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up-setting o* /Ap'set m/ adj. making you feel
unhappy, anxious or annoyed 4“
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experience
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up-shift
/’Apjift/
verb [V] (NAmE) to change into a
higher gear in a vehicle )
the up-shot /'ApjDt; NAmE -Jqit/ noun [sing.] the final result of a series of events ft
ft *n ^ ; ini outcome : The
upshot of it all was that he left college and got a job. <t1f MMMM,
up-side /'Apsaid/ noun [sing.] the more
positive aspect of a situation that is generally bad ( ) AFftfJ —
ffi, lEffi EEa DOWNSIDE
upside down
.upside down <Hradv. in or into a position in
which the top of sth is where the bottom is normally found and the bottom is
where the top is normally found J$ ffij; $J
; if fI: The
canoe floated upside down on the lake. Ali
Em RIGHT SIDE up ► .upside
'down adj. [not usually before noun] : The painting looks like it’s
upside down to me.
rrera turn sth .upside
down 1
to
make a place untidy when looking for sth *£••• HHfSL'bAff;
The
police turned the whole house upside down looking for clues. «0 2 to
cause large changes and confusion in a person’s life &
( £A£ft ) ( bJc'MSL ) : His sudden
death turned her world upside down. flfe(tfj;i!t$>M
up-si-lon /Ap'sailan;
'upsilon; NAmE 'upsilarn/ noun the 20th letter of
the Greek alphabet (Y, u)
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up-stage /,Ap'steid3/ adv., adj., verb
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adv., adj. at or towards the
back of the stage in a
theatre fE ( ft ft ) 022 downstage
■ verb [VN] to say or do sth that makes people notice you
more than the person that they should be interested in IB#--She was furious at being upstaged by
her younger sister.
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up stairs /^p'steaz; NAmE-'sterz/ adv., adj., noun
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adv. up the stairs; on or
to a floor of a house or other
building higher than the one
that you are on £ ( ft
people who live upstairs. jA jffiflfli: AIC6A o I carried her bags upstairs. 0 She went
upstairs to get dressed. AflRA T<, Em down
stairs ► up-stairs adj. [only before
noun]: an
upstairs room #±f$ft|s] see kick v.
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noun [sing.] the floor or floors in a building that are
above the ground floor Alt;
Alt ; !t± :
We’ve converted the upstairs into an office. ?£{| ]fEft
ft 7 Pf&Mo EI22 DOWNSTAIRS
up-standing /.Ap'staendir)/ adj. [usually before noun] (formal) behaving in
a moral and honest way IE M (ft; IE W. 1$ ; M W ES23 upright : an upstanding
member of the community 4* IE It !•$--- jf-f 11 MM be
up'standing (BrE, formal) used in a formal situation to tell people
to stand up ( ft AjEA^'p
) Ladies
and gentlemen, please be upstanding and join me in a toast to the bride and
groom. |t^, i#AA
up-start /'Apstait; NAmE -stairt/ noun (disapproving) a person who has just started in a new
position or job but who behaves as if they are more important than other
people, in a way that is annoying |['ap'vEJ'U$§JT± ft#; ££ iAtfJfr^.
up-state /.Ap'steit/ adv. {US) in or to a part of a
state that is far from its main cities, especially a northern part £ ( ftft ) ( MM ) : They
retired and went to live upstate. ftfe f] i! ik ft ® 5!l #1 [ft ^ i? fife K A 7 0 ► up-state adj. [only before noun]:
upstate
up-stream /.Ap'striim/ (also less frequent up-river) adv. ~ (of/from sth) along
a river, in the opposite direction to the way in which the water flows ft ( ft#
) ;
3i£#rL: The nearest town is about ten miles
upstream. ft i£&ijM^A^&'?o'Mft±-E3IJi&to
0 upstream of/from the bridge ±'M Em downstream up-surge /'Aps3:d3; NAmE -S3:rd3/ noun [usually sing.] ~ (in/of sth) (format) a sudden large increase in sth _t ft; MA; Sit: an upsurge in violent crime HAftE H Si it? 0 a
recent upsurge of interest in his movies ft
up-swell /‘Apswel/ (also up-swell-ing /'Apsweliq/) noun [sing.] (formal) ~ of
sth an increase in sth,
especially a feeling ( XielBI&tf} ) ,
±ji: a huge
upswell
of emotion
up-swept /'Apswept/ (also swept-up) adj. curved or sloping upwards ft ft (ft;
ft±Mf4(ft: an
upswept moustache M#17
up-swing /'Apswip/ noun [usually sing.] ~ (in sth) a situation in which sth improves or increases over a
period of time gSt®; ft # ; ± ft ; iS upturn
:
an
upswing in economic activity M $r ft (ft
if! jJP 0 an
upswing in the team’s fortunes iA AIA ffi
ft r§i M upsy-daisy /'upsi deizi; ’Apsi/
(also ups-a-daisy, oops-a-daisy /‘upsa deizi; ’Apsa/) exclamation said when you have
made a mistake, dropped sth, fallen down, etc. or when sb else has ( g Bftiife
AdjfS, ^
\mm&) aw, m
up-take /‘Apteik/ noun [u, sing.] 1 ~ (of sth) the use that is made of sth that has
become available ( MM'fa MOM (ft ) : There has been a high uptake of
the
free training, j&ffr f£ iJi| A ft ^ A#M „ 2 ~ (of sth) (technical A ill) the process by which sth is taken into a
body or system; the rate at which this happens tBc; PR ^ii^: the uptake of oxygen by muscles ft. ft A A IT»m be .quick/.slow on the 'uptake (informal) to be quick/slow to
understand sth ^ffHIfft / 'IS: Is he always this slow on the uptake? up-tempo /'Aptempau; NAmE -pou/ adj. (especially of music fast ftl?#^; 1?^^ftW: uptempo
dance tunes ftA#Hft
up-thrust /'ApOrAst/ noun [U] 1 (physics #j) the force with which a liquid or gas
pushes up against an object that is floating in it ( ) ±fl
2 (geology fife) = uplift n.(3) up-tick /'Aptik/ noun (NAmE) a small increase /jMjif^jjp up-tight /.Ap'tait/ adj. ~ (about sth) (informal) 1 anxious and/or angry about sth ^ A "A ; 1$ & (ft : Relax! You’re getting too uptight
about it.
A
% "iK T o 2 (especially NAmE) nervous about showing
your feelings an uptight teen
ager
up-time /'Aptaim/ noun [U] the time during which
a machine, especially a computer, is working (
W ) jsfrWft Em downtime up to 'date adj. 1 modern; fashionable Mft; illfr frtMtf]; irAft: This technology is bang up to date (= completely modem). o up-to-
date clothes up-to-date equipment ftff$Ji$&
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having or including the most recent information #8^ ( A&#
) ftfrff 1,^: We
are keeping up to date