| 单词 | hold up one's head |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto hold up one's head 1. transitive. To keep raised or erect, keep from falling, support, sustain. ( to hold up one's head: see 30b.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [verb (transitive)] to bear upeOE underbearc950 bearOE holdc1000 weighc1200 to hold up1297 upholda1300 sustainc1330 undersetc1330 comforta1382 underbear1382 upbear1390 sustaina1398 upkeepc1412 carrya1425 supporta1425 chargea1500 convey1514 avoke1529 confirm1542 stay1548 to carry up1570 bolster1581 lift1590 upstay1590 atlas1593 sustent1605 statuminatea1628 firm1646 appui1656 establish1664 shoulder1674 to keep up1681 upheave1729 withhold1769 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 455 Ȝour ryȝt honden holdeþ vp to God..And byhoteþ hym to be stable. 1455 E. Clere in Four C. Eng. Lett. 5 Then he hild up his hands and thankid God therof. 1558 B. Traheron Answ. Priv. Papiste sig. Biii I yeld vnto you this noble victorie, & hold vp my handes. 1647 J. Cleveland Poems in Char. London-diurnall (Wing C4662) 43 Who name but Charles, hee comes aloft for him, But holds up his Malignant leg at Pym. 1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) ii. 157 Four great Pillars of Iasper..hold vp the back of this Altar. 1854 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 15 i. 49 The river..is held up in levels by 34 locks. 1894 Daily News 26 May 2/5 Four men..ordering the President..and the clerks to hold up their hands under threats of death, seized a sum of 2,500 dollars. to hold up one's head b. to hold up one's head (figurative): to maintain one's dignity, self-respect, or cheerfulness. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > proper pride or self-respect > retain one's self-respect [verb (intransitive)] to hold up one's head1553 to walk tall1846 to live with oneself1962 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique i. f. 15 None can holde vp their heades, or dare shewe their faces..that are not thought honest. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. iv. 27 Do's he not hold vp his head (as it were?) and strut in his gate? View more context for this quotation 1808 J. Austen Let. 30 June (1995) 137 Her Daughter..who says as little as ever, but holds up her head & smiles. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. x. 585 He had never held up his head since the Chancellor had been dragged into the justice room in the garb of a collier. 1859 E. Bulwer-Lytton What will he do with It? (1st Edinb. ed.) I. ii. v. 171 But they could never again hold up their heads with the noblemen and great squires in the county. 1900 E. Wharton Gift from Grave vi. 80 Why, you don't suppose if he were alive he could ever hold up his head again, with these letters being read by everybody? a1953 E. O'Neill Touch of Poet (1957) 33 Nora. You have the fine opinion av yourself! Sara... I've had need to have, to hold my head up, slaving as a waitress and chambermaid. < as lemmas |
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