| 词组 | put on |
| 释义 | put on 1. put on sth • put sth on to put clothes on your body: ▪ She put on her coat and went outside. ▪ I liked the shoes, and when I put them on they fitted perfectly. ■ OPPOSITE: take off 2. put on sth • put sth on to put make-up, cream etc on your skin: ▪ She sat down in front of the mirror and began to put on her make-up. ■ SIMILAR TO: apply formal ■ OPPOSITE: take off 3. put on sth • put sth on to make a light or a piece of equipment that uses electricity or gas start working by pressing or turning a switch: ▪ Can you put the lights back on? I can't see what I'm doing. ▪ She put on the kettle, craving her morning cup of coffee. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑switch on, ↑turn on ■ OPPOSITE: switch off 4. put on sth • put sth on to put a CD, tape, or record in a machine and make it start playing: ▪ Perry went over to the stereo and put on some jazz. 5. put on sth • put sth on to arrange for a performance, show, competition etc to take place: ▪ They often put on exhibitions of work by local artists. ▪ The play was originally put on in New York in 1960, and was later made into a movie. 6. put sb on sth if a doctor puts you on a particular type of medicine or medical treatment, they give it to you: ▪ Helen was feeling very depressed, so her doctor put her on Prozac. ▪ I went to the hospital about my asthma, and they've put me on steroids. ■ SIMILAR TO: prescribe ■ OPPOSITE: take off 7. put sb on a diet to tell someone to eat only certain types of food because they are unhealthy or too fat: ▪ His wife says he's overweight, and keeps threatening to put him on a diet. 8. put on weight/2 kilos/5lbs etc to become fatter and heavier: ▪ Can it be possible that I've put on eight pounds in three weeks? ▪ Six months ago George gave up smoking. Since then he's put on a lot of weight because he's constantly nibbling. 9. put the blame/responsibility on sb/sth to say that someone should be blamed or should be considered responsible for something: ▪ That girl was going to try to put the blame on him, he could tell. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑lay, place 10. put a limit/restriction/ban etc on sth to make a rule that controls how much of something should be allowed, how something should be done, or one that stops something completely: ▪ New limits are to be put on tobacco advertising. ▪ Japan, Norway, and the other countries agreed to put a ban on commercial whaling. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑impose, ↑slap on informal 11. put on sth if you put on a particular kind of voice, look etc, you deliberately behave in a way that is different from how you usually behave, or that is different from how you really feel: ▪ Whenever she's on the phone she always puts on a posh voice. put on a brave face (=try not to show to other people that you are worried or upset) ▪ Princess Diana continued to put on a brave face, despite reports in the press of serious problems with her marriage. 12. be putting it on BrE spoken if someone is putting it on, they are pretending to be ill, upset, injured etc, especially in order to make other people feel sorry for them: ▪ Of course he's not sick. He's just putting it on. ■ SIMILAR TO: be faking it 13. be putting sb on AmE informal if someone is putting you on, they are not telling the truth and are trying to deceive you: ▪ You scored three goals? You're putting me on! ■ SIMILAR TO: be joking, be kidding, be having sb on BrE spoken 14. put on a show/display/performance etc to show what you are able to do or what power you have: ▪ When Saddam refused to give in, the Allies put on a devastating show of force. put on an impressive/poor etc performance ▪ The French team will have to put on an impressive performance if they are to beat Brazil. 15. put on sth • put sth on to provide something for people to use, eat, drink etc: ▪ Special buses are being put on to take fans to and from the concert. ▪ The hotel is putting on an all-you-can-eat buffet by the pool for all the guests. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑lay on 16. put emphasis/stress on sth to say that you think that something is particularly important: ▪ We've always put great stress on the value of communication. ▪ Schools are not putting enough emphasis on healthy eating. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑lay, place 17. put sth on sth to risk an amount of money on the result of a race, game etc, in order to try to win money: ▪ I never put money on horses, I always lose. ▪ He went to the bookies and put $100 on a horse called Lady Luck. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑bet 18. put sth on sth to increase the cost or price of something by a particular amount: ▪ There are rumours that the government plans to put 10p on the price of a packet of cigarettes. 19. put sb on sth if you put someone on a bus, plane etc, you take them to it and make sure that they get on it: ▪ Next day the authorities put him on the first plane back to Tokyo. 20. put sb on sth to make someone work at a particular time of day, or make someone do a particular type of work: ▪ They've put him on nights, so we rarely get to see each other much these days. ▪ Ashley was put on the playground duty. ■ OPPOSITE: take off 21. put a number/figure etc on sth to say how much you think something will be: ▪ "How much do you think the vase is worth?" "It's difficult to put a figure on it. It could be as much as $50,000." 22. put sb on to give someone the telephone, or press a special button on your telephone, so that they can speak to another person: ▪ "Is Ted there?" " Just one moment, I'll put him on for you." 23. put sth on • put on sth to start cooking something: ▪ I put your supper on an hour ago. It should be ready by now. 24. put a curse/spell on sb/sth to use magic powers or magic words to make something bad happen to someone or something: ▪ Hollywood star James Wood accused her of trying to put a curse on him. |
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