| 单词 | to open one's mouth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto open one's mouth (also lips) a. transitive. To reveal (the mouth) by parting the lips, esp. in readiness to speak; to part (the lips). to open one's mouth (also lips) (figurative): to speak. †to open a person's mouth (or lips): to give a person the power of speech, to enable a person to speak (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] matheleOE speakc888 spellc888 yedc888 i-quethec900 reirdOE meldOE meleOE quidOE i-meleOE wordOE to open one's mouth (also lips)OE mootOE spellc1175 carpa1240 spilec1275 bespeakc1314 adda1382 mella1400 moutha1400 utter?a1400 lalec1400 nurnc1400 parlec1400 talkc1400 to say forthc1405 rekea1450 to say on1487 nevena1500 quinch1511 quetch1530 queckc1540 walk1550 cant1567 twang1602 articulate1615 tella1616 betalk1622 sermocinate1623 to give tongue1737 jaw1748 to break stillness1768 outspeaka1788 to give mouth1854 larum1877 to make noises1909 verbal1974 OE Stowe Psalter xxxvii. 14 Sicut mutus non aperiens os suum : swa swa dumb na opniende muð ic eom. lOE Salisbury Psalter xxxviii. 10 Obmutui et non aperui os meum quoniam tu fecisti : ic swigude & na openode muþ minne forðan þu dydest. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 13869 Teȝȝre [sc. the apostles'] muþ þurrh haliȝ gast. Wass oppnedd uss to spellenn. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) Wisd. x. 21 Wisdam openede þe mouþ of doumbe men. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 19941 (MED) Petre opend þan his muth..he said, [etc.]. 1542 H. Brinkelow Lamentacion sig. Cviiiv He must open his mouthe agaynst Antichriste. a1564 Q. Kennedy Compend. Ressonyng in 2 Eucharistic Tracts (1964) 178 Bot the psalmist desyrit the Lorde to oppin his lippis. 1584–9 J. Maxwall Commonplace Bk. f. 17 Oppin thy mowth..& defend the gwid men. 1610 Bible (Douay) II. Psalms xxxiv. 21 They opened their mouth awide upon me. 1711 E. Budgell Spectator No. 77. ⁋6 He..thinks a great deal, but never opens his Mouth. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 427. ⁋1 Too ill-natur'd to open their Lips in Conversation. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xiv. 204 The boy was made to open his mouth, while the chaw of tobacco was extracted. 1894 W. E. Norris St. Ann's I. 177 He opened his lips, as if with the intention of putting some further question. 1937 ‘G. Orwell’ Road to Wigan Pier ix.182 I imagined..that I should be spotted as a ‘gentleman’ the moment I opened my mouth. 1993 W. Baldwin Hard to catch Mercy ix. 271 When she opened her mouth, a large gap showed between the two front teeth. < as lemmas |
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