| 单词 | to girn at |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto girn at a. intransitive. To show the teeth in rage, pain, disappointment, etc.; to snarl as a dog; to complain persistently; to be fretful or peevish. Also to girn at. Now only northern and Scottish. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > manifestation of anger > show anger [verb (intransitive)] > look angry > draw back lips in anger grinOE to grin the teethc1430 girnc1440 tusk1616 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [verb (intransitive)] > growl girnc1440 rase1440 narr1509 snar1530 whurl1530 arr1600 yarr1611 the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain [verb (intransitive)] > peevishly or querulously whingea1150 girnc1440 whine1530 whimper1549 hone1621 peenge1791 nyaff1808 bellyache1889 the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > peevishness > be or become peevish [verb (intransitive)] to take (the) pet1590 pet1629 tiff1727 girn1837 gummidge1889 c1440 York Myst. xxxiii. 23 Þat gome þat gyrnes or gales, I myself sall hym hurte full sore. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) iv. 322 Than lukit he awfully thame to, And said, gyrnand, ‘hangis & drawis!’ 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ix. ii. 65 The wyld wolf..Abowt the bowght, plet all of wandis tyght, Bayis and gyrnis. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. xii. sig. Y5 His face was vgly, and his countenance sterne..And gaped like a gulfe, when he did gerne . View more context for this quotation 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xvii. 140 The old Trot for a while remained silent, pensive, and girning like a Dog. 1724 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (1733) I. 31 We hang our lugs and wi' a gloom, Girn'd at stockjobbing ane and a'. 1790 A. Wilson Poems 39 While chaunrin' Critics girn an' growl, An' curse whate'er they light on. 1837 R. Nicoll Poems (1843) 133 She's girnin' at e'enin'—she's girnin' at morn—a' hours o' the day in my flesh she's a thorn. 1855 R. Browning Old Pictures in Florence ix The mastiff girns And the puppy pack of poodles yelp. 1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies v. 183 How she [sc. the otter] did grin and girn when she saw Tom. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped vi. 50 He's a wicked auld man, and there's many would like to see him girning in a tow. < as lemmas |
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