单词 | with a good countenance |
释义 | > as lemmaswith a good countenance a. ‘Calmness of look, composure of face’; ‘confidence of mien’ (Johnson); esp. in to lose countenance, with a good countenance. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > [noun] > of appearance or demeanour countenancec1330 coolth1966 c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 5740 Now is Gij of Warwike a couward..Lorn he haþ contenaunce. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3368 And þof sco scamful was, i-wiss, Sco tint na contenance wit þis. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 2518 All the buernes aboute abasshet þer with..þere countenaunse failed. 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 21 The Admirall (framing the best countenance he could) departed. 1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives (1879) I. 527/2 The Persians stood and received them with a good countenance. < as lemmas |
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