| 单词 | to make a show of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make a show of f. to make a show of and variants.See also senses 5, 4a. extracted from shown.1 (a) To make a pretence of (doing something); to give a false or misleading impression of; (occasionally) to make a half-hearted beginning or attempt at. Also (and earliest) simply to make a show, and also with as though, as if, †for, or †infinitive clause as complement. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > make an attempt or endeavour [verb (intransitive)] > make half-hearted attempt to make a show ofa1500 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > pretend, dissemble [phrase] makec1275 to make wise1447 make as though?c1450 to let fare1483 to make a show ofa1500 to set a face1560 to take on (also upon) one(self)?1560 to make (a) miena1657 to make believe1773 to put it on1888 to play (the) fox1894 a1500 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (Hunterian) (1980) ii. 198 (MED) Ȝif a man lende certeyn monye to anoþir only to makyn a schew or for to leyn it to wedde, it is non vsure, þou he take a certeyn prys for þat lendynge. 1559 J. Feckenham in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1709) ii. App. ix. 25 Every Booke made a shewe to be set furthe accordinge to the syncere Word of God. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 340 Such as were wicked and maliciously mynded, would not depart, but made a shewe as though they would do somewhat. 1611 Bible (King James) Gal. vi. 12 As many as desire to make a faire shew in the flesh. View more context for this quotation 1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth iii. 41 Whatsoeuer he reuealed, the Queene made shew as if she vnderstood it all before. 1640 tr. G. S. du Verdier Love & Armes Greeke Princes ii. l. 195 Trasiclea..peradventure is not so much displeased, as she makes shew for. 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures x. 30 They made shew as though they would be gone. 1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius Persian Wars i. 3 in tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian The Ephthalites made shew to be much affraid. 1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xi. 133 They made great shews of being mutually glad to see each other. 1787 W. Eden Hist. New Holland ii. 29 The natives made a show of defending their territories. 1829 W. Scott Legend of Montrose (new ed.) xv, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. I. 224 The Lowland cavalry made a show of charging. 1863 C. Dickens Let. 24 Sept. (1998) X. 292 Two little men who did nothing made a show of doing it all. 1934 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. Great Brit. & Ireland 65 269 The young girl..made a show as if to cook. 2006 National Rev. (U.S.) (Nexis) 5 Sept. We made a show of being interested in the alumni building, the least interesting building on campus. (b) To make a public spectacle of (a person); to expose to ridicule or contempt. Later esp. in to make a show of oneself: to behave in an ostentatious way; esp. to make a fool of oneself; cf. to make an exhibition of oneself at exhibition n. 5e. Now chiefly British and Irish English. ΚΠ 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Coloss. ii. B And hath spoyled rule and power, and hath made a shewe of them openly. a1634 W. Austin Devotionis Augustinianæ Flamma (1635) 109 They might insult and make a shew of him, with a Title, pind over his Head. 1690 R. Strutton True Relation Cruelties French 17/2 We remained in this place to be made a show of to the People. 1756 Gentleman's & London Mag. Mar. 123/1 He yields himself to the king, is made a show of, put in the stocks. 1814 European Mag. & London Rev. Apr. 314/1 To be made a show of? exposed to the impertinent curiosity of strangers? a1863 R. Whately Misc. Remains (1864) 150 A woman who is really beautiful and is always making a show of herself..would be justly censured as ostentatious. 1914 Ames (Iowa) Evening Times 9 Nov. 5/1 The captain was simply making a show of him to manifest his own dignity and importance. 1966 Antioch Rev. 26 282 She wanted Thomas to devote himself seriously to his poetry instead of making a show of himself in public. 