| 单词 | in lost profile |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin lost profile b. in profile: (esp. of a person's face or head) as seen from one side; side-on. in lost profile: as seen from a position in which the subject is more than half turned away from the onlooker (cf. profil perdu n.). ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > specific directions > [phrase] > from the side in purfle1609 in profile1668 1668 J. Evelyn tr. R. Fréart Idea Perfection Painting 37 The Eye of Paris, which..he has represented in Profile. a1719 J. Addison Dialogues Medals in Wks. (1721) I. iii. 538 Till about the end of the third Century..I do not remember to have seen the head of a Roman Emperor drawn with a full face. They always appear in profil, to use a French term of art. 1787 ‘M. A. Porny’ Elements Heraldry (ed. 4) Three Blackamoors' Heads in Profile..banded Argent and Gules. 1840 E. A. Poe Ligeia in Tales of Grotesque & Arabesque I. 100 I knew that he was not asleep, from the wide and rigid opening of the eye as I caught a glance of it in profile. 1895 T. Hardy Jude v. ii. 336 She may have seemed handsome enough in profile under the lamps, but a frowsiness was apparent this morning. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiii. [Nausicaa] 353 Didn't let her see me in profile. 1967 W. Ames Prince Albert & Victorian Taste xi. 139 The Duke..is seen in lost profile, with just enough of his nose and chin showing to be unmistakable. 2002 J. Cunliffe Encycl. Dog Breeds (new ed.) 30/2 Globular eyes are round in shape and somewhat prominent, although they are not bulging in profile. < as lemmas |
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