单词 | to escape lips |
释义 | > as lemmasto escape (a person's) lips a. Chiefly plural. Considered as one of the organs of speech; often in figurative contexts. (In early examples chiefly in literalisms from the Vulgate) †to lift or move a lip: to utter even the slightest word against. to escape (a person's) lips: see escape v. 2b. to hang on (a person's) lips: to listen with rapt attention to his speech. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > [noun] > utterance of vocal sound > means of lipc1020 mouthOE the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > mouth > [noun] > lip or lips lipc1020 ruby1592 labraa1616 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > criticize [verb (transitive)] reprehendc1400 murmur1424 discommenda1500 belack1531 to find fault (with, at)c1540 scan?c1550 fault1563 pinch1567 to lift or move a lip1579 raign1581 reflect1605 criminate1645 criticize1652 nick1668 critic1697 chop1712 stricture1851 to get on to ——1895 chip1898 rap1899 nitpick1956 c1020 Rule St. Benet (1888) xxxviii. 69 Mine lippan þu geopena & min muð. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 124 Ich am amon wið fulede lippen. c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 266/192 Heo ne wawede leome non bote hire lippene vnneþe Ȝware-with heo seide hire oresun. a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 38 Heo haþ a mury mouht to mele, wiþ lefly rede lippes lele, romaunz forte rede. c1480 (a1400) St. Thais 147 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 219 Na ȝet þi lyppis suld nocht be opnyt to pray the trinite. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. QQviiiv And ye locke of good aduysement shalbe set on our lyppes. 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 42/2 We may not once moue the lippe against them. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. iii. 238 Peace Troyan, lay thy finger on thy lips . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. ii. 80 Mercie then will breathe within your lips . View more context for this quotation 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 91 Atheisme is rather in the Lip, than in the Heart of Man. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 56 From his Lip Not Words alone pleas'd her. View more context for this quotation 1704 Good Expedient for Innocence & Peace in Harl. Misc. (1746) VIII. 14/2 It might appear a Crime to lift a Lip against, or return any Answer to this Objection. 1781 W. Cowper Expostulation 44 Hypocrisy, formality in prayer, And the dull service of the lip, were there. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Gardener's Daughter in Poems (new ed.) II. 21 Not less among us lived Her fame from lip to lip. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xi. 127 John Hampden..produced a composition..too vituperative to suit the lips of the Speaker. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 238 Unless I hear the contrary from your own lips. 1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity II. 427 If the Christianity of the lips is consistent with anti-Christianity of life. < as lemmas |
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