| 单词 | to make a grimace or grimaces |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make a grimace or grimaces 1. A distortion of the countenance whether spontaneous or involuntary, expressive of some feeling (esp. annoyance, embarrassment, ill-humour or pain) or tending to excite laughter; a wry face. to make a grimace or grimaces. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > face with expression or expression > [noun] > grimace or distortion mowc1330 mopa1475 mocks and mows1508 murgeons?a1513 face1533 smile1550 smilet1591 mump1592 ruffle1602 frown1608 stitcha1625 grimace1651 grimask1671 simagre1680 moppet1693 distortion1718 throw1790 rictus1827 mug1844 monkey-face1939 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. vi. 27 Sudden Glory, is the passion which maketh those Grimaces called Laughter. 1668 T. Sydserff Tarugo's Wiles Epil. Say with an indifferent Grimasse, 'tis well enough for a Novice. 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. ii. 151 With smart remarks of Leering Faces And Annotations of Grimashes! 1786 F. Burney Diary 11 Nov. (1842) III. 219 [The] little heroine, making many involuntary grimaces, but resisting her evident inclination to cry. 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 97 I tried to laugh, but could only make a grimace. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xi. 148 Nor were the lawyer's smiles less terrible to her than Quilp's grimaces. 1874 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 1st Ser. 378 He..chooses to..make grimaces before us, like an ordinary clown. < as lemmas |
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