| 单词 | in affront |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin affront P1. in affront: in displeasure or indignation at a (perceived) insult or offence; with affronted feeling. ΚΠ 1806 G. H. Wilson Eccentric Mirror I. 23 The whole company would have retired in affront. 1856 W. W. Lloyd in S. W. Singer Dramatic Wks. Shakespeare II. 203 Sympathy is balked and puzzled, and would rebel in affront. 1910 Interior 21 July 1006/2 He chases the flickers [= woodpeckers], ant-hunting in the grass, who rise to the tree trunks in affront. 1998 E. Whitton Cartel xli. 220 Judges reel in affront when reporters respectfully decline to name them. < as lemmas |
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