单词 | make countenance |
释义 | > as lemmasto make (a) countenance ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > behave, conduct, or bear oneself [verb (intransitive)] > behave or make as though to find one's countenanceOE to make (a) countenancec1380 to play one's pageanta1425 to play (also act) a (also one's) part1540 c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 5747 Wan þe Amerel haþ iherd hym telle, Contenance made he fers & felle. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Paris & Vienne (1957) 45 For the good countenaunces that he made, he was moche wel byloued. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) cxxix. 473 The admyral..wold not issue out..tyll he sawe what countenaunce the chrysten men wolde make. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. lxxvii. 98 To regarde..her great beauty, and the gracyous wordes and countenaunce that she made. to make (a) countenance ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > have (specific) appearance [verb (intransitive)] > make specific appearance to make semblantc1230 showc1405 to make (a) countenance1470 countenance1486 to make semblancea1500 semble1542 to give a visage1549 to make resemblance1566 to set a countenance1600 figure1762 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur viii. xxxii He..made countenaunce as though he wold haue stryken hym. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 482 Bot quhat pite yat euer he had Na contenance yaroff he maid. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. cxcvijv He made a countenance to assayle his aduersarie. a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 54v But, the election being done, he made countinance of great discontentation thereat. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxi. lxiii. 429 He set a countenance..as though hee would take a journey like a private person. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iii. x. §11. 122 These Nations joyned together, and..made countenance of warre. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. ii. 31 I made a Countenance as if I would eat him alive. < as lemmas |
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