| 单词 | for shame |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfor shame a. for shame: from a sense of shame, because one feels shame; also, for fear of shame, in order to avoid shame; so †for shame of, in order not to bring shame upon. Also for shame's sake. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > feeling of shame > [adverb] > from a sense of or to avoid shame for shamec900 for shame ofc1405 for shame's sake1823 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > expression of disgrace or dishonour [phrase] > you should be ashamed for shamec1405 c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1899) iv. xxiv. 482 Þonne aras he for scome from þæm symble. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 16971 Forr þi þatt he ne mihhte nohht. O daȝȝ forr shame lernenn. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 44 Saue þt the name of soueraynetee That wolde he haue for shame of his degree. 1592 F. Moryson Let. 21 Oct. in Itinerary (1617) i. 38 When I looked my face in a glasse, I could not for shame take this course. 1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Bv He red for shame, but frostie in desier. View more context for this quotation 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward III. x. 270 I will grant you as fair terms as for very shame's sake you ought to ask in my present condition. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Vivien in Idylls of King 130 The shame that cannot be explain'd for shame. < as lemmas |
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