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up and down
來回,上下,到處;沿著…來回
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Up
adv.
1.
Aloft
;
on
high
;
in
a
direction
contrary
to
that
of
gravity
;
toward
or
in
a
higher
place
or
position
;
above
; --
the
opposite
of
down
.
But
up
or
down
,
By
center
or
eccentric
,
hard
to
tell
. --
Milton
.
2.
Hence
,
in
many
derived
uses
,
specifically
: --
(a)
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
.
But
they
presumed
to
go
up
unto
the
hilltop
.
--
Num
.
xiv
. 44.
I
am
afflicted
and
ready
to
die
from
my
youth
up
.
--
Ps
.
lxxxviii
. 15.
Up
rose
the
sun
,
and
up
rose
Emelye
.
--
Chaucer
.
We
have
wrought
ourselves
up
into
this
degree
of
Christian
indifference
.
--
Atterbury
.
(b)
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
.
And
when
the
sun
was
up
,
they
were
scorched
.
--
Matt
.
xiii
. 6.
Those
that
were
up
themselves
kept
others
low
.
--
Spenser
.
Helen
was
up
--
was
she?
--
Shak
.
Rebels
there
are
up
,
And
put
the
Englishmen
unto
the
sword
. --
Shak
.
His
name
was
up
through
all
the
adjoining
provinces
,
even
to
Italy
and
Rome
;
many
desiring
to
see
who
he
was
that
could
withstand
so
many
years
the
Roman
puissance
.
--
Milton
.
Thou
hast
fired
me
;
my
soul's
up
in
arms
.
--
Dryden
.
Grief
and
passion
are
like
floods
raised
in
little
brooks
by
a
sudden
rain
;
they
are
quickly
up
.
--
Dryden
.
A
general
whisper
ran
among
the
country
people
,
that
Sir
Roger
was
up
.
--
Addison
.
Let
us
,
then
,
be
up
and
doing
,
With
a
heart
for
any
fate
. --
Longfellow
.
(c)
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
.
As
a
boar
was
whetting
his
teeth
,
up
comes
a
fox
to
him
.
--
L'Estrange
.
(d)
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
.
Note:
☞
Some
phrases
of
this
kind
are
now
obsolete
;
as
,
to
spend
up
(--
Prov
.
xxi
. 20
);
to
kill
up
(--
B
.
Jonson
).
(e)
Aside
,
so
as
not
to
be
in
use
;
as
,
to
lay
up
riches
;
put
up
your
weapons
.
Note:
☞
Up
is
used
elliptically
for
get
up
,
rouse
up
,
etc
.,
expressing
a
command
or
exhortation
.
“
Up
,
and
let
us
be
going.”
--
Judg
.
xix
. 28.
Up
,
up
,
my
friend
!
and
quit
your
books
,
Or
surely
you
'
ll
grow
double
. --
Wordsworth
.
It is all up with him
,
it
is
all
over
with
him
;
he
is
lost
.
The time is up
,
the
allotted
time
is
past
.
To be up in
,
to
be
informed
about
;
to
be
versed
in
.
“Anxious
that
their
sons
should
be
well
up
in
the
superstitions
of
two
thousand
years
ago.”
--
H
.
Spencer
.
To be up to
.
(a)
To
be
equal
to
,
or
prepared
for
;
as
,
he
is
up
to
the
business
,
or
the
emergency
. [
Colloq
.]
(b)
To
be
engaged
in
;
to
purpose
,
with
the
idea
of
doing
ill
or
mischief
;
as
,
I
don't
know
what
he's
up to
. [
Colloq
.]
To blow up
.
(a)
To
inflate
;
to
distend
.
(b)
To
destroy
by
an
explosion
from
beneath
.
(c)
To
explode
;
as
,
the
boiler
blew up
.
(d)
To
reprove
angrily
;
to
scold
. [
Slang
]
To bring up
.
See
under
Bring
,
v. t.
To come up with
.
See
under
Come
,
v. i.
To cut up
.
See
under
Cut
,
v.
t
. & i.
To draw up
.
See
under
Draw
,
v. t.
To grow up
,
to
grow
to
maturity
.
Up anchor
Naut.
,
the
order
to
man
the
windlass
preparatory
to
hauling
up
the
anchor
.
Up and down
.
(a)
First
up
,
and
then
down
;
from
one
state
or
position
to
another
.
See
under
Down
,
adv.
Fortune
. . .
led
him
up and down
.
--
Chaucer
.
(b)
Naut.
Vertical
;
perpendicular
; --
said
of
the
cable
when
the
anchor
is
under
,
or
nearly
under
,
the
hawse
hole
,
and
the
cable
is
taut
. --
Totten
.
Up helm
Naut.
