| 单词 | in grain |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin grain c. in grain [short for dyed in grain, or a rendering of French en graine] adjectival phr. = dyed scarlet or crimson, fast dyed; hence in figurative use, esp. with contemptuous epithets, as ass, fool, knave, rogue, etc.: downright, by nature, pure and simple, genuine, thorough. Also as predicate: indelible, ineradicable, ingrained adj. See also ingrain adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > colouring > dyeing > [adjective] > fast dyed in grainc1386 grained1455 engrained1598 fast1658 standing1716 ingrain1766 fixed1791 fast-dyed1815 colourfast1851 wash-fast1963 the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > making or becoming red > [adjective] > made red > by dye, stain, or pigment redOE purpureda1382 in grainc1386 purpledc1450 engored1602 encrimsoned1609 vermeiled1616 raddled1656 ruddled1691 vermilioned1725 incrimsoned1831 incarmined1863 carmined1893 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [adjective] > in its natural state, unsophisticated purec1300 right1466 sincere1557 in grain?1577 genuine1607 unsophisticate1607 honesta1616 undistracted1656 unsophisticated1664 inartful1714 unabsurd1744 in the raw1785 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] > utter or absolute > of a person or his character utterc1420 complete1526 entirea1533 throughout1532 in grain?1577 consummate1603 essential1604 perfecta1616 thorough1625 thorough-paceda1628 thoroughbred1701 throughgoing1830 through and through1831 thorough-souled1842 ingrained1851 ingrain1865 c1386 G. Chaucer Sir Thopas 16 His rode is lyk scarlet in grayn. 1531 in F. W. Weaver Wells Wills (1890) 22 Maud K. my gowne off vyolett yn grayne. a1550 (c1441) Lament Duchess of Gloucester (Balliol) in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 208 Farewelle, velvet, and clothes in grayn. ?1577 Misogonus in R. W. Bond Early Plays from Ital. (1911) 190 Now by me trwlye thou art a knave an grane. 1599 J. Minsheu Pleasant Dialogues Spanish & Eng. 34 in R. Percyvall & J. Minsheu Spanish Gram. Go to, make an end babbler in graine. 1606 N. Breton Choice, Chance, & Change sig. A2 Here are conceits of diuerse colours, some in graine and none but will bide the weather. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Game Fol à la haulte game, an arrant foole..; an Asse in graine. 1613 G. Wither Wither's Motto (1633) 518 To maintain a habit for my Minde Of Truth in graine. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iii. ii. 108 Anti. That's a fault that water will mend. Dro. No sir, 'tis in graine, Noahs flood could not do it. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) i. v. 227 Vio. Excellently done, if God did all. Ol. 'Tis in graine sir, 'twill endure winde and weather. View more context for this quotation c1650 Roxburghe Ballads (1886) I. 317 Then Drawer, go fill a Quart, and let it be Claret in grain. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Northumb. 308 Some..who properly may be termed Knaves in grain. 1698 J. Crowne Caligula ii. 16 Princes are slaves in purple, slaves in grain. 1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth IV. 60 No Woman shou'd deceive my Thought, With Colours not in Grain. 1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy I. xxi. 153 My father, as I told you, was a philosopher in grain. 1793 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) IV. 5 Dumourier was known to be a scoundrel in grain. 1840 T. Carlyle Crit. & Misc. Ess. II. 84 Being palpably a Turk in grain, his intents are wicked. 1862 Sat. Rev. 14 370/2 To paint himself as a saint in grain, but a sinner by accident. 1863 J. Keble Life T. Wilson: Pt. II xvii. 540 He was an antiquarian in grain, and delighted in exact observation. 1886 R. Boyle in Trans. New Shakspere Soc. 585 Massinger's corrupt female natures are in grain. < as lemmas |
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