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单词 right about face
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face /fās/

noun
  1. The front part of the head, including forehead, eyes, nose, mouth, cheeks, and chin
  2. The outside form or appearance
  3. The front or surface of anything
  4. A flat surface of a solid geometrical figure, crystal, etc
  5. The striking surface of a golf club, etc
  6. The edge of a cutting tool, etc
  7. The front or upper surface, or that usually on view
  8. The exposed surface in a cliff, mine or quarry
  9. A principal cleavage-plane (geology)
  10. The dial of a watch, etc
  11. The printed surface of a playing card
  12. A style of letter or type (printing)
  13. Special appearance or facial expression
  14. Aspect, look, configuration
  15. Command of facial expression and bearing
  16. Boldness, effrontery
  17. A grimace
  18. Presence
  19. Anger or favour (Bible)
  20. (also baby face) a wrestler with a crowd-pleasing persona, opp to heel
transitive verb
  1. To meet in the face or in front
  2. To stand opposite to or looking towards
  3. To be confronted with
  4. To confront
  5. To stand up to
  6. To brave
  7. To resist
  8. To put an additional face or surface on
  9. To cover in front
  10. To trim
intransitive verb
  1. (often with on, to or towards) to direct or turn the face
  2. To take or have a direction
  3. To show a face, esp bold or false (obsolete)
ORIGIN: Fr face, from L faciēs form or face; perh from facere to make

faced adjective

  1. Having a face
  2. Having the outer surface dressed
  3. With the front covered with another material

faceˈless adjective

  1. Having no face
  2. (of a person or people concerned in some action) with identity unknown or concealed
  3. Robot-like, esp of bureaucratic officials who allow no degree of personality to intrude on their decision-making processes

facˈer noun

  1. A tool for smoothing or facing a surface
  2. A severe blow on the face (slang)
  3. An affront (informal)
  4. Anything that staggers one, a sudden problem or difficulty (informal)
  5. A person who faces something
  6. A person who puts on a false show (obsolete)
  7. A boldfaced person (obsolete)

facial /fāˈshl/ adjective

  1. Of or relating to the face
  2. For the face
noun (informal)

A beauty treatment to the face

faˈcialist noun

A beautician who specializes in performing facial treatments

faˈcially adverb

facˈing noun

  1. A covering in front for decoration or protection
  2. (in pl) the collar, lapels and cuffs of a garment, esp in a contrasting colour

faceˈ-ache noun

  1. Neuralgia in the nerves of the face
  2. An ugly or disagreeable person (slang; usu used as a mild or facetious insult)

Faceˈbook® noun

A popular social networking website

face card noun

A playing-card bearing a face (king, queen or jack)

faceˈ-centred adjective

(of a crystal structure) with an atom in the centre of the face of each unit cell as well as at each vertex

faceˈcloth or face flannel noun

  1. A cloth used in washing the face
  2. (facecloth) a cloth laid over the face of a corpse or living person

face cream noun

A cosmetic cream for the face

faceˈ-fungˈus noun (informal)

A moustache or beard

faceˈ-guard or face mask noun

A kind of mask to guard or protect the face

faceˈ-hardˈen transitive verb

To harden on the surface, to case-harden (lit and figurative)

faceˈlift noun

  1. A surgical operation to smooth and firm the tissues of the face
  2. A renovating process, esp one applied to the outside of a building

faceˈman or faceˈworker noun

A miner who works at the coalface, as opposed to elsewhere in or at the mine

face mask noun

  1. A face-guard
  2. A face pack

faceˈ-off noun

  1. (in ice-hockey, etc) the dropping of the puck between two players to start the game
  2. A confrontation (figurative)
  3. See also face off below

face pack noun

A creamy cosmetic mixture put onto the face to cleanse and tone the complexion, and removed when dry

face paint noun

Paint used to decorate the face

face painting noun

faceˈplate noun

  1. A disc on which a piece of wood, etc can be fixed for turning on a lathe
  2. A protective plate in front of a piece of machinery
  3. A flat transparent panel on the front of a protective helmet
  4. The screen or front of a cathode-ray tube

face powder noun

A cosmetic powder for the face

faceˈ-saver noun

A course of action that saves one's face (see below)

faceˈ-saving noun and adjective

Saving one's face (see below)

FaceˈTime® noun

An application enabling video calls to be made over a wireless network

transitive verb

(usu without caps) to communicate with (a person) using this application

face value noun

  1. The value as stated on the face of a coin, share certificate, etc
  2. The apparent value of anything, which may not be the same as its real value

facial angle noun

(in skull measurement) the angle formed by lines drawn from the middle of the forehead to the upper jaw above the incisor teeth and from the opening of the ear to the opening of the nose

facial mapping noun

A forensic technique for reconstructing the original face beneath a disguise

face down

  1. To shame or intimidate with stern looks
  2. To confront and make concede

face off

  1. To start a game (of ice-hockey, etc) by a face-off
  2. To confront each other
  3. To adopt a mutually confrontational attitude

face out

  1. To carry off by confident appearance
  2. To face down

face the music (informal)

