| 单词 | to cut a flash |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto cut a flash a. Superficial brilliancy; ostentation, display; also †brilliant distinction, ‘éclat’ (obsolete). †Phr. to cut a flash (cf. dash n.1 10). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [noun] > (an) ostentatious display > more ostentatious display flourish1598 ornament1600 braverya1627 pageantrya1646 flash1674 overbloom1880 top-dressing1884 the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > make ostentatious display or show off [verb (intransitive)] brandishc1340 ruffle1484 braga1556 swash1556 flourish1563 flaunt1566 prank1567 prink1573 to shake, wag the feather1581 peacockize1598 air1605 display1608 to launch it out1608 flasha1616 to cut it out1619 flare1633 vapour1652 peacock1654 spark1676 to gallantrize it1693 bosh1709 glare1712 to cut a bosh1726 to show away1728 to figure away, off1749 parade1749 to cut a dashc1771 dash1786 to cut up1787 to cut a flash1795 to make, or cut, a splash1804 swank1809 to come out strong1825 to cut a spludge1831 to cut it (too) fat1836 pavonize1838 splurge1844 to do the grand1847 to cut a swath1848 to cut a splurge1860 to fan out1860 spread1860 skyre1871 fluster1876 to strut one's stuff1926 showboat1937 floss1938 style1968 1674 S. Vincent Young Gallant's Acad. 97 Whose Entertainments to those of a higher rank are..not only flash and meer Complement. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 59. ¶1 Pedants..are apt to decry the Writings of a polite Author, as Flash and Froth. 1755 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 118/1 Berry gave him a crown..to make a flash with to the boys. 1780 F. Burney Let. June in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (2003) IV. 141 Miss Weston, whose delicacy gave way to gaity & flash whether she would or not. 1783 C. Burney Jrnl. in F. Burney Early Diary (1889) II. 306 I had not a very entertaining evening, but I would not but have been there, for the flash of the thing. 1795 H. Summersett Fate of Sedley I. 50 Some men..cut a flash without any fortune. 1827 R. H. Froude Remains (1838) I. 445 I..shall be drawn..into foolishness and flash, and everything that is disgusting. 1880 T. E. Webb tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust Prel. Theat. 8 Mere flash a moment's interest engages. < as lemmas |
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