英语词汇“to face out with a card of ten”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

†P1. card of ten: a playing card worth ten points (the value of the lowest-scoring cards in the game of primero); used in various expressions relating to bluffing, bravado, and effrontery, as in to face with a card of ten (also to face (something) out with a card of ten and variants): to bluff, to brazen it out. Also figurative: something which lessens a person's hope of success (cf. cooling card n.). Obsolete.Direct evidence for a literal sense appears to be lacking, but is implied by the early quotations. For discussion of the origin of these uses see Notes & Queries (1966) Nov. 403–7.

After the 17th cent. only attested in echoes of or references to Shakespeare (cf. quot. a1616).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > bluster [verb (intransitive)]

face1440

brace1447

ruffle1484

puff1490

to face (something) out with a card of ten?1499

to face with a card of ten?1499

cock1542

to brave it1549

roist1563

huff1598

swagger1600

ruff1602

tear1602

bouncec1626

to bravade the street1634

brustle1648

hector1661

roister1663

huffle1673

ding1679

fluster1698

bully1733

to bluster like bull-beef1785

swell1795

buck1880

swashbuckle1897

loudmouth1931

?1499 J. Skelton Bowge of Courte (de Worde) sig. Bij Fyrste pycke a quarell & fall oute with hym then And soo outface hym with a carde of ten.

?1542 H. Brinkelow Complaynt Roderyck Mors xix. sig. E6 He shal haue fauor for his masters sake, or els bragg it owt with a carde of x.

1543 J. Bale Yet Course at Romyshe Foxe sig. Hiij Now face out your matter with a carde of tenne.

1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 50 All louers (hee onelye excepted) are cooled with a carde of tenne, or rather fooled with a vayne toye.

1600 N. Breton Pasquils Mad-cap (1626) sig. D ij^v He that doth bring men into bonds of dept, And feede their humours with a Card of Tenne.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) ii. i. 401 A vengeance on your crafty withered hide, Yet I haue fac'd it with a card of ten.

1631 B. Jonson New Inne i. iii. 106 As aces, duizes, cards o'ten, to face it Out, i'the game, which all the world is.

1859 John Bull & Britannia 26 July 472/1 They found themselves faced with ‘a card of ten’. At once 18,000 men were concentrated on the capital. The National Guard were compelled to yield to superior discipline and numbers.

单词	to face out with a card of ten
释义	> as lemmas to face (something) out with a card of ten †P1. card of ten: a playing card worth ten points (the value of the lowest-scoring cards in the game of primero); used in various expressions relating to bluffing, bravado, and effrontery, as in to face with a card of ten (also to face (something) out with a card of ten and variants): to bluff, to brazen it out. Also figurative: something which lessens a person's hope of success (cf. cooling card n.). Obsolete.Direct evidence for a literal sense appears to be lacking, but is implied by the early quotations. For discussion of the origin of these uses see Notes & Queries (1966) Nov. 403–7. After the 17th cent. only attested in echoes of or references to Shakespeare (cf. quot. a1616). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > bluster [verb (intransitive)] face1440 brace1447 ruffle1484 puff1490 to face (something) out with a card of ten?1499 to face with a card of ten?1499 cock1542 to brave it1549 roist1563 huff1598 swagger1600 ruff1602 tear1602 bouncec1626 to bravade the street1634 brustle1648 hector1661 roister1663 huffle1673 ding1679 fluster1698 bully1733 to bluster like bull-beef1785 swell1795 buck1880 swashbuckle1897 loudmouth1931 ?1499 J. Skelton Bowge of Courte (de Worde) sig. Bij Fyrste pycke a quarell & fall oute with hym then And soo outface hym with a carde of ten. ?1542 H. Brinkelow Complaynt Roderyck Mors xix. sig. E6 He shal haue fauor for his masters sake, or els bragg it owt with a carde of x. 1543 J. Bale Yet Course at Romyshe Foxe sig. Hiij Now face out your matter with a carde of tenne. 1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 50 All louers (hee onelye excepted) are cooled with a carde of tenne, or rather fooled with a vayne toye. 1600 N. Breton Pasquils Mad-cap (1626) sig. D ij^v He that doth bring men into bonds of dept, And feede their humours with a Card of Tenne. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) ii. i. 401 A vengeance on your crafty withered hide, Yet I haue fac'd it with a card of ten. 1631 B. Jonson New Inne i. iii. 106 As aces, duizes, cards o'ten, to face it Out, i'the game, which all the world is. 1859 John Bull & Britannia 26 July 472/1 They found themselves faced with ‘a card of ten’. At once 18,000 men were concentrated on the capital. The National Guard were compelled to yield to superior discipline and numbers. extracted from cardn.² < as lemmas
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