单词 | all smiles |
释义 | > as lemmas(to be) all smiles a. An act of smiling; a slight and more or less involuntary movement of the countenance expressive of pleasure, amusement, affection, etc., or of amused contempt, disdain, incredulity, or similar emotion. Also in (to be) all smiles, i.e. wreathed in smiles. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > smiling > [noun] > a smile smile1550 subrision1658 fleer1867 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > face with expression or expression > [noun] > grimace or distortion mowc1330 mopa1475 mocks and mows1508 murgeons?a1513 face1533 smile1550 smilet1591 mump1592 ruffle1602 frown1608 stitcha1625 grimace1651 grimask1671 simagre1680 moppet1693 distortion1718 throw1790 rictus1827 mug1844 monkey-face1939 1550 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue (new ed.) ii. ix. sig. Fiiii Better is the last smile, than the first laughter. 1591 Nashe Pref. Sidney's Astr. & Stella in G. G. Smith Elizabethan Crit. Ess. (1904) II. 228 I will leaue you to..offer your smiles on the Aulters of Venus. 1621 F. Quarles Hadassa sig. D2v Where are thy maiden smiles? thy blushing cheeke? 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 239 This sweet intercourse Of looks and smiles . View more context for this quotation 1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 10 Mar. (1965) I. 383 Every Smile [is] waited for with impatience and envy'd by those that cannot obtain it. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho I. vii. 198 St. Aubert gave him a friendly smile for his compliment. 1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain I. xiii. 267 The duke was all smiles and courtesy. 1875 L. H. Grindon Life (new ed.) xiv. 173 There are more smiles in the world than there are tears. 1916 G. B. Shaw Pygmalion iii. 154 Higgins:..Dont be nervous about it. Pitch it in strong. Clara (all smiles): I will. Good-bye. < as lemmas |
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