| 释义 |
‖ tenue|təny|
[Fr. tenue deportment, n. use of fem. pa. pple. of tenir to hold, keep; = Pr. tenguda, Sp., It. tenuta.]
Carriage, bearing, deportment; also, costume, ‘rig’. Also transf.
1828Lady Granville Let. 30 Aug. in B. Askwith Piety & Wit (1982) x. 154 The tenue, the neatness, the training up of flowers and fruit trees..are what in no other country is dreamt of. 1865Crown Princess of Prussia Let. 12 Dec. in R. Fulford Your Dear Letter (1971) 46 She went through it all [sc. the marriage]..with the most perfect tenue. 1892Q. Rev. Apr. 380 To the end that he might appear in proper tenue at any place of fashionable resort. 1901Ibid. Apr. 325 The Queen had an extreme respect for tenue in all its forms. 1929R. Fry Let. 4 Sept. (1972) II. 641 The building has a certain Florentine tenue, very refreshing after the rather sloppy magnificence..of the Venetians. 1956S. Bedford Legacy i. i. 17 A tall, cool..woman,..who had complete tenu [sic] and a great deal of character. 1971A. Fremantle Three-Cornered Heart vi. 97 We had quite as many ‘love affairs’ as girls have now, though we were more reticent about them and carried on our flirtations with a certain amount of tenue. |