stand up• "I have to go now, " she said, standing up.• It's generally better to do this exercisestanding up.• She spent the whole evening wonderingwhy her date had stood her up.• The bartender had to go round standing up all the stools that had been knocked down in the fight.• The seats were all taken and we had to stand up all the way from Tokyo to Nagoya.• Abruptly she stood up, and got ready to leave.• Tom stood the statue up and looked at it.• Stand the wine bottle up for a few hours in a warm place before drinking.• If he continues to stand up his friends, he's not going to have any left.• Could you all stand upplease.• He stood up to shake Mel's hand.
Stand up straight• Here's one you can do when you're waiting in that boring old queue. Stand up straight.
stand up and be counted• Those who admire her should stand up and be counted.• We really need more help from you good men to stand up and be counted!• I do not want to stand up and be counted as a supporter of those demands.
2.a comedian who does stand-up comedy 單人說笑喜劇演員,單口相聲演員
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stand-up• Then they cut to a light-skinned black woman doing a stand-up in front of a building that looked familiar.• By the time we opened I was practically doing stand-up out there.• Britain's top stand-up apparently is Sean Lock.
stand up
stand up
phrasal verbphr v
a)STANDto be on your feet, or to rise to your feet 站立;站起來 → stand-up
I’ve been standing up all day.
我已經站了一天。
Stand up straight and don’t slouch!
身體站直,别沒精打采的!
Jim stood up stiffly.
吉姆僵直地站了起來。
b)[always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]VERTICAL to stayhealthy or in good condition in a difficult environment or after a lot of hard use 耐受;耐用;經得起
The memoirs stand up well to cross-checking with other records.
這本回憶錄完全經得起與其他記錄對照核實。
Without a witness, the charges will never stand up in court (=be successfully proved in a court of law).
沒有證人,這些指控在法庭上是絕對站不住腳的。
d)stand somebody up informalMEET# to not meet someone who you have arranged to meet 未與某人如約見面,使某人空等
I was supposed to go to a concert with Kyle on Friday, but he stood me up.
我星期五本來要跟凱爾一起去聽音樂會的,但他失約了,讓我空等一場。
e)stand up and be countedOPINION to make it very clear what you think about something when this is dangerous or might cause trouble for you 〔對危險或可能引起麻煩的事物〕公開表明立場[態度]
Examples from the Corpus
stand up• "I have to go now, " she said, standing up.• It's generally better to do this exercisestanding up.• She spent the whole evening wonderingwhy her date had stood her up.• The bartender had to go round standing up all the stools that had been knocked down in the fight.• The seats were all taken and we had to stand up all the way from Tokyo to Nagoya.• Abruptly she stood up, and got ready to leave.• Tom stood the statue up and looked at it.• Stand the wine bottle up for a few hours in a warm place before drinking.• If he continues to stand up his friends, he's not going to have any left.• Could you all stand upplease.• He stood up to shake Mel's hand.
Stand up straight• Here's one you can do when you're waiting in that boring old queue. Stand up straight.
stand up and be counted• Those who admire her should stand up and be counted.• We really need more help from you good men to stand up and be counted!• I do not want to stand up and be counted as a supporter of those demands.