| 单词 | for countenance |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfor (a) countenance ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > for show or appearance [phrase] for (a) countenancec1386 for show1563 for the look of the thing1753 c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. & Tale 711 And for a countenaunce in his hond bar An holow stikke. c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 255 I hadde in custom to come to scole late, Nat for to lerne but for a contenaunce. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clj Although she [sc. the Queen] ioyned her husbande with hir in name, for a countenaunce, yet she did all, she saied all, and she bare the whole swynge. 1606 Bp. J. Hall Medit. & Vowes III. §21 God hath many retainers that weare his Liuery, for a countenance. 1702 R. L'Estrange tr. Josephus Jewish Antiq. ii. vi, in Wks. 36 Joseph..for a Countenance..Charged them as Spyes. 1878 R. Simpson School of Shakspere I. 34 That Florida was for countenance, to hide the reality of authorized buccaneering. < as lemmas |
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