单词 | to lift one's eyes, brow, face, visage |
释义 | > as lemmasto lift (up) one's eyes, brow, face, visage a. to lift (up) one's eyes, brow, face, visage: to give an upward direction to the eyes, etc.; to look up. literal and figurative †Hence to lift up one's ears: to listen attentively. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > look upwards to look upeOE uplooka1300 to lift (up) one's eyes, brow, face, visagea1400 upgaze1855 periscope1933 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > hear [verb (intransitive)] > listen > listen attentively to lift up one's ears1548 to prick up one's ears1682 to cock one's ears1700 to listen up1933 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 17837 Til heuen þai lifted þair eien brade. c1420 Anturs of Arth. 408 He lyfte vpe his vesage fro þe ventalle. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms cxxi. 1 I lift vp myne eyes vnto the hilles. 1548 R. Crowley Informacion & Peticion sig. Avi Herken you possessioners, and you rich men lyfte vp your ears. 1611 Bible (King James) Job xxii. 26 For then shalt thou haue thy delight in the Almightie, and shalt lift vp thy face vnto God. View more context for this quotation 1854 S. T. Dobell Balder xxv. 176 With brow Lift to the glowing sun. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xii. 151 It was whispered that he had dared to lift his eyes to an exalted lady. < as lemmas |
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