rock up

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To turn up at a place or function spontaneously or unexpectedly, without notice or prior warning. informal
    — I'm sure the Brunel-designed stone-built structure would have had a hatstand for his trademark stovepipe. I can picture him rocking up there of a morning and lobbing it nonchalantly onto the hatstand.
  2. To work one's way vertically up a chimney or cleft using a rocking movement.
  3. To turn powder cocaine into crack cocaine by cooking. slang

词形变化

rocks up present,singular,third-person rocking up participle,present rocked up participle,past rocked up past rocks up present,singular,third-person rocking up participle,present rocked up participle,past rocked up past

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Medieval Latin roccabor.?
Old English *rocc
Early Medieval Latin rocca
Anglo-Norman roquebor.
Middle English rokke
English rock
Proto-Indo-European *upó
Proto-Germanic *ub
Proto-Germanic *upp
Proto-West Germanic *upp
Old English upp
Middle English up
English up
English rock up
From rock + up.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Medieval Latin roccabor.?
Old English *rocc
Early Medieval Latin rocca
Anglo-Norman roquebor.
Middle English rokke
English rock
Proto-Indo-European *upó
Proto-Germanic *ub
Proto-Germanic *upp
Proto-West Germanic *upp
Old English upp
Middle English up
English up
English rock up
From rock (“stone”) + up.
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