| 单词 | to put a new face on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto put a new face on (also †upon) b. Visible state or condition; appearance, look; an instance of this. Also figurative: aspect, or an aspect, of something. to put a new face on (also †upon): to alter the aspect of; similarly to alter (change, etc.) the face of. Cf. new face n. 2 and the acceptable face of —— at acceptable adj. Phrases, human face n. at human adj. and n. Compounds 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun] onseneeOE bleea1000 shapeOE ylikeOE laitc1175 semblanta1225 sightc1275 fare1297 showingc1300 specea1325 parelc1330 guise1340 countenance1362 semblance?a1366 apparel1377 regardc1380 apparencec1384 imagec1384 spicec1384 overseeminga1398 kenninga1400 seemingc1400 visage1422 rinda1450 semenauntc1450 'pearance1456 outwardc1475 representation1489 favour?a1500 figurea1522 assemblant1523 prospect?1533 respect1535 visure1545 perceiverance1546 outwardshine1549 view1556 species1559 utter-shape1566 look1567 physiognomy1567 face1572 paintry1573 visor1575 mienc1586 superficies?1589 behaviour1590 aspect1594 complexion1597 confrontment1604 show1604 aira1616 beseeminga1616 formality1615 resemblancea1616 blush1620 upcomea1630 presentment1637 scheme1655 sensation1662 visibility1669 plumage1707 facies1727 remark1748 extrinsica1797 exterior1801 showance1820 the cut of one's jib1823 personnel1839 personal appearance1842 what-like1853 look-see1898 outwall1933 visuality1938 prosopon1947 1572 J. Bridges tr. R. Gwalther Hundred, Threescore & Fiftene Homelyes vppon Actes Apostles xviii. 678 Paule set a newe face vppon this Citie, and vniuersallye reformed it. 1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) ii. v. 158/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I To stirre vp such an exquisite face of the church as we imagine. 1613 Bp. J. Hall Holy Panegyrick 7 We may reade Gods displeasure in the face of the heauen. 1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac New Epist. II. 8 Lyvie..stayed not a little to consider the new face he would have put upon the Commonwealth. 1709 Ld. Shaftesbury Moralists ii. v. 136 This was not a Face of Religion I was like to be enamour'd with. 1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 19 The Face of London was now indeed strangely alter'd. 1783 Ann. Reg. 1781 Hist. Europe 24/2 The arrival of so many ships..caused a new face of affairs. 1791 C. Kearsley Stranger's Guide 190 The pruning hand of the late Mr. Brown has..entirely changed the face of these gardens. 1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk. I. 215 A pensive quiet reigns over the face of nature. 1841 R. W. Emerson Man Reformer in Dial Apr. 537 Love would put a new face on this weary old world. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 284 The traces left by ages of slaughter and pillage were still distinctly perceptible..in the face of the country. 1968 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 114 877/2 Recent advances in pharmacology and therapeutics have altered the face of contemporary medical practice. 1973 E. Heath in Hansard Commons 15 May 1243 It is the unpleasant and unacceptable face of capitalism. 2007 Evening Post (Nottingham) (Nexis) 20 Dec. In 1830 less than 100 miles of [railway] track existed... By 1860 it was 10,400 miles, changing the face of the countryside forever. < as lemmas |
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