| 单词 | to make horns at |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make horns at ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > hold in contempt [verb (transitive)] > express contempt of > by gesture finger-point1563 to bite the thumb at1573 fig1600 tweak1604 to make horns at1607 rump1737 to snap one's fingers at1806 to give (a person) the finger1874 scuff1897 society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > derisive gesture > make derisive gesture at [verb (transitive)] to give (a person) the fig1579 to make horns at1607 Cf. c1530 Crt. Love 1390 This folissh dove will give us all an horn!] 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster North-ward Hoe i. sig. A4 If a man be deuorst..whether may he haue an action or no, gainst those that make hornes at him? 1627 M. Drayton Moone-calfe in Battaile Agincourt 172 Some made mouthes at him, others as in scorne With their forkt fingers poynted him the horne. 1652 E. Peyton Divine Catastrophe Stuarts 64 Denmark was so disguised, as he would have lain with the Countess of Nottingham, making horns in derision at her husband the high Admiral of England. < as lemmas |
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