单词 | sous-entendu |
释义 | sous-entendun. Something not expressed but left to be understood by the hearer or reader. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > [noun] feelc1485 inkling1529 intimation1531 insinuation1532 by-warning1542 byword1542 item1561 cue1565 air1567 vent1613 insusurration1614 hinta1616 injection1622 indication1626 infusion1641 side glance1693 ground bass1699 touch1706 side view1747 sidewipe1757 allusion1766 penumbra1770 breath1795 slyness1823 by-hint1853 light1854 shove1857 suggestion1863 sous-entendu1865 point1870 sidewiper1870 sniff1936 1865 J. S. Mill Exam. Hamilton's Philos. xxii. 442 No shadow of justification is shown for thus..adopting into logic a mere sous-entendu of common conversation in its most unprecise form. 1907 W. De Morgan Alice-for-Short xxxii. 332 She knew well enough that the unheard portions of the conversation were worse than what had reached her ears, and the sous-entendus probably still worse than they. 1972 Times Lit. Suppl. 31 Mar. 374/3 It is satisfyingly like other such duets, though embellished at least once with an erotic sous-entendu. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1865 |
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