| 单词 | to shake one's ears |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto shake one's ears c. to shake one's ears: lit. of an animal, hence figurative of a person likened to an animal, (a) to wake up, bestir oneself; (b) to show indifference or dislike, pleasure in freedom, mirth, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin action or activity [verb (intransitive)] > bestir oneself arisec825 to start upc1275 stirc1275 shifta1400 awakea1450 to put out one's fins?1461 wake1523 to shake one's ears1580 rouse1589 bestira1616 awaken1768 arouse1822 waken1825 to wake snakes1835 roust1841 to flax round1884 to get busy1896 to get one's arse in gear1948 the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > manifestation of emotion > manifest itself [verb (intransitive)] > other physical manifestation to shake one's ears1580 1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 14v Euphues..began to shake his eares, and was soone apparailed. 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie viii. 45 When Gods threatnings are vttered vnto vs a great many of vs do but shake our eares at them [Fr. beaucoup ne sont que secouër les aureilles]. 1594 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis (new ed.) sig. Fiiij [Hounds] Shaking their scratcht-eares, bleeding as they go. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iv. i. 26 Then take we downe his Load, and turne him off (Like to the empty Asse) to shake his eares, And graze in Commons. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. iii. 121. 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. viii. 220 The Mountebanck shak'd his ears, (as if he drank base wine). a1657 G. Daniel Poems (1878) II. 42 Thriftie villagers Have long since shak'd their Ears. 1747 H. Walpole Let. 8 June in Corr. (1974) XXXVII. 271 How merry my ghost will be, and shake its ears to hear itself quoted as a person of consummate prudence! < as lemmas |
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