单词 | good or fair semblant |
释义 | > as lemmasgood or fair semblant c. The demeanour or ‘countenance’ which a person exhibits towards others; good or fair semblant, favourable countenance, favour. Also, a look or glance cast upon another. Cf. 3b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > [noun] > in social intercourse semblantc1330 conversationa1340 affairsa1400 entertainment1531 carriage1588 converse1660 c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 6434 He tok sire Conan by þe hond, & on hym low wyþ god semblaunt [Petyt MS. faire semblande]. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 87 Som wikked men sight þat Berthericus hadde good semblant of meny men [L. quod Bercaricus a multis esset salutatus]. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur ii. xvii. 96 He sawe an hondred ladyes and many knyghtes that welcommed hym with fayr semblaunt. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 81 And Ysiphile on that other syde alwaye in her amerouse semblants and Regardes. 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer ii. f. cccxlviiv And she aperceyuyng this fantasye in myne herte, gan her semblaunt goodly on me caste. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. x. sig. Nn6 A minde which could cast a carelesse semblant vppon the greatest conflictes of Fortune. 1598 B. Yong tr. J. de Montemayor Diana 49 Whereupon Doria with a gratious semblant answered her thus againe. < as lemmas |
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