| 单词 | to abate one's countenance |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto abate one's countenance (also cheer) 12. transitive. to abate one's countenance (also cheer): to become dispirited or downcast. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > be or become dejected [verb (intransitive)] heavyOE fallOE droopena1225 lourc1290 droopc1330 to abate one's countenance (also cheer)a1350 dullc1374 fainta1375 languora1375 languisha1382 afflicta1393 gloppen?a1400 weary1434 appalc1450 to have one's heart in one's boots (also shoes, heels, hose, etc.)c1450 peak1580 dumpc1585 mopea1592 sink1603 bate1607 deject1644 despond1655 alamort?1705 sadden1718 dismal1780 munge1790 mug1828 to get one's tail down1853 to have (also get) the pip1881 shadow1888 to have (one's) ass in a sling1960 a1350 ( in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 17 (MED) In þe batayle..ffrysel wes ytake; ys continaunce abatede eny bost to make. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 320 Than sir Bewmaynes abated his countenaunce... ‘Fayre sir,’ seyde the damesell, ‘abate nat youre chere for all this syght.’ 1599 R. Roche Eustathia To Rdr. And as my musicke was, such was my cheere, My looke vnlusty; countenaunce abated. 1600 Abp. G. Abbot Expos. Prophet Ionah xvii. 367 Who yet hangeth downe his dead [1613 head]: or whose countenance is abated? < as lemmas |
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