单词 | gêne |
释义 | gênen.1 Constraint, embarrassment, discomfort. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > [noun] drovinga1400 vexation1413 molestation1435 inquietation1461 inquieting1527 hershipc1540 pesterment1593 gêne1787 harassment1893 the mind > emotion > humility > feeling of shame > [noun] > embarrassment embarras1627 constraint1706 embarrassment1751 gêne1787 1787 W. Beckford Portuguese Jrnl. 17 Oct. (1954) 233 They experience all the gêne of sultans, without their power or their luxuries. 1817 H. C. B. Campbell Jrnl. 17 Oct. in Journey to Florence (1951) 108 I dislike seeing such things in a crowd particularly in an English one. There is a certain gêne which they always occasion. 1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel II. vii. xxi. 283 This will prevent a great deal of gêne and constraint. 1914 P. G. Wodehouse Man Upstairs 257 The advent of an unbidden guest rarely fails to produce a certain gêne. 1953 R. A. Knox Off Record p. ix He is condemned to listen to one side of a telephone conversation, with something of the gêne which that exercise entails. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11787 |
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