单词 | to have a show of |
释义 | > as lemmasto have (also †bear, †carry) a show of b. A false, misleading, or illusory appearance of a quality, emotion, etc.; a semblance. Also as a mass noun: mere semblance. Frequently in to have (also †bear, †carry) a show of and variants: to have the false or illusory appearance of; to seem to have or be. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun] > mere appearance shroudc1175 frontc1374 appearancec1384 countenance?c1425 fard1540 show1547 habit1549 outside1578 glimpse1579 superficies?1589 species1598 out-term1602 paint1608 surface1613 superfice1615 umbrage1639 superficials1652 semblance1843 outer womana1845 outward man1846 patina1957 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun] hue971 glozea1300 showingc1300 coloura1325 illusionc1340 frontc1374 simulationc1380 visage1390 cheera1393 sign?a1425 countenance?c1425 study?c1430 cloak1526 false colour1531 visure1531 face1542 masquery?1544 show1547 gloss1548 glass1552 affectation1561 colourableness1571 fashion1571 personage?1571 ostentation1607 disguise1632 lustrementa1641 grimace1655 varnish1662 masquerade1674 guisea1677 whitewash1730 varnish1743 maya1789 vraisemblance1802 Japan1856 veneering1865 veneer1868 affectedness1873 candy coating1885 simulance1885 window dressing1903 the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > unsubstantiality or abstractness > [noun] > unsubstantiality or lack of substance > something lacking substance > mere appearance or image of something shadow?c1225 shade1297 phantomc1384 moonshine1468 fume1531 show1547 eggs in moonshine?1558 smoke1559 sign1597 ghost1613 umbra1635 parhelion1636 bogle1793 simulacrum1805 phantasmagoria1821 spectre1849 1547 Certain Serm. or Homilies Good Works i. sig. C ij b They [sc. the Works of all unfaithful Persons] be but shadowes & shewes of liuely and good thynges, & not good and liuely thynges in deede. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke xi. f. cxi Though ye outwardely beare a shewe of holynesse, yet neuerthelesse withinfoorth swell in ambicion. 1583 A. Nowell et al. True Rep. Disput. E. Campion sig. T3 He gaue them that which had the name of wine, and had the shewe of it, but..was not in deede wine. 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Cj v They scatter the meate they haue in their mouthes, while they scratch for the shadowe which deludes them with shew. 1616 B. Holyday tr. Persius Sat. sig. D4v Can'st thou with a sight Discern the shew of truth from truth? 1639 N. N. tr. J. Du Bosc Compl. Woman i. 8 There is a shew onely of good in these kinde of Pamphlets. 1657 W. Stuart Presbyteries Triall xvii. 182 They are also like Wolves in sheeps clothing, who haue an external shew of meeknesse & iustice. 1700 N. Rowe Ambitious Step-mother i. i. 215 Disdain those shews of Danger. 1706 Short Way with Papists vi. 35 Arguments that bear a far greater show of Convictiveness than all our Books writ against them. 1762 T. Mortimer Brit. Plutarch I. 170 A desire that the persecution and conviction of heretics, might have a show of public consent. 1830 Christian Jrnl. & Lit. Reg. Sept. 260/1 His conduct may indeed often wear a different appearance, and carry a show of perfect generosity. 1856 C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain xiv. 139 ‘Ah!’ she thought, ‘if he knew how ill I behaved! It is all show and hollowness with me.’ 1858 C. Lamb in Harper's Mag. Dec. 79/1 It bears a show of true religion, but is indeed nothing more than a self-pleasing and bold wantonness. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets vii. 227 True: for it gives a show of seeming health; And shows are good, although there be no substance. 1913 W. M. Fullerton Probl. of Power ii. v. 162 This theory, which has a show of axiomatic clearness, is all too clear. 2012 S. J. Van der Weele tr. A. Plaisier Deep Wisdom Shakespeare's Dramas ii. 36 He is deposed in a process that has a show of legitimacy but which actually camouflages a great injustice. < as lemmas |
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