单词 | to make a cheese |
释义 | > as lemmasto make (also perform) a cheese P3. to make (also perform) a cheese [compare French faire des fromages, lit. ‘to make cheeses’ (1839 or earlier in this sense)] : to turn round rapidly and then suddenly sink down so that the petticoats are inflated in the shape of a round cheese. Hence also: to create this effect by curtsying; to curtsy deeply. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > respect or show respect [verb (intransitive)] > bow, kneel, or curtsey loutc825 abowOE bowa1000 kneel?a1000 kneec1000 crookc1320 to bow the knee1382 inclinec1390 crouchc1394 croukc1394 coucha1500 plya1500 to make or do courtesy1508 beck1535 to make a (long, low, etc.) leg1548 curtsya1556 dopc1557 binge1562 jouk1567 beckon1578 benda1586 humblea1592 vaila1593 to scrape a leg1602 congee1606 to give the stoop1623 leg1628 scrape1645 to drop a curtsy1694 salaam1698 boba1794 dip1818 to make (also perform) a cheese1834 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [verb (intransitive)] > girls'game to make (also perform) a cheese1834 1834 T. De Quincey Sketches Life & Manners in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 26/1 What more reasonable thing could she do than amuse herself with..making cheeses. 1858 W. M. Thackeray Virginians I. xxii. 174 It was such a deep ceremonial curtsey as you never see at present. She and her sister both made these ‘cheeses’ in compliment to the new-comer, and with much stately agility. 1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet II. iv. 85 Spinning round like a school-girl when she makes cheeses. 1883 L. Wingfield Abigel Rowe II. vi. 157 Miss Knight performed a cheese worthy almost of Caroline, and swept away. 1907 M. Sidney Five Little Peppers in Little Brown House v. 116 Phronsie, who always wanted to make cheeses when very happy, would puff out, without a bit of warning, the skirt of her little pink calico gown. 1927 Times 27 Oct. 15/5 The brightly coloured hooped skirts of the women—of the sort that make ‘cheeses’ in curtseying. < as lemmas |
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