单词 | freckle |
释义 | frecklen. 1. A yellowish or light-brown spot in the skin, said to be produced by exposure to the sun and wind. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > blemish > [noun] > spot or mark > freckle freckenc1386 frecklec1400 lentigoc1400 specklec1440 sprote?c1450 fernticle1483 mase1527 chit1552 lentils1558 summerfold1668 summer spot1685 form-speckle1702 ephelis1756 heat-spot1822 c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 189 Of clooþ þat is clepid fraclis or goute roset. ?1543 T. Phaer tr. J. Goeurot Regiment of Lyfe sig. Biii Lac virginis..taketh awaye frekels of the vysage. 1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 181 The legges and thighes discoullered into frekells. 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite iii, in Fables 52 Some sprinkled Freckles on his Face were seen, Whose Dusk set off the Whiteness of the Skin. 1794 R. B. Sheridan Duenna (new ed.) ii. 33 Her skin..spangled here and there with a golden freckle. 1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. i. 5 She was running about without thinking of freckles. 2. Any small spot or discoloration. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > spot of colour > [noun] > small spot or speckle puncta1398 pointa1400 masclec1400 specklec1440 pecklec1450 sprinkle1481 spreckle1513 frecklea1549 spruttle1553 dot1596 punctum1653 pip1676 spark1686 punctal1694 mail1727 punctule1785 puncta1858 freck1866 guttula1887 a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) i. 127 If a man doth cast a cupe..in the well, it wyll be full of droppes or frakils. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream ii. i. 13 In their [sc. cowslips'] gold coats, spottes you see: Those be Rubies, Fairie fauours: In those freckles, liue their sauours. View more context for this quotation 1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Treat. Orange Trees i. 3 in Compl. Gard'ner One would take them at first but for little reddish Frecles and Spots. 1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 241 Not a flower But shows some touch, in freckle, streak, or stain, Of his unrivalled pencil. 1815 T. I. M. Forster Res. Atmosph. Phænom. (ed. 2) ii. 78 A sort of cirrostratus like little freckles. 1832 Bowles St. John in Patmos v. 57 Not a freckle stained the firmament High overhead. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > textures or states of skin > [noun] > wrinkle rimpleeOE rivellingOE rivelc1325 crow's footc1374 frounce1390 wrinklea1400 frumplec1440 freckle1519 line1538 lirkc1540 shrivel1547 plait1574 furrow1589 trench1594 crowfoot1614 seam1765 thought-line1858 laughter line1867 laugh line1913 smile-line1921 worry lines1972 1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xviii. f. 169v They fylle vp theyr frekyllys: and stretche abrode theyr skyn with tetanother. Compounds freckle-water; freckle-faced adj. ΚΠ 1688 London Gaz. No. 2380/4 Charles Vine..freckle Fac'd..Run away from his Master. 1856 A. Manning Tasso & Leonora 100 I am off to the Barber-surgeon's to buy some freckle-water for Madama Leonora. 1884 Harper's Mag. Jan. 307/1 You were freckle-faced. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). frecklev. 1. a. transitive. To cover with freckles or spots. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > blemish > [verb (transitive)] > freckle befreckle1610 freckle1613 the world > matter > colour > variegation > spot of colour > spot [verb (transitive)] > speckle powderc1380 besprenga1425 prick1530 sprinkle1551 peckle1570 speckle1570 speck1580 pepper?1605 pounce1610 freckle1613 freck1621 stipplea1774 punctuate1777 dot1784 puncture1848 bespeckle1860 prickle1888 tick1910 1613 G. Chapman Reuenge Bussy D'Ambois i. sig. B2v The bloud She so much thirsts for, freckling hands and face. 1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 68 Persons naturally with brown skins, are blistered or freckled less than those who are fairer. 1844 T. Hood Discov. in Astron. ii ‘Lord, master..To wonder so at spots upon the sun! I'll tell you what he's done—Freckled himself!’ b. intransitive. To appear in spots or patches. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > spot of colour > be spotted [verb (intransitive)] > appear as speckles speckle1703 freckle1821 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 207 The sunbeams, filtering small, Freckling through the branches fall. 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 201 Where the sunshine freckles on the eye Through the half~clothed branches in the woods. 2. intransitive. To become marked with freckles. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > blemish > become blemished [verb (intransitive)] > freckle freckle1842 1842 W. M. Thackeray Confessions of G. Fitz-Boodle in Wks. (1869) XXII. 220 Those fair complexions, they freckle so. 1889 ‘F. Anstey’ Pariah i. iv You know I never freckle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1400v.1613 |
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