| 单词 | to cut a curvet |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto cut a curvet 25. To perform or execute (an action, gesture, or display of a grotesque, striking, or notable kind): chiefly in certain established phrases, as to cut a caper at caper n.2 b, to cut a dash at dash n.1 10, to cut a figure at figure n. 7, to cut a joke at joke n. 1, to cut a voluntary at voluntary n. 7. Also, to cut an antic, to cut a curvet, to cut a flourish; to cut faces, to make grimaces, distort the features. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > do [verb (transitive)] > something remarkable or grotesque cuta1616 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > face with expression or expression > face with expression [verb (intransitive)] > distort fleer?a1400 mowc1450 snowrec1450 to make (also pull) a facec1522 to throw one's facea1525 pot1549 mop1567 murgeonc1586 to cut facesa1616 wrimple1657 work1753 grimace1762 mowl1837 wrinkle1843 mug1856 girn1900 a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) i. iii. 116 And. Faith, I can cut a caper. To. And I can cut the Mutton too't. View more context for this quotation < as lemmas |
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