| 词组 | give |
| 释义 | give 1. noun inside information UK, 1980 2. verb 1 to tell a secret. Mainly imperative UK, 1956. 2 to consent to have sex US, 1935. 3 to have sex with a woman UK, 1970.► give a fuckto care, to be concerned. Often in the negative US, 2001.► give good X; give great Xto be notable for the noun that follows. On the original model of GIVE HEAD (to perform oral sex) US, 1971.► give her tarpaperto work very hard. Used in Michigan's Upper Peninsula US, 2003.► give it1. to behave in the manner of whatever noun or adjective follows UK, 1999.2. either by speech or action, to make your attitude to someone or something obvious UK, 1996.► give it all thatto brag, to show off UK, 1977.► give it awayto engage in sex without pay; to engage in sex promiscuously US, 1945.► give it someto put a great deal of effort into something. Possibly abbreviated from 'give it some wellie' UK, 2001.► give it the nifty fifty(used of a male) to masturbate US, 1983.► give it the offto go, to leave UK, 1997.► give it toto copulate with US, 1992.► give it upto applaud. Often as an imperative to an audience US, 1990.► give Jack his jacketto give credit where credit is due BARBADOS, 1975.► give laugh for pea soupto bring gossip or interesting news when you visit, hoping for a meal in exchange JAMAICA, 1977.► give leatherto thrust forcefully while having sex TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2003.► give me a break; gimme a breakused as an expression of dismay at that which has just been said. Ubiquitous in the 1990s US, 1993.► give skinto slap hands in greeting US, 1964.► give someone hellto deal with someone in a harsh or severe manner UK, 1851.► give someone oneto have sex with someone UK, 1974.► give someone the redsto anger. Teen slang US, 1951.► give someone their hatto release from prison US, 1976.► give the officeto signal or give information UK, 1804.► give the skinsto have sex with someone US, 1990.► give two fucksto care, to be concerned. An elaboration of GIVE A FUCK, and usually in the negative US, 1974.► give up as a bad jobto abandon something that has no prospect of success UK, 1862.► give what forto beat, to thrash, to scold. Derives, apparently, from an exchange in which a person threatened with punishment asked 'What for?' and received the formulaic answer 'I'll give you what for' UK, 1873.► give wingsto inject someone else with heroin or to teach them to inject themselves US, 1968.► give your right ball/testicle forto give everything for AUSTRALIA, 1988 give away 1. give away sth • give sth away to give something that you do not want or need to someone, without asking them to pay for it: "Do you still have your old coursebooks from university?" "No, I've given them all away."+ to Before leaving America she gave away her furniture to her family and friends.2. give away sth • give sth away if a company or store gives away a product, they give it to people without asking them for any payment in order to attract more customers: They're giving away free glasses with every bottle of wine. Cell-phone networks are giving phones away in order to get subscribers.giveaway n C something that a company or store gives to people without asking for payment: There are usually a lot of cheap giveaways on offer at Christmas.giveaway adj only before noun given free by a company in order to advertise its products: giveaway dairiesgiveaway prices prices that are very low: The shop was selling off all its old stock at giveaway prices.3. give away sth • give sth away to give something as a prize in a competition: We have five baseball caps to give away in this week's show - all you have to do is answer one simple question. They're giving away 200 free tickets to see the band on tour.4. give away sth • give sth away to let someone know about something that should be a secret, especially by mistake: I don't want to give away the ending. You'll have to see the movie for yourself. In her interview she was careful not to give anything away about her plans for the future.give the game away (=make someone realize something that other people wanted to keep a secret) The thing that gave the game away was when I found one of his socks under our bed.■ SIMILAR TO: revealgiveaway n singular something that makes it easy for you to guess a fact that people are trying to keep secret: The lipstick on his collar was a bit of a giveaway.sth is a dead giveaway spoken (=used to emphasize that something makes it very easy to guess a fact that someone wanted to keep secret) I knew she'd been taking drugs - her eyes were a dead giveaway.5. give sb away to accidentally show other people how you really feel, or what you are trying to do, when you are trying to hide this: Karen was trying to look cool and businesslike, but her face gave her away immediately.give yourself away Most shoplifters give themselves away by constantly looking round for cameras.6. give sb away if you give someone away who is hiding from the police, soldiers etc, you tell the police or soldiers where that person is, or that this is the person they are looking for: Campbell managed to avoid arrest for several months, until finally someone in his family gave him away to the local police.■ SIMILAR TO: betray7. give away sth/give sth away to let your opponents have an advantage or allow them to win, by playing badly or making silly mistakes: Arsenal gave away two goals in the first five minutes of the game. Some people in the party have accused him of giving away the election.8. give sb away/give away sb if a man gives away the woman who is getting married, he takes her to the front of the church to the man she is going to marry, and gives permission for her to marry: The bride was given away by her uncle, Andrew Johnson. give back 1. give back sth • give sth back to give something back to the person who owns it or who gave it to you: If the wedding is cancelled, do I have to give back the ring?