| 单词 | boot-faced |
| 释义 | > as lemmasboot-faced boot-faced adj. [ < phrase to have a sea boot face, see quot. 1925] colloquial grim-faced, sad-faced; with an expressionless face. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] > of the appearance or face louring13.. sada1375 frowningc1386 fluishc1460 Lentena1500 glumming1526 Friday-faced1583 becloudeda1586 gash1589 dark1593 mumping1594 hanging1607 fiddle-facedc1785 murky1830 unsunned1838 thought-ladena1847 unsunny1859 unhappy-looking1863 unhappy-faced1876 boot-faced1958 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 253 To have a sea boot face, to look gloomy. 1942 M. Dickens One Pair of Feet viii. 180 Everyone wore a face like a boot.] 1958 A. Graham Foreign Affair ix. 111 Laughing nervously at the boot-faced British. 1961 Bookseller 12 Aug. 1080/3 Commenting on this remarkable achievement..the Times is nicely bootfaced. 1965 J. Porter Dover Two ix. 108 He came down to breakfast more boot-faced than ever and lost no time in burying himself in the morning paper. < as lemmas |
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