,
the
order
given
to
move
the
tiller
toward
the
upper
,
or
windward
,
side
of
a
vessel
.
Up to snuff
.
See
under
Snuff
. [
Slang
]
What is up?
What
is
going
on
? [
Slang
]
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Down
,
adv.
1.
In
the
direction
of
gravity
or
toward
the
center
of
the
earth
;
toward
or
in
a
lower
place
or
position
;
below
; --
the
opposite
of
up
.
2.
Hence
,
in
many
derived
uses
,
as
:
(a)
From
a
higher
to
a
lower
position
,
literally
or
figuratively
;
in
a
descending
direction
;
from
the
top
of
an
ascent
;
from
an
upright
position
;
to
the
ground
or
floor
;
to
or
into
a
lower
or
an
inferior
condition
;
as
,
into
a
state
of
humility
,
disgrace
,
misery
,
and
the
like
;
into
a
state
of
rest
; --
used
with
verbs
indicating
motion
.
It
will
be
rain
to-night
.
Let
it
come
down
.
--
Shak
.
I
sit
me
down
beside
the
hazel
grove
.
--
Tennyson
.
And
that
drags
down
his
life
.
--
Tennyson
.
There
is
not
a
more
melancholy
object
in
the
learned
world
than
a
man
who
has
written
himself
down
.
--
Addison
.
The
French
. . .
shone
down
[
i
.
e
.,
outshone
]
the
English
.
--
Shak
.
(b)
In
a
low
or
the
lowest
position
,
literally
or
figuratively
;
at
the
bottom
of
a
descent
;
below
the
horizon
;
on
the
ground
;
in
a
condition
of
humility
,
dejection
,
misery
,
and
the
like
;
in
a
state
of
quiet
.
I
was
down
and
out
of
breath
.
--
Shak
.
The
moon
is
down
;
I
have
not
heard
the
clock
.
--
Shak
.
He
that
is
down
needs
fear
no
fall
.
--
Bunyan
.
3.
From
a
remoter
or
higher
antiquity
.
Venerable
men
!
you
have
come
down
to
us
from
a
former
generation
.
--
D
.
Webster
.
4.
From
a
greater
to
a
less
bulk
,
or
from
a
thinner
to
a
thicker
consistence
;
as
,
to
boil
down
in
cookery
,
or
in
making
decoctions
.
Note:
☞
Down
is
sometimes
used
elliptically
,
standing
for
go
down
,
come
down
,
tear
down
,
take
down
,
put
down
,
haul
down
,
pay
down
,
and
the
like
,
especially
in
command
or
exclamation
.
Down
,
therefore
,
and
beg
mercy
of
the
duke
.
--
Shak
.
If
he
be
hungry
more
than
wanton
,
bread
alone
will
down
.
--
Locke
.
Down
is
also
used
intensively
;
as
,
to
be
loaded
down
;
to
fall
down
;
to
hang
down
;
to
drop
down
;
to
pay
down
.
The
temple
of
Her
è
at
Argos
was
burnt
down
.
--
Jowett
(Thucyd.).
Down
,
as
well
as
up
,
is
sometimes
used
in
a
conventional
sense
;
as
,
down
East
.
Persons
in
London
say
down
to
Scotland
,
etc
.,
and
those
in
the
provinces
,
up
to
London
.
--
Stormonth
.
Down helm
Naut.
,
an
order
to
the
helmsman
to
put
the
helm
to
leeward
.
Down on
or
Down upon
(
joined
with
a
verb
indicating
motion
,
as
go
,
come
,
pounce
),
to
attack
,
implying
the
idea
of
threatening
power
.
Come
down
upon
us
with
a
mighty
power
.
--
Shak
.
--
Down with
,
take
down
,
throw
down
,
put
down
; --
used
in
energetic
command
,
often
by
people
aroused
in
crowds
,
referring
to
people
,
laws
,
buildings
,
etc
.;
as
,
down with
the
king
!
“
Down
with
the
palace
;
fire
it.”
--
Dryden
.
To be down on
,
to
dislike
and
treat
harshly
. [
Slang
, U.S.]
To cry down
.
See
under
Cry
,
v. t.
To cut down
.
See
under
Cut
,
v. t.
Up and down
,
with
rising
and
falling
motion
;
to
and
fro
;
hither
and
thither
;
everywhere
.
“Let
them
wander
up
and
down
.”
--
Ps
.
lix
. 15.
From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
up
and
down
adv
1:
moving
backward
and
forward
along
a
given
course
; "
he
walked
up
and
down
the
locker
room
"; "
all
up
and
down
the
Eastern
seaboard
"
2:
alternately
upward
and
downward
; "
he
eyed
him
up
and
down
"
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