| 单词 | to the semblance of; to have or take the semblance of; in semblance of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto the semblance of; to have or take the semblance of; in (the) semblance of b. The form, likeness or image of a person or thing, considered in regard to another that is similar. Chiefly in phrases, as to the semblance of; to have or take the semblance of; in (the) semblance of, in likeness of, so as to resemble; †of one's semblance, resembling him. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [noun] > that which resembles something else swilkc1175 anlike1340 liking1340 likeningc1350 semblancec1374 resemblancea1393 likenessa1400 semblablec1400 similitudinary?a1425 like1440 assemblable?1530 a horse of another (also the same, etc.) colour1530 resembler1570 fellowa1616 remonstrance1640 simile1743 ditto1776 something of the sort1839 that or this sort of thing1848 assimilate1935 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun] > considered in regard to another similar semblancec1374 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1868) iv. pr. vi. 142 Þe þinges þat he haþ maked in to hys semblaunce [L. in sui similitudinem]. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xviii. 285 And in semblaunce [v.r. semblaunt] of a serpent sat on þe appeltre. c1400 Pilgr. Sowle (1859) v. xiv. 80 And sodenly was sente doune the hooly ghoost in semblaunce of fyry tonges. ?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 122 This childe had hooly the veray semblance and liknes of kynge Iupiter. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin v. 91 He hadde take the semblaunce of a moche olde man. 1513 Life Henry V (1911) 37 Whereby the water gathered and arised..to the semblaunce of a little sea. 1513 Life Henry V (1911) 65 Smale children apparrelled in the semblance of Angels. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) v. v. 10 A fault done first in the forme of a beast..and then another fault, in the semblance of a Fowle. View more context for this quotation 1772 H. Mackenzie Man of World (1823) ii. v. 471 To assume her semblance, is a tribute which vice must often pay to virtue. 1815 W. Wordsworth White Doe of Rylstone i. 18 'Twas said that she all shapes could wear; And oftentimes before him stood,..In semblance of a lady fair. 1867 F. Parkman Jesuits in N. Amer. xvi. 218 And now the lake narrowed to the semblance of a tranquil river. < as lemmas |
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