英语词汇“not to know which way to look”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(c) not to know which way (also where) to look and variants: to be overwhelmed or confounded, esp. (in later use) with embarrassment.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > feeling of shame > be ashamed [verb (intransitive)] > be embarrassed

to look ateOE

not to know which way (also where) to look1566

to sink through the floor1839

to have (get, etc.) egg on one's face1964

1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. lii. f. 305 He..was so astonned, that many tymes being before her, he coulde not tell which way to loke or tourne his face.

1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 173 I did itch all the while this tale was on foot, and knew not which way to looke, nor what to say.

1658 P. Goodwin Mystery of Dreames i. 3 It came upon us so secret and so sudden, that we were at a loss, and knew not which way to look.

1725 G. Odingsells Bath Unmask'd ii. vi. 25 I am so confounded at your Impudence, I dont know which way to look.

1776 Lady A. Miller Lett. from Italy II. xxxii. 142 I was so amazed, so astonished,..that I did not know which way to look.

1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park I. v. 101 She came up to me..and talked and laughed till I did not know which way to look. I felt that I must be the jest of the room.

1861 C. M. Yonge Young Step-mother xxviii. 420 Albinia did not know which way to look when all was ascribed to Mr. Kendal's great kindness to him.

1918 R. Cohen Out of Shadow xxiii. 93 Neither of them spoke for a few minutes and Kate did not know where to look.

1941 H. Nicolson Diary 8 July (1967) 177 He then stalks out of the room. We are left ashamed and wretched and do not know which way to look.

2001 C. Hope Heaven Forbid vi. 67 You were a very sick child... And then, if you'd—after the trouble they took—if you'd … Well, if you had—I wouldn't have known where to look.

2012 Border Mail (Nexis) 12 May 23 He crooned, some of the ladies just smiled and many didn't know which way to look.

单词	not to know which way to look
释义	> as lemmas not to know which way (also where) to look (c) not to know which way (also where) to look and variants: to be overwhelmed or confounded, esp. (in later use) with embarrassment. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > feeling of shame > be ashamed [verb (intransitive)] > be embarrassed to look ateOE not to know which way (also where) to look1566 to sink through the floor1839 to have (get, etc.) egg on one's face1964 1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. lii. f. 305 He..was so astonned, that many tymes being before her, he coulde not tell which way to loke or tourne his face. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 173 I did itch all the while this tale was on foot, and knew not which way to looke, nor what to say. 1658 P. Goodwin Mystery of Dreames i. 3 It came upon us so secret and so sudden, that we were at a loss, and knew not which way to look. 1725 G. Odingsells Bath Unmask'd ii. vi. 25 I am so confounded at your Impudence, I dont know which way to look. 1776 Lady A. Miller Lett. from Italy II. xxxii. 142 I was so amazed, so astonished,..that I did not know which way to look. 1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park I. v. 101 She came up to me..and talked and laughed till I did not know which way to look. I felt that I must be the jest of the room. View more context for this quotation 1861 C. M. Yonge Young Step-mother xxviii. 420 Albinia did not know which way to look when all was ascribed to Mr. Kendal's great kindness to him. 1918 R. Cohen Out of Shadow xxiii. 93 Neither of them spoke for a few minutes and Kate did not know where to look. 1941 H. Nicolson Diary 8 July (1967) 177 He then stalks out of the room. We are left ashamed and wretched and do not know which way to look. 2001 C. Hope Heaven Forbid vi. 67 You were a very sick child... And then, if you'd—after the trouble they took—if you'd … Well, if you had—I wouldn't have known where to look. 2012 Border Mail (Nexis) 12 May 23 He crooned, some of the ladies just smiled and many didn't know which way to look. extracted from lookv. < as lemmas
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