  1. To accept unpleasant consequences at their worst
  2. To brave a trying situation, hostile reception, etc

face to face

  1. Opposite
  2. In actual presence, in person
  3. In confrontation (faceˈ-to-faceˈ adjective)

face up to

  1. To face or stand up to
  2. To recognize (a fact or facts) and prepare to endure or act bravely

fly in the face of

To oppose or defy

get in (or out of) someone's face (informal)

To begin (or stop) harassing or obstructing someone

have two faces

To be two-faced (see under two)

in the face of

In defiance of, despite

in-your-face or in-yer-face (slang)

  1. Aggressive
  2. Direct and provocative

look (someone) in the face

To look at (someone) without shame or embarrassment

lose face

To lose prestige

loss of face

Humiliation, loss of dignity

make or pull faces at

To distort one's face into exaggerated expressions in order to amuse, annoy, etc

off one's face (slang)

  1. Drunk or high on drugs
  2. Crazy

on the face of it

  1. On its own showing
  2. As is palpably plain
  3. At first glance

pull a long face

To look dismal

put a good or brave face on (it)

To adopt a good-natured or stoical attitude in a troublesome situation

put one's face on (informal)

To apply cosmetics to the face

right face!, left face! or right about face!

Words of command, on which soldiers turn to the side specified

run one's face (obs sl)

To obtain things on credit by sheer impudence

save one's face

To avoid humiliation or appearance of climbing down

set one's face against

To oppose strenuously

show one's face

To appear

to one's face

In one's presence, openly

right1 /rīt/

adjective
  1. Straight
  2. Direct
  3. Perpendicular
  4. Forming one-fourth of a revolution
  5. With axis perpendicular to base
  6. True
  7. Genuine
  8. Veritable
  9. Characteristic
  10. Truly judged or judging
  11. Appropriate
  12. In accordance, or identical, with what is true and fitting
  13. Not mistaken
  14. Accurate
  15. Fit
  16. Sound
  17. Intended to be exposed (such as a side, eg of cloth)
  18. Morally justifiable or incumbent
  19. Just
  20. In accordance with what should be
  21. Equitable
  22. Justly to be preferred or commended
  23. On, for, or belonging to that side or part of the body, etc which in man has normally the stronger and more skilful hand, opp to left
  24. On that side from the point of view of a person looking downstream, a soldier looking at the enemy, a president looking at an assembly, an actor looking at the audience
  25. On the east side from the point of view of a person looking north
  26. Sitting at the president's right hand (in Continental assemblies)
  27. Hence, conservative or inclined towards conservatism, right-wing
adverb
  1. Straight
  2. Straightway
  3. Quite
  4. Completely, absolutely
  5. Just, exactly
  6. In a right manner
  7. Justly
  8. Correctly
  9. Very (archaic and dialect or in special phrases)
  10. On or towards the right side
noun
  1. That which is right or correct
  2. Rightness
  3. Fair treatment
  4. Equity
  5. Truth
  6. Justice
  7. Just or legal claim
  8. What one has a just claim to
  9. Due
  10. (in pl) a stag's brow, bez and trez antlers (archaic)
  11. Territory (Spenser)
  12. The right hand
  13. The right side
  14. A glove, shoe, etc for the right hand, foot, etc
  15. A punch with the right hand
  16. The region on the right side
  17. A right turn
  18. The right wing
  19. The conservatives
transitive verb
  1. To set right
  2. To set in order
  3. To rectify
  4. To redress
  5. To vindicate
  6. To do justice to
  7. To avenge
  8. To set right side up or erect
intransitive verb

To recover an erect position

interjection

Expressing agreement, acquiescence or readiness

ORIGIN: OE riht (noun and adj), rihte (adv), rihten (verb); cf Ger recht and L rēctus straight, right

rightˈable adjective

Capable of being righted

rightˈen transitive verb (archaic)

To set right

rightˈer noun

A person who sets right or redresses wrong

rightˈful adjective

  1. Having a just claim
  2. According to justice
  3. Belonging by right

rightˈfully adverb

rightˈfulness noun

  1. Righteousness
  2. Justice

rightˈing noun

rightˈish adjective

rightˈism noun

rightˈist adjective and noun

(an adherent) of the political right

rightˈless adjective (Scot)

Without rights

rightˈly adverb

rightˈness noun

rightoˈ or right-ohˈ interjection (informal)

Expressing acquiescence

rightˈward adjective and adverb

  1. Towards the right
  2. On the right side
  3. More right-wing
noun (rare)

The region on the right side

rightˈwardly or rightˈwards adverb

right about noun

The directly opposite quarter (in drill or dismissal; also right about face)

adverb

In the opposite direction

intransitive verb

To turn to face the opposite direction

rightˈ-and-leftˈ adjective

  1. Having a right and a left side, part, etc
  2. Bilaterally symmetrical
  3. On both sides
  4. From both barrels

noun

A shot or a blow from each barrel or hand

adverb

  1. On both sides
  2. On all hands
  3. Towards one side, then the other
  4. In all directions

right-angˈled adjective

Having a right angle, one equal to a fourth of a revolution

right ascension see under ascend

rightˈ-bank adjective

On the right bank

rightˈ-click intransitive verb

To press and release the right-hand button on a computer mouse

noun

An act of doing this

right-downˈ adjective and adverb

Out-and-out

rightˈ-drawn adjective (Shakespeare)

