英语词汇“to make a wry face or mouth”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. Temporarily twisted, contorted, or writhed by reason or in manifestation of disrelish, disgust, or the like. Frequently in the phrase to make (draw, pull) a wry face or mouth (wry faces or mouths).

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the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > look expressive of displeasure or dislike > [adjective]

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1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Eunuch iv. iv, in Terence in Eng. 159 Howe the hangman makes a wrie mouth.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Caravirée, a wry-mouthed, or wry-faced wench; or one that often makes wry mouthes, or ill fauoured wry faces.

1616 B. Jonson Cynthias Revels (rev. ed.) v. ii, in Wks. I. 237 The bitter Bob in wit; the Reuerse in face, or wry-mouth.

1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 208 Causing..a certain Buffoon..to make wry~faces and shew a thousand postures.

1697 J. Vanbrugh Relapse Pref. sig. A2^v Saints..with screw'd Faces and wry Mouths.

1712 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 17 June (1948) II. 539 Flap ee hand, & make wry mouth ee self.

1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. x. 35 With a wry face..[he] read aloud, as follows.

1782 F. Burney Cecilia III. v. i. 22 He..made a wry face, and returned it.

1783 ‘P. Pindar’ More Lyric Odes to Royal Academicians i. 5 Won with such wry mouths, and wrigling pain.

1802 T. Beddoes Hygëia I. iii. 55 Hardly daring to draw a wry face at any thing offered them.

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby viii. 68 Making a variety of wry mouths indicative of any thing but satisfaction.

1876 R. Broughton Joan I. i. i. 3 A physic draugh to be quickly swallowed with wry faces.

1884 R. C. Praed Zéro xiii Each guest drank, made a wry face.

单词	to make a wry face or mouth
释义	> as lemmas to make (draw, pull) a wry face or mouth (wry faces or mouths) b. Temporarily twisted, contorted, or writhed by reason or in manifestation of disrelish, disgust, or the like. Frequently in the phrase to make (draw, pull) a wry face or mouth (wry faces or mouths). ΘΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > look expressive of displeasure or dislike > [adjective] wry1598 1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Eunuch iv. iv, in Terence in Eng. 159 Howe the hangman makes a wrie mouth. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Caravirée, a wry-mouthed, or wry-faced wench; or one that often makes wry mouthes, or ill fauoured wry faces. 1616 B. Jonson Cynthias Revels (rev. ed.) v. ii, in Wks. I. 237 The bitter Bob in wit; the Reuerse in face, or wry-mouth. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 208 Causing..a certain Buffoon..to make wry~faces and shew a thousand postures. 1697 J. Vanbrugh Relapse Pref. sig. A2^v Saints..with screw'd Faces and wry Mouths. 1712 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 17 June (1948) II. 539 Flap ee hand, & make wry mouth ee self. 1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. x. 35 With a wry face..[he] read aloud, as follows. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia III. v. i. 22 He..made a wry face, and returned it. 1783 ‘P. Pindar’ More Lyric Odes to Royal Academicians i. 5 Won with such wry mouths, and wrigling pain. 1802 T. Beddoes Hygëia I. iii. 55 Hardly daring to draw a wry face at any thing offered them. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby viii. 68 Making a variety of wry mouths indicative of any thing but satisfaction. 1876 R. Broughton Joan I. i. i. 3 A physic draugh to be quickly swallowed with wry faces. 1884 R. C. Praed Zéro xiii Each guest drank, made a wry face. extracted from wryadj.adv. < as lemmas
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