| 单词 | at prime face |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat prime face (a) †at prime face: at first sight; = prima facie adv. Obsolete. [Probably after Middle French de prime face (c1377) and its model classical Latin prīmā fācie prima facie adv.] ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > sight of something > [adverb] > at (first) sight at (the, as to the) first sightc1390 at prime facea1413 by the first visage1422 at a lookc1450 on (also upon) (the) view of1489 prima faciec1500 at one sight1508 at the first show of1549 at first gaze1577 prima fronte1622 on (also in) the face of ita1656 on the view1823 a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) iii. l. 919 This accident..was..so lyk a soth at pryme face. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 848 (MED) A comedie hath in his gynnyng, At prime face, a maner compleynyng, And afterward endeth in gladnes. a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) iii. l. 1072 (MED) At pryme face, as me thouhte it due, I hym receyued at his in comyng. < as lemmas |
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