英语词汇“children should be seen and not heard”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P7. Proverb. children (also maids, women, etc.) should be seen and not heard and variants.Originally specifically with reference to (young) women; since the early 19th cent. with reference to children of either sex; subsequently also in extended use with reference to men, animals, etc.

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a1500 (?a1390) J. Mirk Festial (Gough) (1905) 230 A mayde schuld be seen, but not herd.

1564 T. Becon New Catech. in Wks. sig. Bbb2 This also must honest maids provide, that they be not full of tongue... A maid should be seen, and not heard.

a1627 T. Middleton More Dissemblers besides Women iii. i, in 2 New Playes (1657) 32 Virgins should be seen more then they'r heard.

1631 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentlewoman 41 What is spoken of Maids, may be properly applyed by an vsefull consequence to all women: They should be seene, and not heard.

1743 H. Fielding Wedding Day ii. x. 28 If Nature hath made any thing in vain, it is the Tongue of a Woman. Women were designed to be seen, and not heard; they were formed only to please our Eyes.

1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote I. iii. xviii. 179 It is a vulgar maxim, ‘that a pretty woman should rather be seen than heard’.

1844 J. C. Neal Peter Ploddy & Other Oddities 101 Little boys must be seen, and not heard.

1854 Friends' Intelligencer 2 Dec. 582/2 I well remember an old proverb: ‘Children should be seen—not heard.’

1899 O. Wilde Ideal Husband iv. 172 I hope to goodness he won't come up. Fathers should be neither seen nor heard.

1908 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables ii. 22 It's such a relief to talk..and not be told that children should be seen and not heard.

1942 C. Johnson Barnaby (1943) 102 Dogs should be seen and not heard.

1992 Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) 26 June c4 (advt.) A well tuned car should be seen & not heard.

2011 Sunday Mercury (Nexis) 23 Jan. 10 Wives, and indeed husbands, of prominent politicians really should keep their noses out of public affairs. Like children at the meal table, they should be seen and not heard.

单词	children should be seen and not heard
释义	> as lemmas children (also maids, women, etc.) should be seen and not heard P7. Proverb. children (also maids, women, etc.) should be seen and not heard and variants.Originally specifically with reference to (young) women; since the early 19th cent. with reference to children of either sex; subsequently also in extended use with reference to men, animals, etc. ΚΠ a1500 (?a1390) J. Mirk Festial (Gough) (1905) 230 A mayde schuld be seen, but not herd. 1564 T. Becon New Catech. in Wks. sig. Bbb2 This also must honest maids provide, that they be not full of tongue... A maid should be seen, and not heard. a1627 T. Middleton More Dissemblers besides Women iii. i, in 2 New Playes (1657) 32 Virgins should be seen more then they'r heard. 1631 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentlewoman 41 What is spoken of Maids, may be properly applyed by an vsefull consequence to all women: They should be seene, and not heard. 1743 H. Fielding Wedding Day ii. x. 28 If Nature hath made any thing in vain, it is the Tongue of a Woman. Women were designed to be seen, and not heard; they were formed only to please our Eyes. 1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote I. iii. xviii. 179 It is a vulgar maxim, ‘that a pretty woman should rather be seen than heard’. 1844 J. C. Neal Peter Ploddy & Other Oddities 101 Little boys must be seen, and not heard. 1854 Friends' Intelligencer 2 Dec. 582/2 I well remember an old proverb: ‘Children should be seen—not heard.’ 1899 O. Wilde Ideal Husband iv. 172 I hope to goodness he won't come up. Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. 1908 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables ii. 22 It's such a relief to talk..and not be told that children should be seen and not heard. 1942 C. Johnson Barnaby (1943) 102 Dogs should be seen and not heard. 1992 Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) 26 June c4 (advt.) A well tuned car should be seen & not heard. 2011 Sunday Mercury (Nexis) 23 Jan. 10 Wives, and indeed husbands, of prominent politicians really should keep their noses out of public affairs. Like children at the meal table, they should be seen and not heard. extracted from seev. < as lemmas
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