单词 | blenching |
释义 | blenchingn. The action of blench v.1: ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [noun] > (a) deviation from straight course blenching1398 turna1400 misdrawing?a1425 swerving1545 digression1552 sklenting1568 excursion1603 diverting1611 diversion1626 deflection1646 deflexure1656 prevarication1672 deviation1675 evagation1692 departurea1694 swerve1736 twist1798 out-throw1855 throw1858 turnaway1922 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) xii. xxxix. 436 The reremous fleeth in the eue tyde wyth brekynge and blenchynge and swyfte meuynge. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [noun] > movements of eye > winking or blinking prinkOE twinklinga1300 blenching1393 twink14.. blenking?a1505 twinking1519 twinkle1548 connivance1596 winka1616 nictation1623 shailing1653 nictitation1794 blinking1871 blink1924 bat1932 saccade1953 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 8 I stonde still, withoute blenching of min eye. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) ii. v. 32 Angels..beholde streyght..in god..wythout blenchynge of theyr eyen. c. flinching, quailing, loss of courage. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > [noun] > cowering or blenching funking1823 blenching1868 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > shrinking or recoiling wondingc1440 recoil1567 shrinking1580 flinching1600 shrugginga1617 reluctancea1628 blanching1642 smaying1678 shying1796 flinch1817 funking1823 blenching1868 recoiling1892 1868 J. Doran Saints & Sinners II. 186 He saw without blenching the rope by which he was to be strangled. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2019). blenchingadj. Causing the eyes to turn away or flinch. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > causing physical symptoms > [adjective] > causing flinching blenching1833 1833 E. B. Browning Grief in Poems (1850) I. 326 Under the blenching, vertical eye-glare Of the absolute Heavens. 1850 E. B. Browning tr. Æschylus Prometheus Bound (rev. ed.) in Poems (new ed.) I. 186 Let him now hurl his blenching lightnings down. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < |
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