| 单词 | to compose one's countenance |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto compose one's countenance a. To set in proper order, or in a position of rest; to arrange, adjust; e.g. to set (the body) in the posture of sleep or repose. to compose one's countenance: to adjust the features so that they express no emotion. (Cf. composed adj. 4.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > place into or assume a posture [verb (transitive)] > recumbent position or position of rest or repose lie1387 compose1700 the mind > emotion > calmness > become composed or calm [verb (intransitive)] > compose face or appearance to compose one's countenance1859 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite iii, in Fables 65 At length in Sleep their Bodies they compose. 1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful iv. §19. 149 The whole body is composed, and the hands fall idly to the sides. 1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 446 First we stroke An eyebrow, next compose a straggling lock. 1813 W. Scott Rokeby i. ii. 5 Ere sleep [his] senses tied, Oft had he changed his weary side, Composed his limbs. 1859 W. M. Thackeray Virginians ix He tried to compose his countenance as well as he could: it was impossible that he should explain to his hostess..why he was angry. < as lemmas |
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