单词 | to hide one's head |
释义 | > as lemmasto hide one's head d. to hide one's head: (a) to protect one's head, to shelter oneself, take shelter; (b) to keep out of sight, keep from shame or discomfiture. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > take or seek refuge [verb (intransitive)] bield?a1400 to hide one's headc1475 shroud1579 subterfuge1622 refuge1640 to take refuge1667 haven1742 to go to earth1820 to hole up1875 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > hide, lie or hidden [verb (intransitive)] > remain in hiding lurkc1300 to hide one's headc1475 mitch1558 nestle1567 to lie at (on, upon the) lurch1578 to lay low1600 skulk1626 squat1658 to lie by1709 hide1872 to hole up1875 to lie low1880 to lie (also play) doggo1882 to hide out1884 to put the lid on1966 the mind > emotion > humility > feeling of shame > be ashamed [verb (intransitive)] > keep out of sight from shame or discomfiture to hide one's headc1475 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > infamy or notoriety > be or become infamous or notorious [verb (intransitive)] > avoid notoriety to hide one's headc1475 to fly low1837 c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 40 Pore He was, for He had not were to hied His heuid. a1529 J. Skelton Howe Douty Duke of Albany in Wks. (1568) sig. F.v Crepe in to your caues Your heedes for to hyde. 1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors iv. f. 57 Some ryuers there be, that hide their heddes vnder the earth, and..farre of breake out againe. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. ii. sig. B5v But yet I warne thee now..Hide thy head. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. iii. 6 Richard not farre from hence hath hid his head . View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 35 O thou [sun]..at whose sight all the Starrs Hide thir diminisht heads. View more context for this quotation 1778 A. Hamilton Let. 13 Feb. in Papers (1961) I. 428 I believe it [sc. a faction] unmasked its batteries too soon and begins to hide its head. 1840 E. E. Napier Scenes & Sports Foreign Lands I. p. xxxv Crest-fallen and dejected..[they] hide..their diminished heads. < as lemmas |
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