English Dictionary

up

/ʌp/

prep

Toward the top of. / Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached. / From south to north of. / Further along (in any direction).

He climbed up the mountain.

意味（1）

Toward the top of.

Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was off for a three days' cruise up the lake. I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distant notes of a coach horn reached my ear, and I descried a four-in-hand winding its way up the inn road from the direction of Mohair.

意味（2）

Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.

The information made its way up the chain of command to the general.

意味（3）

From south to north of.

We sailed up the East Coast of England from Ipswich to South Shields.

意味（4）

Further along (in any direction).

Go up the street until you see the sign.

意味（5）

From the mouth towards the source of (a river or waterway).

He led an expedition up the Amazon.

意味（6）

(vulgar slang) Of a man: having sex with.

Phwoar, look at that bird. I'd love to be up her.

意味（7）

(colloquial) At (a given place, especially one imagined to be higher or more distant from a central location).

I'll see you later up the snooker club.