| 单词 | cheek by cheek |
| 释义 | > as lemmascheek by cheek P2. cheek by cheek: side by side, alongside; in close or intimate proximity. Cf. cheek to cheek adv., adj., and n., cheek by jowl adv. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > near by [phrase] > close together side by sidec1275 cheek by cheek?a1400 hand by hand?a1439 close1489 hand for hand1490 shoulder to shouldera1586 at (the) eye's end1628 knee to knee1760 corps à corps1890 ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 223 So often away he wan, & vmwhile cheke bi cheke. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) lxxviii. sig. Tviv They..rode togyther cheke by cheke. 1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. xxx. f. 101 Agathocles, sitting cheeke by cheeke with the king. 1791 Crit. Rev. Nov. 355 The pretty frontispiece, where they sit so amicably cheek by cheek together. 1890 Macmillan's Mag. July 236/2 The two pretty and inanimate child-faces lying cheek by cheek on the pillow. 1921 Publishers' Weekly 19 Mar. 992/2 Modern books could be shown cheek by cheek with the better (or best) old ones. 2014 R.Krznaric Empathy i. 33 We now need to absorb and internalize a different frame, which is the idea that empathy lies at the core of our being, cheek by cheek with self-interest. < as lemmas |
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