| 单词 | to adopt the face of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto adopt (also assume, put on, etc.) the face of a. External appearance, look; (also) semblance of (anything); an instance of this. Formerly used both of material and immaterial objects; now usually of immaterial things, esp. in to adopt (also assume, put on, etc.) the face of. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > [noun] hue971 shapec1050 form1297 casta1300 entailc1320 fashionc1320 featurec1325 tailc1325 suitc1330 figuringc1385 figure1393 makinga1398 fasurec1400 facea1402 makec1425 proportionc1425 figuration?a1475 protracture1551 physiognomy1567 set1567 portraiturea1578 imagerya1592 model1597 plasmature1610 figurature1642 scheme1655 morphosis1675 turn1675 plasma1712 mould1725 format1936 a1402 J. Trevisa tr. R. Fitzralph Defensio Curatorum (Harl.) (1925) 39 (MED) Demeþ nouȝt by þe face, but riȝtful doom ȝe deme. c1430 (c1380) G. Chaucer Parl. Fowls (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1871) l. 317 As aleyn In the pleynt of kynde Deuyseth nature In aray & face. a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 41/1 His part should haue the face and name of a rebellion. 1565 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. (1611) 137 This tale hath some face of truth. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 771 Monuments..which beare any face of comelinesse or antiquity. 1702 R. L'Estrange tr. Josephus Jewish Antiq. iv. vi, in Wks. 88 There was hardly any face left of the Order, Piety, and Devotion of Former times. 1725 I. Watts Logick Introd. 3 So Knavery puts on the Face of Justice, Hypocrisy and Superstition wear the Vizard of Piety. 1762 D. Hume Hist. Eng. to Henry VII II. 218 France began gradually to assume the face of a regular civil government. 1765 T. H. Croker et al. Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. II Face of Plants, among botanists, signifies their general appearance. 1860 H. Gouger Two Years' Imprisonm. Burmah 41 I professed my ignorance of the touch of gold and the face of silver. 1997 CLIO (Nexis) 22 June Once the violence of the ideal becomes naturalized—that is, when violence adopts the face of propriety. < as lemmas |
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