| 单词 | face to the right |
| 释义 | > as lemmasface(s) to (also on) the right (or left) h. Military. In commands and instructions: face(s) to (also on) the right (or left), face(s) about, etc.: right, left, or about face; face the direction specified (cf. face v. 13a). Hence to turn face about (also †to turn face again): to turn so as to face the opposite way. Now chiefly figurative and in extended use. Cf. about-face adv. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > orders > order [interjection] > face specific direction face(s) to (also on) the right (or left)1613 right about face!1793 about-face1804 about-turn1893 1613 F. Beaumont Knight of Burning Pestle v. sig. K Gentlemen, soft and faire: double your files, as you were, faces about. 1625 G. Markham Souldiers Accidence 20 Faces to the right hand. Faces to the left. Faces about, or Faces to Reare. 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 77 He turned face againe with sword in hand. 1717 W. Breton Militia Discipline (ed. 2) 49 Halt. Face on the right. 1881 G. W. Cable Mme. Delphine viii. 45 It had..turned him face about from the way of destruction. 1908 H. Belloc Eye-witness 224 They still kept formation with that magnificent German tenacity which..is their pride, but they had turned face about. 1946 R. H. Lowie tr. C. Nimuendajú Eastern Timbira iv. 226 They would brandish the cobs at each other, turn face about, run in the reverse direction until they met again. 1997 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 31 May 1 Mabo was the moment when the courts turned face-about... The law changed sides. < as lemmas |
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