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单词 to shake one's head
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to shake one's head
b. to shake one's head: to turn the head slightly to one side and the other in sorrow or scorn, or to express disapproval, dissent or doubt.
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to shake one's heada1300
nodc1390
to tip a nod1861
a1300 Cursor Mundi 24503 On him mi hefd i scock, and said, ‘Vngretli, leif sun, er þou graid!’
c1320 Seuyn Sag. (W.) 1069Par fai, dame’, he saide, ‘no!’ And schok his heved vpon the quen.
c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 2344 And pitously he wep & shok his hed.
c1400 Rom. Rose 3164 So cherlishly his heed he shook.
1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Ei And as he was thus saying he shaked his heade, & made a wrie mouth.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iv. ii. 25 Let's shake our heads, and say..We haue seene better dayes. View more context for this quotation
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 120 The Learned Leaches in despair depart: And shake their Heads, desponding of their Art. View more context for this quotation
1743 J. Bulkeley & J. Cummins Voy. to South-seas 10 The Captain shook his Head, and said, Carpenter! that is not the Reason.
1808 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 13 161 It is he who now nods yes, or shakes no, while the ministers are speaking.
a1865 E. C. Gaskell Wives & Daughters (1866) I. xi. 134 ‘No, I shan't!’ said Molly, shaking her head.
1897 M. Pemberton Queen of Jesters iv. 176 The Corsican shook his head, implying that he doubted.
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