关于up的常用的短语及意思

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? At a meeting, why does a topic come UP? Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report?

We call UP our friends. And we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver; we warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car. At other times the little word has real special meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses. To be dressed is one thing, but to be dressed UP is special.
And this UP is confusing: A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP. We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night.
We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP! To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look the word UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4th of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions. If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more. When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP. When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP...
When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things UP.-
When it doesn't rain for awhile, things dry UP.
One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now my time is UP, so.......it is time to shut UP!
Relevant interpretation：
Up for election 政党竞选 Write up 把…写成文，写文章表扬 Call up 召集；使想起；提出
Brighten up 使明亮 Polish up改善；润色；使完美 Warm up leftovers 热剩饭 Lock up 锁起来
Fix up修理；解决；改进 Stir up激起；煽动；搅拌；唤起 Line up 排队；整队 Think up 想出；发明；虚构 Work up an appetite 引起食欲；（+for sth）对…产生渴望 Dress up 盛装打扮
A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP. 下水道必须被通开因为它被塞住了。
Open up/Close up 开门/关门 Mix up 混淆 Look up 仰望；查阅 Take up 开始从事；占去；拿起 Add up to 总计达，合计达 Be up to 胜任；该由…负责；轮到…；从事，忙于
Build up 逐渐积聚，集结；逐步建立；增进，增强 Give up 放弃；交出 Wind up 结束；使紧张；卷起 Clouding/Clearing up 阴云密布/出太阳 Mess up 陷入困境，搞糟 Dry up 干涸 Wrap up 总结 Time is up 时间到
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