英文英文字典
英文英文字典
古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
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Up
(adv.)
Aloft; on high; in a direction contrary to that of gravity;
toward or in a higher place or position; above; -- the opposite of
down.
Up
(adv.)
From a lower to a higher position, literally or figuratively;
as, from a recumbent or sitting position; from the mouth, toward the
source, of a river; from a dependent or inferior condition; from
concealment; from younger age; from a quiet state, or the like; -- used
with verbs of motion expressed or implied.
Up
(adv.)
In a higher place or position, literally or figuratively; in
the state of having arisen; in an upright, or nearly upright, position;
standing; mounted on a horse; in a condition of elevation, prominence,
advance, proficiency, excitement, insurrection, or the like; -- used
with verbs of rest, situation, condition, and the like; as, to be up on
a hill; the lid of the box was up; prices are up.
Up
(adv.)
To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short
of, back of, less advanced than, away from, or the like; -- usually
followed by to or with; as, to be up to the chin in water; to come up
with one's companions; to come up with the enemy; to live up to
engagements.
Up
(adv.)
To or in a state of completion; completely; wholly; quite;
as, in the phrases to eat up; to drink up; to burn up; to sum up; etc.;
to shut up the eyes or the mouth; to sew up a rent.
Up
(adv.)
Aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches; put up
your weapons.
Up
(prep.)
From a lower to a higher place on, upon, or along; at a
higher situation upon; at the top of.
Up
(prep.)
From the coast towards the interior of, as a country; from
the mouth towards the source of, as a stream; as, to journey up the
country; to sail up the Hudson.
Up
(prep.)
Upon.
Up
(n.)
The state of being up or above; a state of elevation,
prosperity, or the like; -- rarely occurring except in the phrase ups
and downs.
Up
(a.)
Inclining up; tending or going up; upward; as, an up look; an
up grade; the up train.
Up-line
(n.)
A line or track leading from the provinces toward the
metropolis or a principal terminus; the track upon which up-trains run.
See Up-train.
A train going in the direction of the metropolis or the
main terminus.
A train going in the direction conventionally called up.
Upas
(n.)
A tree (Antiaris toxicaria) of the Breadfruit family, common
in the forests of Java and the neighboring islands. Its secretions are
poisonous, and it has been fabulously reported that the atmosphere
about it is deleterious. Called also bohun upas.
Upas
(n.)
A virulent poison used in Java and the adjacent islands for
poisoning arrows. One kind, upas antiar, is, derived from upas tree
(Antiaris toxicaria). Upas tieute is prepared from a climbing plant
(Strychnos Tieute).
Upbar
(v. t.)
To fasten with a bar.
Upbar
(v. t.)
To remove the bar or bards of, as a gate; to under.
Upbear
(v. t.)
To bear up; to raise aloft; to support in an elevated
situation; to sustain.
Upbind
(v. t.)
To bind up.