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单词 kiss of peace
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kiss /kis/

transitive verb
  1. To caress or greet by touching with the lips
  2. (of an inanimate object) to touch gently
intransitive verb
  1. To greet by touching with the lips
  2. (of two people) to press their lips together, esp as an expression of affection or sexual love
  3. To touch lightly
  4. (of snooker or billiard balls) to touch gently while moving
noun
  1. A caress, greeting, etc by touching with the lips
  2. A light touch, esp by a moving snooker ball on another
  3. A melt-in-the-mouth biscuit, etc
  4. A drop of sealing wax
ORIGIN: OE cyssan to kiss, from coss a kiss; Ger küssen, Dan kys; related to choose and gust2

kissˈable adjective

kissˈer noun

  1. A person who kisses
  2. The mouth (slang)

kissˈogram or kissˈagram noun

A service whereby a kiss is delivered to a specific person (eg on their birthday) by a kissogram girl (or man) usu in glamorous or unusual costume

kissˈ-curl noun

A flat, circular curl at the side of the forehead

kissing bug noun

Any of several N and S American biting insects which attack victims' lips and cheeks

kissˈing-comˈfit noun

A perfumed comfit for sweetening the breath

kissing cousin noun

A more or less distant relation with whom one is on familiar enough terms to kiss on meeting

kissˈing-crust noun

That part of the upper crust of a loaf which overhangs and touches another

kissing disease noun (informal)

Glandular fever

kissing gate noun

A gate set in a V- or U-shaped enclosure

kissˈing-strings plural noun

Cap or bonnet strings tied under the chin

kiss-in-the-ringˈ noun

An old game in which one person kisses another after a chase round a ring of players

kissˈ-me or kissˈ-me-quick noun

  1. The wild-pansy or other plant
  2. A short veil
  3. A small bonnet

kiss of death noun (informal)

Something that causes failure, destruction, etc

kissˈ-off noun (slang)

A sudden, usu offensive dismissal

kiss of life noun

  1. In first aid, a mouth-to-mouth method of restoring breathing (cf Schafer's method)
  2. A means of restoring vitality or vigour (figurative)

kiss of peace noun

A kiss of greeting between the members of the early, and some branches of the modern, Church

kiss and make up (informal)

To become reconciled (also kissˈ-and-make-up adjective)

kiss and tell (informal)

To give an exposé of one's sexual adventures (kissˈ-and-tell adjective)

kiss goodbye to (informal)

To relinquish all hope of

kiss hands

To kiss the sovereign's hands on acceptance of office

kiss off (slang)

  1. To dismiss
  2. To kill
  3. To die

kiss (someone's) arse or (N American) ass (slang)

  1. To be obsequious or sycophantic (towards someone)
  2. (in imperative; offensive) get lost, go away

kiss the book

To kiss a Bible or New Testament, in England, after taking a legal oath

kiss the gunner's daughter

To get a flogging, tied to the breech of a cannon

kiss the rod

To submit to punishment

peace /pēs/

noun
  1. A state of quiet
  2. Freedom from disturbance
  3. Freedom from war
  4. Cessation of war
  5. A treaty that ends a war
  6. Freedom from contention
  7. Ease of mind or conscience
  8. Tranquillity
  9. Quiet
  10. Stillness
  11. Silence
intransitive verb (Shakespeare)

To be silent

interjection
  1. Silence
  2. Be silent (historical)
ORIGIN: OFr pais (Fr paix) from L pāx, pācis peace

peaceˈable adjective

  1. Disposed to peace
  2. Peaceful

peaceˈableness noun

peaceˈably adverb

peaceˈful adjective

  1. Enjoying peace
  2. Tending towards or favouring peace
  3. Inclined to peace
  4. Belonging to time of peace
  5. Consistent with peace
  6. Tranquil
  7. Calm
  8. Serene

peaceˈfully adverb

peaceˈfulness noun

peaceˈless adjective

peaceˈlessness noun

peaceˈnik noun

A pacifist, esp in a derogatory sense

peaceˈ-breaker noun

A person who breaks or disturbs the peace

peace camp noun

A camp set up by anti-war protesters close to a military establishment

Peace Corps noun

(in the USA and various other countries) a government agency that sends volunteers to developing countries to help with agricultural, technological and educational schemes

peace dividend noun

  1. Money left over from a government's defence budget as a result of negotiated arms reduction policies, available for peaceable (esp social) use
  2. The fact of having such surplus money

peace drug or peace pill noun (informal)

A hallucinogen (PCP)

peace establishment noun

The reduced military strength maintained in time of peace

peaceˈkeeper noun

peaceˈkeeping adjective

(peacekeeping force a military force sent into an area with the task of preventing fighting between opposing factions)

peaceˈmaker noun

  1. A person who makes or produces peace
  2. A person who reconciles enemies
  3. A revolver (old facetious)

peaceˈmaking noun

peaceˈ-monger noun

A peacemaker from the point of view of those who think him or her a sentimental busybody

peace offering noun

  1. (among the Jews) a thank-offering to God
  2. A gift offered towards reconciliation, propitiation, or deprecation

peace officer noun

  1. An officer whose duty it is to preserve the peace
  2. A police-officer

peaceˈ-partˈed adjective (Shakespeare)

Dismissed from the world in peace

peaceˈ-parˈty noun

A political party advocating the making or the preservation of peace

peace pill see peace drug above.

peace pipe noun

The calumet

peace process noun

Long-term negotiations leading to resolution of a conflict

peace sign noun

A sign made with the index and middle fingers in the form of a V, with palm turned outwards, indicating a wish for peace

peaceˈtime noun

Time when there is no war

adjective

Of peacetime

peaceˈ-warrant noun

A warrant of arrest issued by a Justice of the Peace

at peace

  1. In a state of peace
  2. Not at war

breach of the peace see under breach

hold one's peace

To remain silent

in peace

In enjoyment of peace

keep the peace

  1. To refrain from disturbing the public peace
  2. To refrain from, or to prevent, contention

kiss of peace see under kiss

letter of peace see pacifical under pacify

make one's peace with

To reconcile or to be reconciled with

make peace

To end a war

peace of God

The protection from acts of private warfare formerly offered by the Church to consecrated persons and places, and on Sundays and holy days

swear the peace

To take oath before a magistrate that a certain person ought to be put under bond to keep the peace

the king's or queen's peace see under king
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