| 单词 | to a person's face |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto a person's face c. to a person's face: openly, in a person's sight, hearing, or presence (implying frankness, effrontery, or a lack of decorum). ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > manifestness > openness or unconcealedness > [adverb] barelyc950 beforeOE openlyOE nakedly?c1225 in a person's bearda1250 opelyc1275 apertly1297 commonlya1325 opena1325 overtlyc1325 pertlya1375 plainc1380 in (also on) opena1382 in apertc1384 plainlyc1390 in open (also general) audiencea1393 aperta1400 in commonaltya1400 outa1400 without laina1400 in commonc1400 publishlyc1400 pertc1410 in publicc1429 on higha1450 in pert1453 to a person's facea1470 into heightc1480 forthward?1504 but hidel?1507 publicly1534 uncolouredly1561 roundly1563 famously1570 vulgarly1602 above board1603 round1604 displayedly1611 on (also upon) the square?1611 undisguisedly1611 broadly1624 discoveredly1659 unveiledly1661 under a person's nose1670 manifestly1711 before faces1762 publically1797 overboard1834 unashamedly1905 upfront1972 a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 447 Many spekyth behynde a man more than he woll seye to his face. 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique iii. f. 98v You..gaue hym a frumpe, euen to his face. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) i. ii. 91 Wilt thou flout me thus vnto my face? View more context for this quotation 1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac New Epist. II. 231 I will not tell you to your face, that you are the Chrysostome of our Church. 1781 W. Cowper Expostulation 283 Thy very children..curse thee to thy face. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 638 Sharp..read to their faces the whole service as it stood in the book. 1861 H. A. Jacobs Incidents Life Slave Girl xvi. 132 He had said things to my face which might..have surprised his neighbor if he had known of them. 1918 R. Aldington Let. 9 July in R. Aldington & H. D. Lives in Lett. (2003) 88 They say Madame de Staël was the only person who ever dared to tell the Emperor Napoleon to his face that he was a tyrant. 1991 ‘C. Fremlin’ Dangerous Thoughts xi. 82 He tells the most outrageous..lies, accusing me to my face of having chickened-out on the trip. < as lemmas |
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