释义 |
double-tongued, a.|-tʌŋd| [cf. double a. 5.] Speaking contrary or inconsistent things; deceitful or insincere in speech.
1382Wyclif 1 Tim. iii. 8 It byhoueth dekenes for to be chast, not dowble tungid. 1483Cath. Angl. 110/2 Dubylle-tonged, ambiloquus..bilinguis. 1533Gau Richt Vay 17 Thay that ar doubel tungit the quhilk sais ane thing now, and sine ane oder thing. 1720De Foe Capt. Singlelton xvi, Thou art but a double-tongued Christian, I doubt. 1849Grote Greece ii. lxviii. (1862) VI. 114 ‘The double-tongued and all-objecting Zeno.’ |