释义 |
bare-headed, a. and adv.|ˈbɛəˌhɛdɪd| [f. prec.: see bare a. IV; cf. barefoot(ed.] With the head uncovered, esp. as a token of respect. Hence bare-headedness.
c1530Ld. Berners Arth. Lyt. Bryt. (1814) 288 He was fayre & gracyous, and he was bare heded. 1601Weever Mirr. Mart., Sir J. Oldcastle Ded., I was contented he should stand bare-headed to these churlish times. 1709Steele Tatler No. 39 ⁋1 You shall see an Earl walk bare-headed to the Son of the meanest Artificer. 1822Scott Nigel iii, I was a bare-headed girl at the time. a1656Bp. Hall Rem. 237 (L.) Bareheadedness was in Corinth..a token of honour. |