单词 | holdhead |
释义 | > as lemmashold..head 30. hold..head. extracted from holdv. a. to hold one's head high: to behave proudly or arrogantly; (also) = sense 30b. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > be proud [verb (intransitive)] > behave proudly swella1250 to make it stoutc1315 to bear oneself stout1338 bridlea1475 to make it prouda1500 strut1518 to set up one's bristles1529 strut?c1570 square1584 square1590 swagger1600 to take on1603 puff1633 fluster1698 to hold one's head high1707 crest1713 to set out the shin1719 straddle1802 1707 J. Norris Pract. Treat. Humility viii. 339 The proud man holds up his head too high to see his way. 1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset II. lvi. 131 I have desired that they should be able to hold their heads high in the world. 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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