+ to The government is giving back nine million pounds to Oxford City Council, after making a mistake in the housing budget.give sb back sth Give him back his hat!give sb sth back Mom! Tell Josh to give me my doll back!■ SIMILAR TO: return formal2. give sth back • give back sth to make it possible for someone to have a particular quality, ability, or freedom that they used to have in the past, but they lost+ to The protesters are calling for the government to give power back to the people.give sb back sth A little warm food and rest will give you back some strength.give sb sth back The doctors are hoping the operation will give Murphy his sight back.■ SIMILAR TO: restore give in 1. give in to finally agree to something you were unwilling to agree to before, especially after someone has spent a long time arguing with you or trying to persuade you: With a sigh, she gave in. "Okay, Ellie, we'll do it your way this time." In the end he gave in and paid her the full price for the painting.+ to The Russian government has so far refused to give in to the terrorists' demands.2. give in to accept that you have been defeated and stop competing or fighting: Arsenal refused to give in, and scored three goals in the second half to win the game.■ SIMILAR TO: give up3. give in sth • give sth in BrE to give something such as an official letter or a piece of written work to someone in a position of authority: The next day Davies gave in his resignation. I still haven't finished my homework yet, and we're supposed to give it in tomorrow morning.■ SIMILAR TO: hand in give in to give in to sth if you give in to a feeling that you want to do something, you allow yourself to do it, especially after trying not to for a long time: In the end he gave in to temptation and lit up his first cigarette of the day. Lady Chatterley spends much more time with the gamekeeper, and finally they both give in to their desires.■ SIMILAR TO: yield to give of 1. give of yourself/your time/your money etc formal to do things for other people in a generous way, especially when it involves your own time or money, and without expecting them to do anything for you: He thanked all the club members who had given of their time in order to make the show a success If you want to be a teacher you have to be prepared to give of yourself.2. give of your best formal to do something as well as you are able to do it: Companies should try to create an environment in which employees can give of their best. It was a pretty mediocre performance - I didn't feel that any of the actors really gave of their best.■ SIMILAR TO: give your best give off 1. give off sth • give sth off to produce something such as a smell, heat, light, energy, gas, or a sound: The flowers gave off a sweet scent. the enormous amount of energy which is given off by nuclear reactions■ SIMILAR TO: produce, give out2. give off sth if someone gives off a particular quality, they seem to have that quality from the way they look or behave: Felicity gave off an impression of light and warmth. Robert's father gave off an air of superiority and smugness.■ SIMILAR TO: give out, exude formal give onto give onto sth BrE if a door, window, room, garden etc gives onto a place, it leads to that place or you can see that place from it: The sitting-room gives onto a garden full of fruit trees. Our apartment gave onto a balcony that overlooked the sea.■ SIMILAR TO: open onto/on to give out 1. give out sth • give sth out to give something to a lot of people, especially a large number of things or all of them: Protestors were giving out leaflets in front of the embassy. Police in Paris gave out over 100,000 tickets for driving offences last year. "Are there any more plates?" "No. I've given them all out."■ SIMILAR TO: hand out2. give out sth • give sth out to tell people information, especially publicly or officially: You shouldn't give out your credit card details over the Internet. The Foundation gives out free advice on pregnancy and contraception.be given out (=be announced) The results will be given out at the end of the show.3. give out if something such as a part of your body or a machine gives out, it stops working because it has been used too much, or it is old or damaged: She screamed so much that in the end her voice gave out. The light's starting to go very faint. I think the batteries have given out.■ SIMILAR TO: pack up4. give out if a supply of something gives out, there is no more left because it has all been used: How much longer before the fuel gives out? Her patience finally gave out and she started yelling at the kids to be quiet.■ SIMILAR TO: run out5. give out sth • give sth out to produce something such as a smell, heat, light, energy, gas, or a sound: Oil stoves give out a lot of heat. As she bent down her knee gave out a cracking sound.■ SIMILAR TO: produce, give off6. give out if someone gives out a particular quality, they seem to have that quality from the way they look or behave: Gilles gave out an air of confidence and calm authority■ SIMILAR TO: give off, exude formal7. give out a message/signal to make people have a particular idea about something by what you say and do: I'm worried that if I don't punish the children, it may give out the wrong message.■ SIMILAR TO: send out give over give over! BrE spoken informal used to tell someone to be quiet or to stop doing something that is annoying: Give over you two! If there's any more trouble, you'll both go straight to bed.■ SIMILAR TO: cut it out!/cut that out! spoken informal BrE spoken informal used to tell someone that you do not believe what they have just said and that you think it is very surprising: "Susan says she and Curly are getting engaged." "Give over! They've hardly known each other five minutes!"