| 单词 | to keep a straight face |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto keep a straight face a. Predicatively: In proper order, not ruffled or disarranged. Esp. in colloquial phrase to keep a straight face ( †to keep one's face straight): to refrain from laughing. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > [adjective] > in proper order uprighta1529 untumbled1675 square1825 straight1831 Bristol-fashion1840 kempt1929 the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > be serious or solemn [verb (intransitive)] > refrain from laughing to keep one's countenance1470 to keep a straight face1953 1831 Society 1 64 The pleasure of seeing her kept his temper straighter than usual. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. i. ii. 18 It would make all so straight again. 1847 A. Helps Friends in Council I. vi. 92 I prefer real life..where there is no third volume [as in a novel] to make things straight. 1860 W. M. Thackeray Lovel iii Lay them books straight. Put the volumes together, stupid! 1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ Valerie's Fate iii Come and put your hair straight. 1887 P. Fendall Sex to Last III. iii. x. 220 Five minutes' conversation..will set everything straight. 1888 H. Morten Sketches Hosp. Life 73 The small patients lay quiet in their cribs; everything was straight for the night. 1897 Spectator 25 Sept. 408/1 The story..is one which few people, to use an expressive vulgarism, will be able to read ‘with a straight face’. 1953 H. Miller Plexus (1963) iv. 137 All I felt called upon to do was to keep a straight face and pretend that everything was kosher. 1972 J. Porter Meddler & her Murder x. 128 Miss Jones..managed to keep a straight face... The margarine represented a small secret triumph. 1974 Scotsman 22 Apr. p. ix Only in oil can you break off kelly and set down on rams while keeping a straight face. < as lemmas |
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