单词 | outshame |
释义 | outshamev. transitive. Originally: to outdo in shamefulness. Now also: to put to shame. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > [verb (transitive)] > outdo in shamefulness outshamea1661 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > [verb (transitive)] > put to shame shendc825 ofshameOE forlesec1200 to bring, shape, turn to shamea1250 to put to shamea1250 confoundc1290 confusec1350 rebuke1529 beshame?1567 disgrace1593 outshame1824 a1661 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Satyres (1673) 22 This baggage quite all civil war out-shames. 1800 Ann. Reg. 1798 (Otridge ed.) Hist. Europe 230/2 The indecency of those appearances far out-shamed any thing of a similar nature that had ever been exhibited. 1824 T. Ferby Young Girl x Why blast the prospects of thy life; Out-shame thy sex's feelings tender? 1896 Catholic World Mar. 841 O shameless one! beyond all shame outshamed. 1914 W. S. Blunt Poet. Wks. I. 188 Let me outshame the shame of thy face, outblush thy blushes. Let me teach thee what Love can dare. 1970 Amer. Hist. Rev. 75 1095 Much has been written about the Renaissance love for antiquity, yet the spoliation of antique monuments in fifteenth-century Rome outshamed the medievals. 1977 W. H. Manville Good-bye xxxv. 314 The potlatch Indians of the Pacific Northwest who ritually burn their wealth to outshame their enemies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.a1661 |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。