“tuck、up”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

tuck-up

释义

ˈtuck-up
[f. the vbl. phr. to tuck up: see tuck v.¹ 6, 9.]
†1. A fold or plait of hair. Obs.
1749J. Cleland Mem. Woman Pleasure I. 186 His hair, which was of a perfect shining black, play'd to his face in natural side-curls, and was set out with a smart tuck-up behind.
2. A boat of a particular construction (see quot. 1889).
1887Forest & Stream 24 Feb. 94/1 The tuckup could swing 300 sq. ft. if desired.1889W. P. Stephens Canoe & Boat Building (ed. 4) 239 The peculiar name ‘tuckup’ is derived from the fact that in building, the flat keel is not carried out straight from the stem to sternpost..but it..‘tucks up’..to the height of the waterline.
3. The action or an act of tucking someone up in bed.
1915H. L. Wilson Ruggles of Red Gap iv. 81, I was strangely a little warmed at thinking I might not have seen the last of Cousin Egbert, whom I had just given a tuckup.

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