英语词汇“under false colours”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. under false colours (also †colour).

(a) With a deliberately misleading appearance or presentation; in a manner likely or intended to deceive; by false pretences.

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a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) l. 4265 (MED) Þe qwilk sal preche undir fals colour And say Cristes lawe es not bot errour.

1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes iv. iii. sig. P.vj There nys noo ryght that can com tyme ynoughe for to recompense hym therof by cause it is doon vndre false coulour.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 11496 He set hom a cas, What fortune might falle vndur fals colour.

a1628 F. Greville Treat. Humane Learning xli, in Certaine Wks. (1633) 31 Vnder false colour giuing truth such rates,As Power may rule in chiefe through all Estates.

1715 Let. from Country Whig 62 We have fancied we have seen Trees move, when they have only been Branches in the Hands of those who have under false Colours disturbed the Peace of our Israel.

1798 J. Bayley Forester v. i. 91 You do not live as we do ye white-liver'd dogs! That go about..extorting money Under false colours, unworthy gentlemen at large.

1874 J. Morley On Compromise 134 If men go through society before marriage under false colours.

1958 Listener 5 June 955/3 Rameau's ballet bouffon enters the category under false colours.

1998 V. Lanier Blind Bloodhound Justice (2002) xxv. 237 I'm sorry, but I came to see you under false colours.

(b) to sail (also fight) under false colours: to display colours which mislead other vessels as to identity or allegiance of one's ship; (figurative) to mislead, deceive; cf. to hang out false colours at Phrases 3b.

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1787 G. McCalman Treat. Tea 62 Sailing under false colours, paying no respect to any flag, smuggling, piracy, and every thing that is bad, would be practised in peaceable times.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. at False colours To sail under false colours..is an allowable stratagem of war.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvi. [Eumaeus] 582 Sailing under false colours after having boxed the compass on the strict q.t. somewhere.

1973 P. O'Brian H.M.S. Surprise ix. 240 Mr White looked up at the mizen-peak, where a tricolour streamed out bravely. ‘It is the French flag,’ he cried. ‘No. The Dutch. We are sailing under false colours! Can such things be?’

1991 Independent on Sunday 19 May (Review Suppl.) 30/3 But it is sailing under false colours. Nowhere on the outside of the book do the publishers disclose that it is an abridgement.

单词	under false colours
释义	> as lemmas under false colours (also †colour) a. under false colours (also †colour). (a) With a deliberately misleading appearance or presentation; in a manner likely or intended to deceive; by false pretences. ΚΠ a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) l. 4265 (MED) Þe qwilk sal preche undir fals colour And say Cristes lawe es not bot errour. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes iv. iii. sig. P.vj There nys noo ryght that can com tyme ynoughe for to recompense hym therof by cause it is doon vndre false coulour. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 11496 He set hom a cas, What fortune might falle vndur fals colour. a1628 F. Greville Treat. Humane Learning xli, in Certaine Wks. (1633) 31 Vnder false colour giuing truth such rates,As Power may rule in chiefe through all Estates. 1715 Let. from Country Whig 62 We have fancied we have seen Trees move, when they have only been Branches in the Hands of those who have under false Colours disturbed the Peace of our Israel. 1798 J. Bayley Forester v. i. 91 You do not live as we do ye white-liver'd dogs! That go about..extorting money Under false colours, unworthy gentlemen at large. 1874 J. Morley On Compromise 134 If men go through society before marriage under false colours. 1958 Listener 5 June 955/3 Rameau's ballet bouffon enters the category under false colours. 1998 V. Lanier Blind Bloodhound Justice (2002) xxv. 237 I'm sorry, but I came to see you under false colours. (b) to sail (also fight) under false colours: to display colours which mislead other vessels as to identity or allegiance of one's ship; (figurative) to mislead, deceive; cf. to hang out false colours at Phrases 3b. ΚΠ 1787 G. McCalman Treat. Tea 62 Sailing under false colours, paying no respect to any flag, smuggling, piracy, and every thing that is bad, would be practised in peaceable times. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. at False colours To sail under false colours..is an allowable stratagem of war. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvi. [Eumaeus] 582 Sailing under false colours after having boxed the compass on the strict q.t. somewhere. 1973 P. O'Brian H.M.S. Surprise ix. 240 Mr White looked up at the mizen-peak, where a tricolour streamed out bravely. ‘It is the French flag,’ he cried. ‘No. The Dutch. We are sailing under false colours! Can such things be?’ 1991 Independent on Sunday 19 May (Review Suppl.) 30/3 But it is sailing under false colours. Nowhere on the outside of the book do the publishers disclose that it is an abridgement. extracted from colourcolorn.¹ < as lemmas
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