Etymology Class2

English language lovers might enjoy this...
up( the pociket oxford dictionary)
-adv. 1. at, in, or towards a higher place or a place regarded an higher
2. a) to or in an erect or required position or condition; b) in or into an active condition
3. in a stronger or leading position
4. to a specified place, person, or time
5. higher in price or value
6. a) completely; b) more loudly or clearly
7. completed
8. into a compace, accumulated, or secure state
9. out of bed, having risen
10. happening, esp. unusually
11. (usu. foll. by before) appearing for trial etc.
12. (of a road etc.) being repaired
13.(of a jokey) in the saddle
-prep. 1. upwards and along, through, or into
2. from the bottom to the top of
3. a) at or in a higher part of; b) towards the source of (a river)
-adj. 1. directed upwards
2.of travel towards a capital or centre
-n. spell of good fortune
-v. 1. colloq. start, esp. abruptly, to speak or act
2. in or into contact with
3. colloq. confronted with (a problem etc.)
课堂笔记
up
1. to or in a higher position e.g. look up向上看 drive up, walk up
2. above the surface e.g. wake up get up put up建造 com up浮出( Whales come up for air every 15 mins.)
3. more or greater intensity(反义词用down) e.g. turn up, speed up tune up search up, adjust up
4. to take much time to do sth. e.g. write up整理，dress up打扮, clean up, tidy up
5. to the specified state of the action e.g.call up叫上
6. to finish sth. completely e.g. eat up drink up, bottoms up, hang up挂断电话

There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is "UP."
It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP(2)? At a meeting, why does a topic come UP(2,出现，存在)? Why do we speak UP(3) and why are the officers UP(具备) for election and why is it UP to(someone's duty) to the secretary to write up(4) a report?
We call up(5) our friends, And we use it to brighten UP(4) a room, polish UP(3/4) the silver(引申意：刀叉); we warm up(3) the leftovers(剩菜剩饭) and clean up(4) the kitchen, We lock UP(5) the house and som guys fix UP(4) the old car.
At other times, the little word has real special meaning. People stir UP trouble(搅局，找麻烦), line up(排队) for tickets, work UP(有做某事的心情) an appetite, and think UP excuses(找借口).
To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed UP(4) is special.
And this UP is confusing: A drain(厕所，厨房的下水管道) must be poened UP(疏通) beacuse it is stopped UP(5). We open UP(5) a store in the morning but we close it up(5) at night.
We seem to be pretty mixed UP(搅) about UP! To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look the word UP in a dictionary. In a desk-sized dicitonary, it takes up(占据) almost 1/4th of the page an can add UP(加在一起) to about eighty definitions. If you are UP to(someone's duty) it, you might try building UP(2) a list of the many ways UP is used.
It will take UP(占据) a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP(放弃), you may wind(/waind/) UP(finish,得出)with a hundred or more. When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP(5). When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP(6).
When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things UP(泥泞不堪). When it doesn't rain of awhile, things dry UP(6).
'Face UP(accept接受)...you like this!
One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP(finish,打住，结束), for now my time is UP(over), so .........Time to shut UP(6)....!
Oh...one more thing:
What is the first thing you do in the morning&the last thing you do at night?U-P
Can you read them right the first time?