单词 | in resemblance of |
释义 | > as lemmasin resemblance of P1. in resemblance of: in the likeness of; in imitation of; (occasionally) in accordance with. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [phrase] > in the same way as in manner ofa1375 in resemblance ofa1393 at (also till, in) (the) likening ofa1500 somewhat as1872 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) viii. 563 (MED) Thei for evere in remembrance Made a figure in resemblance Of him. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. 1376 For nature as in resemblance Of face hem liketh so to clothe, That thei were of a suite both. 1590 Tarltons Newes out of Purgatorie sig. Bv Sith my appearance to thee is in resemblance of a spirite, thinke that I am as pleasant a goblin as the rest. 1592 A. Munday tr. E. de Maisonneufve Gerileon of Englande: 2nd Pt. ii. sig. C2 On the Creast thereof a bright shining Carbuncle, made in resemblance of the Sunne. 1657 J. Davies tr. H. D'Urfé Astrea I. 342 There remained no more but the erecting this Pole, in resemblance of a Columne. 1664 J. Evelyn Acct. Archit. in tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. 140 A Cuppola, which is that Dome or Hemisphærical Concave made in resemblance of the Heavens. 1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 217 [Benzo] says, they wash their new born infants, in resemblance of the Mosaic law. 1826 S. W. Singer Dramatic Wks. Shakspeare III. 122 It was made in resemblance of a human figure holding in the one hand a shield and in the other a bag of sand. 1856 U.S. Mag. Aug. 101/1 It..is intended as an incarnation of Patriotism, made in resemblance of Washington because he was a patriot. 1993 M. Ripinsky-Naxon Nature of Shamanism 150 The tomb, as has been noted, was constructed in resemblance of the body of the Great Mother. < as lemmas |
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