单词 | outstare |
释义 | outstarev. transitive. To stare longer or harder than; to discomfit by staring; to look at (the sun, etc.) without blinking or flinching. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > stare or gaze at bestarec1220 bigapea1250 to gape atc1290 fix14.. to stick one's eyes in (also into)c1485 attacha1500 porec1500 to take feeding (of)c1500 stare1510 (to have) in gaze1577 gaze1591 outstare1596 over-stare1600 devour1628 trysta1694 ogle1795 begaze1802 toise1888 fixate1889 rubberneck1897 eyeball1901 the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > treat impudently [verb (transitive)] > oppose or confront impudently face1465 overfacec1475 outface?1499 to face down (also out)1530 out-countenancec1585 outstare1596 outlook1599 nose1632 to stare down1798 out-breast1839 1596 A. Copley Fig for Fortune 61 T'was heauen to see what Rain-bowe rayes it yeelded Whiles euerie gem ambitiously contended T'out-stare each others starry neighbourhed. 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iii. v. sig. E4v I will..Outstare the terror of thy grimme aspect. 1646 R. Crashaw Steps to Temple 129 The Eagles eye, that can Out-stare the broad-beam'd Dayes Meridian. 1679 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Trag. Thierry & Theodoret I. i. 450 These truths are no mans tales, but all mens troubles, They are, though your strange greatness would out-stare u'm. 1734 H. Carey Trag. Chrononhotonthologos 11 I'll tear thine Eye-balls from their Leaden-sockets, And force thee to outstare Eternity. 1799 J. Grahame Wallace ii. vii. 44 The tyrant's frown, his furious eye I'll meet, Nor lower mine.—I could outstare the sun! 1855 P. J. Bailey Mystic 47 He sate and all the stars outstared, Gazing them down, dog, centaur, eagle, bull. 1879 G. Meredith Egoist I. xv. 287 The prospect offered to her courage if she would only outstare shame and seem at home in the doings of wickedness. 1901 ‘G. Douglas’ House with Green Shutters xi. 99 Remembering their first encounter the grocer tried to outstare him, but Gourlay hardened his glower and the grocer blinked. 1943 K. Tennant Ride on Stranger v. 48 He dived under the seat as they drew in at a station. The ranks drew together and out-stared the ticket-examiner. 1988 M. Atwood Cat's Eye (1989) ii. 4 Cordelia sits..staring blankly at the other people with her grey-green eyes... She can outstare anyone. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1596 |
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