thread into yarn
  2. A gambler

throwˈaway noun

  1. An advertisement brochure or handbill freely distributed to the public (N American)
  2. A contest without serious competition
  3. A line, or a joke, that an actor purposely delivers casually or without emphasis, often for the sake of realism

adjective

  1. (of manner or technique) casual, without attempt at dramatic effect
  2. Ridiculously cheap, as if being thrown away
  3. Intended to be discarded or not recovered after use

throwˈback noun

  1. A reversion (eg to an earlier developmental type)
  2. A person, plant, etc showing characteristics of an earlier developmental type
  3. A setback

throwˈ-down noun

A home-made firework, esp one that makes a noise when dropped on the ground

throwˈ-in noun

  1. An act of throwing in
  2. A throw to put the ball back into play (football, basketball, etc)

throwing stick noun

  1. A grooved stick for giving a spear greater leverage when thrown
  2. A throw stick

throwing table noun

A potter's wheel

thrown silk noun

Organzine

throwˈ-out noun

  1. An act of throwing out
  2. A rejected thing

throwˈover

See throw ( noun) above

throw rug noun

A small rug, decorative rather than utilitarian

throw stick noun

A weapon thrown whirling from the hand, such as the boomerang

throw weight noun

The maximum weight that can be lifted by a ballistic missile, incl the weight of the warhead(s) and guidance systems, but not the weight of the rocket itself

throw about or throw around

  1. To spend (money) extravagantly or recklessly
  2. To throw carelessly in different directions
  3. (throw about) to cast about or try expedients (Spenser)

throw a fit (informal)

To have a fit, behave wildly

throw away

  1. To reject, toss aside
  2. To squander
  3. To fail to take advantage of
  4. To discard (a card)
  5. (of an actor) to speak (lines) deliberately without emphasis
  6. To bestow or expend on something unworthy

throw back

  1. To retort, to refuse
  2. To delay or hinder the progress of
  3. To force (someone) to rely (on something)
  4. To revert to some ancestral character

throw (caution, etc) to the winds see under wind1

throw down

To demolish

throw down the gauntlet see under gauntlet1

throw in

  1. To interject
  2. To throw (a football) back into play from the side of the pitch
  3. To add as an extra at no extra cost

throw in one's lot see under lot

throw in the towel or throw in one's hand see under hand

throw mud at see under mud

throw off

  1. To divest oneself of
  2. To disengage or release oneself from
  3. To tell or compose in an offhand way
  4. To perplex or disconcert

throw on

To put on hastily

throw oneself at

To make a determined and obvious attempt to captivate

throw oneself into

To engage heartily in

throw oneself on or upon

  1. To attack, assault
  2. To entrust oneself to the power of

throw open

  1. To cause to swing wide open
  2. To make freely accessible

throw out

  1. To cast out
  2. To reject
  3. To expel
  4. To emit
  5. To utter casually
  6. To cause to project
  7. To build (a projecting extension)
  8. To cause to be misaligned
  9. To disconcert or distract
  10. To dismiss (a batsman) by throwing the ball at, and hitting, the wicket (cricket)
  11. To put (the batter) out by throwing the ball to a fielder to prevent the batter from reaching a base (baseball)
  12. To distance, leave behind

throw over

To discard, desert or jilt

throw together

  1. To put together in a hurry
  2. To bring into contact by chance

throw up

  1. To erect hastily
  2. To show prominently, to reveal
  3. To give up, to resign
  4. To vomit (informal)

throw up one's hands

To raise one's hands as an expression of exasperation, despair, horror, etc

throw up (something) against someone

To reproach someone with (something)

throw up the sponge see under sponge

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