| 单词 | line of fortune |
| 释义 | > as lemmasline of fortune b. A furrow or seam in the face or hands. In Palmistry: A mark on the palm of the hand supposed to indicate one's fate, temperament, or abilities; e.g. line of life, line of fortune, line of the head, line of the heart, line of health; also hepatic line, line of the liver (see liver n.1 and adj.2 Phrases 1). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > textures or states of skin > [noun] > wrinkle rimpleeOE rivellingOE rivelc1325 crow's footc1374 frounce1390 wrinklea1400 frumplec1440 freckle1519 line1538 lirkc1540 shrivel1547 plait1574 furrow1589 trench1594 crowfoot1614 seam1765 thought-line1858 laughter line1867 laugh line1913 smile-line1921 worry lines1972 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > palmistry > [noun] > mark on the hand line1538 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > palmistry > [noun] > mark on the hand > line of life line of life1538 lifeline1571 vital line1653 vitala1824 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Incisuræ,..the lynes in the palme of the hande. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 56 The small lynes in our hande. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. ii. 155 I shall haue good fortune; goe too, heere's a simple lyne of life. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. ii. 74 He does smile his face into more lynes, then is in the new Mappe. View more context for this quotation a1637 B. Jonson Masque of Gypsies 58 in tr. Horace Art of Poetry (1640) You..meane not to marry by the line of your life. 1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie i. 42 The Line of Life, or of the Heart... He that hath this..entire, long, clear and ruddy,..he shall live a happy life. 1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie i. 42 Line of liver, liver line [see [see liver n.1 and adj.2 Phrases 1]. , [see liver line n. at Compounds 3]. ]. a1716 R. South 12 Serm. (1717) V. 276 No more than he can read the future Estate of his Soul in the Lines of his Face. 1843 H. W. Longfellow Spanish Student iii. v. 156 The line of life is crossed by many marks. 1895 I. Zangwill Master iii. ii. 290 There were lines of premature age on the handsome face. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XX. 650/1 at Palmistry A line starting above the head of the second metacarpal bone and crossing the hand to the middle of its ulnar border is the line of the head. < as lemmas |
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