Drawn in a just cause

rightˈ-field noun

In baseball, the area in the outfield to the right facing from the plate

rightˈ-footˈed adjective

  1. Performed with the right foot
  2. Having more skill or strength in the right foot

rightˈ-hand adjective

  1. On the right side
  2. Towards the right
  3. Performed with the right hand
  4. With thread or strands turning to the right
  5. Chiefly relied on (as one's right-hand man)

right-hand drive noun

  1. A driving mechanism on the right side of a vehicle which is intended to be driven on the left-hand side of the road
  2. A vehicle with a driving mechanism of this type

right-handˈed adjective

  1. Using the right hand more easily than the left
  2. With or for the right hand
  3. With rotation towards the right, or clockwise

adverb

In the manner of a right-handed person

right-handˈedly adverb

right-handˈedness noun

right-handˈer noun

  1. A blow with the right hand
  2. A right-handed person

right-hand man see right-hand above.

Right Honourable noun and adjective

A title of distinction given to peers below the rank of marquis, to privy councillors, to present and past cabinet ministers, to certain Lord Mayors and Lord Provosts, etc

rightˈ-lined adjective

Rectilinear

right-mindˈed adjective

  1. Having a mind disposed towards what is right, just or according to good sense
  2. Sane

right-mindˈedness noun

rightˈ-of-cenˈtre adjective

Inclining slightly towards the more conservative policies of a group, party or political system

right of search see under search1

right-of-wayˈ noun (pl rightˈ-of-waysˈ or rightsˈ-of-wayˈ)

  1. A track over which there is a right of way (see below)
  2. The strip of land occupied by a railway track, a road, etc (US)

right-onˈ adjective

  1. Absolutely correct
  2. Trendy, belonging to or in keeping with the latest social, moral, political, etc ideas or fashions

Right Reverend noun and adjective see under revere

rights issue noun (commerce)

An issue of new shares which shareholders of a company may buy, usu below the market price, in proportion to their current holdings

rightˈsize transitive verb (euphemistic)

To adapt (an organization, etc) to an appropriate size, esp by means of redundancies

rightˈ-thinking adjective

  1. Of approved opinions
  2. Right-minded

right-to-lifeˈ adjective (esp N American)

Same as pro-life (see under pro-1)

right-to-lifˈer noun (esp N American)

Same as pro-lifer (see under pro-1)

right triangle noun (N American)

A right-angled triangle

right whale noun

A whale of the genus Balaena or Eubalaena, esp the Greenland whale

right wing noun

  1. The political right
  2. The wing on the right side of an army, football pitch, etc

rightˈ-wing adjective

  1. Of or on the right wing
  2. Relating to the political right
  3. (having opinions which are) conservative, opposed to socialism, etc

rightˈ-wingˈer noun

  1. A player on the right wing
  2. A person with right-wing views or who supports the right wing of a party, etc

all right see under all

a right one (informal)

A foolish or eccentric person

at right angles

Forming or in such a way as to form a right angle

bill of rights

(often with caps) an accepted statement of the rights and privileges of the people or of individuals, which the government or state must not infringe (eg that embodied in the Bill of Rights, 1689, or in the US Constitution)

by rights or (formerly right)

  1. Rightfully
  2. If all were right

civil rights see under civil

do someone right or do right by someone

  1. To do someone justice
  2. To keep pace with someone in drinking
  3. To drink someone's health

have a right (or no right)

  1. To be entitled (or not entitled)
  2. To be under a moral obligation (or no obligation) (non-standard or dialect)

have right (archaic)

To be right

in one's own right

  1. By absolute and personal right, not through another
  2. By one's own abilities, etc, not through connection with another

in one's right mind

Quite sane

in right of

  1. By virtue of
  2. By title vested in

in the right

  1. Right
  2. Maintaining a justifiable position

put or set to rights

  1. To set in order
  2. To correct

right as a trivet see under trivet

right as rain see under rain1

right away

  1. Straightaway, immediately
  2. Without delay

right down or right enough

Plainly

right, left and centre same as left, right and centre (see under left1).

right of common (law)

A right to take something from, or pasture animals on, the land of another

right of entry

A legal right to enter a place

right off

Without delay

right of way

The right of the public to pass over a piece of ground (see also right-of-way above)

right on (US)

An exclamation expressing enthusiastic agreement or approval (see also right-on above)

right out (Shakespeare)

Outright

right the helm

To put it amidships, in a line with the keel

send, etc to the right about (informal)

To dismiss summarily, or force to retreat

she'll be right (Aust)

An expression of assurance or confidence
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