1989 P. McCabe Carn (1993) v. 87 You've made a show of me in front of everyone. 2012 S. Townsend Woman who went to Bed for Year liv. 355 His crazy wife had disgraced the family by making a show of herself. (c) To make evident (a feeling, quality, etc.); to display or reveal (a thing). Formerly also †to give show of. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > [verb (transitive)] uppec897 atewOE sutelec1000 openOE awnc1175 kithec1175 forthteec1200 tawnec1220 let witc1275 forthshowa1300 to pilt out?a1300 showa1300 barea1325 mythc1330 unfoldc1374 to open outc1390 assign1398 mustera1400 reyve?a1400 vouchc1400 manifest?a1425 outshowc1425 ostendc1429 explayc1443 objecta1500 reveala1500 patefy?1509 decipher1529 relieve1533 to set outa1540 utter1542 report1548 unbuckle1548 to set forth1551 demonstrate1553 to hold forth1560 testify1560 explicate1565 forthsetc1565 to give show of1567 denudec1572 exhibit1573 apparent1577 display?1578 carry1580 cipher1583 laya1586 foreshow1590 uncloud?1594 vision1594 explain1597 proclaim1597 unroll1598 discloud1600 remonstrate1601 resent1602 to bring out1608 palesate1613 pronounce1615 to speak out1623 elicit1641 confess1646 bear1657 breathe1667 outplay1702 to throw out1741 evolve1744 announce1781 develop1806 exfoliate1808 evince1829 exposit1882 pack1925 society > communication > indication > [verb (transitive)] tokenc888 sayOE tellc1175 note?c1225 signifyc1275 notifyc1390 signc1390 ossc1400 testify1445 point1477 betoken1486 indike?1541 demonstrate1558 to give show of1567 argue1585 portend1590 speak1594 denotate1597 denote1597 evidence1610 instance1616 bespeak1629 resent1638 indict1653 notificate1653 indicate1706 exhibit1799 to body forth1821 signalize1825 to speak for ——1832 index1862 signal1866 1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello Certaine Tragicall Disc. f. 202 He forbare, as then, to gyue any show of his grudge. 1586–7 in R. S. Rait & A. I. Cameron King James's Secret (1927) 167 My lord Hunsdon..gave litle shawe of any great contentement. 1596 T. Danett tr. P. de Commynes Hist. vi. xiii. 242 I haue seene his pourtraiture..the lineaments whereof made shew of an excellent wit. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 152 The good and aproued hounds..when they haue found the Hare, make shew therof to the hunter. 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. Bv Those parts the eye is near give not the shew Of any colour. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xvii. 488 Shaking their Lances at us, [they] made all the shew of hatred that they could invent. 1727 E. F. Haywood Secret Hist. Present Intrigues Court of Caramania ii. 101 I am not without a just Sensibility of Favours done me, tho' I do not always make show of it. 1882 S. D. Lorca Let. 15 Feb. in J. S. Keltie Hist. Sc. Highlands (1887) 538/2 My father charged me never to make..any show of the flag, but to guard it carefully. 1992 H. G. Goldman Fanny Brice iv. 55 Fanny made no show of the tremendous hurt she felt. 2015 K. Charish Owl & Japanese Circus 290 ‘Stop right there, birdbrain, or I'll shoot,’ Bindi said, making a show of the gun in her hand. (d) To make an exaggerated or pointed display of (doing something). Esp. in to make a big (great, etc.) show of. ΚΠ 1658 J. Davies tr. H. D'Urfé Astrea III. 73 To shew my discretion towards Cercinea, seeing in what trouble she was when Clorian saw me alone with her, I made a shew of going to receive him and Lucindor also, and of doing them the honour of the house. 1842 C. Mathews Career Puffer Hopkins xiv. 111 One of the company..shambled across the floor, and made a show of inserting a vote in the green box before Puffer Hopkins. 1884 J. J. Dilley & L. Clifton Tom Pinch iii. 45 (stage direction) Pecksniff makes a great show of dusting his hat. 1949 ‘G. Orwell’ Nineteen Eighty-four 295 They settled down to their work almost eagerly, making a tremendous show of entering up their minutes and drafting long memoranda. 1994 J. Coe What a Carve Up! (1995) 103 ‘Look,’ I said at last, making a big show of glancing at my watch. ‘I really have to go.’ 2009 E. Thom Tin-kin 80 Do you know who these pictures are of, Dad? He took the open album and made a show of holding it in an outstretched arm before telling her he couldn't say. < as lemmas |
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