■ SIMILAR TO: you're having me on BrE spoken informal, you're putting me on AmE spoken informal give over to 1. be given over to sth to be used only for a particular purpose or activity: Large areas of the countryside are being given over to ugly out-of town superstores. Tuesday afternoons were usually given over to sports and leisure activities. The whole of the first session is given over to an interview with Edmont Couchot, Professor of Arts at the University of Paris.■ SIMILAR TO: be devoted to, be taken up by sb/sth2. give yourself over to sth/give your life over to sth to spend all your time and energy doing something or thinking about something: She had given her life over to caring for Jane. In his youth Green gave himself over to the pursuit of pleasure.3. give sth/sb over to sb to allow another person, organization etc to have control of something or someone and be responsible for them: He gave the boy over to the care of the local authority. Control over the country's finances was given over to parliament.■ SIMILAR TO: hand over give up 1. give up sth • give sth up not passive to stop doing something that you did regularly, for example a job or a sport: She gave up her job at the nursing home and moved to London. I used to play a lot of football, but I had to give it up after the accident.give up doing sth Teri's given up going to New Year's Eve parties after her unfortunate experience last year.■ SIMILAR TO: stop, quit2. give up sth • give sth up • give up not passive to stop smoking, drinking etc because you think it is bad or unhealthygive up doing sth Vanessa's been feeling much better since she gave up smoking.give up sth He gave up alcohol when he became a Muslim.give sth up David's drug habit is slowly killing him - Dr Ryan could help him give it up.give up "Cigarette?" "No thanks, I'm trying to give up."■ SIMILAR TO: stop, quit3. give up • give up sth not passive to stop trying to do something, especially because it is too difficult: They searched for the ball for a while, but eventually they gave up and went home.give up doing sth After about ten minutes I gave up trying to explain it to her.I give up spoken (=used to say that you cannot guess the answer to a question or joke) "How much d'you think this suit cost?" "I don't know. $200, $500 ... $1000? Oh, I give up!"give up the struggle (=stop trying to do something that is very difficult) a crisis that brought him to the point where he finally gave up the struggle and resigned4. give up sth to let someone else have something that is yours, especially when you do not really want to: Lack of money forced Salah to give up his London apartment. The Confederate Army refused to give up any of the territory they had won.■ SIMILAR TO: relinquish formal5. give yourself up to allow the police or enemy soldiers to make you a prisoner when they have been trying to catch you: General Lee sent a message to the rebels, urging them to give themselves up.+ to Two of the escaped prisoners have given themselves up to the police.■ SIMILAR TO: surrender6. give up sth • give sth up to use some of your time to help other people or to help something succeed, instead of for your own enjoyment or advantage+ to do sth We should like to thank the mayor for giving up his valuable time to support our fundraising campaign. Fiona gave up all her weekends to be with her mother, who was now seriously ill.■ SIMILAR TO: sacrifice7. give up hope to stop hoping that something good will happen or that things will get better: Just when they had almost given up hope, Jenny became pregnant.give up hope of doing sth When the factory closed, most of the workers gave up hope of ever getting another job.■ SIMILAR TO: despair8. give up sb • give sb up not passive to end a friendship or romantic relationship with someone, even though you do not want to: He's started going out with Rita, but he doesn't want to give up this other girl!9. give up sb • give sb up to give your child to someone else so that the child legally becomes part of that person's familygive sb up for adoption I refused to give up my baby for adoption - he was mine.10. give sb up for dead/lost to begin to believe that someone is dead and stop looking for them: Three Americans who had been given up for dead were found alive yesterday. No trace of the boat could be found and the crew were given up for lost.11. let's give it up (for sb)! spoken informal used to tell people to hit their hands together in order to show that they have enjoyed something, or approve of someone: Come on, everybody, let's give it up for the Spice Girls!■ SIMILAR TO: let's have a round of applause for sb12. give sb up not passive spoken to stop expecting someone to arrive: Where have you been? We'd almost given you up. give up on 1. give up on sth not passive to stop trying to make something happen or succeed: Never give up on your dreams - the things you really want to do. In 1991 the Russians finally gave up on their Marxist strategy.give up doing sth By 4 am I'd given up on trying to sleep, so I got up to have a shower.■ SIMILAR TO: abandon2. give up on sb not passive to stop hoping that someone will improve or do what you want them to: He'd been in a coma for six months, and the doctors had almost given up on him. You've left the tickets behind? I give up on you, Henry, I really do.■ SIMILAR TO: despair of give up to 1. give yourself up to sth literary to allow a strong feeling of pleasure, desire etc to completely fill your mind: When, at last, we were together, we gave ourselves up to the pleasures of love.2. be given up to sth if a period of time is given up to an activity, all of it is used for that activity: The afternoons were given up to sport and recreation.■ SIMILAR TO: be given over to give/lend an ear To pay close attention; listen attentively. givefree/full rein to To release from restraints; allow to go unchecked: gave free rein to her emotions.
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