| 单词 | to give colour |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto give (also lend) colour P6. to give (also lend) colour: (originally) to give a specious appearance of truth to an idea, opinion, etc.; to afford a ground or pretext for an action; (now typically without necessary sense of pretence) to give support or plausibility to. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > support or encourage [verb (transitive)] > take someone's side or side with > ostensibly to give (also lend) colour1582 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > create or maintain appearance [phrase] to have some show1556 to set a face on (something)1590 to save or keep up appearances1603 to give (also lend) colour1687 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > attest, bear witness [verb (transitive)] > support, corroborate fasteneOE i-sothea925 sustainc1325 witness1362 approvec1380 confirmc1384 affirma1393 justifya1393 to bear outa1475 corrobore1485 uphold1485 nourisha1522 underpinc1522 to countenance outa1529 favoura1530 soothe1544 strengthen1548 comfort1593 second1596 accredit1598 evidencea1601 warrantise1600 compact1608 back1612 thickena1616 accreditate1654 shoulder1674 support1691 corroborate1706 carry1835 to give (also lend) colour1921 1582 R. Parsons Def. Censure 13 By excluding councels, fathers, and auncitours of the churche..to reserue vnto them selues libertie, and authoritie to make what meaning of Scripture they please, and thereby to gyue colour to euerye fansie they list to teache. a1641 J. Webster & T. Heywood Appius & Virginia (1654) iv. 43 Dead? no my Lord, belike they were of counsel with your deceased Lady, and so sham'd twice to give colour to so vile an act. 1687 H. Care Modest Enq. iv. 60 Indirect means to advance and lend Colours to the supporting or spreading the Honour, the Pomp and Empire of the See of Rome. 1771 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) V. 454 St. Paul..gives you no colour for making void the law. 1790 W. Paley Horæ Paulinæ i. 2 In order to give colour and probability to the fraud. 1846 R. C. Trench Christ Desire of All Nations ii. 37 The slightest hint that seems to give a colour to..hope. 1896 H. L. Tangye In New S. Afr. v. 326 This lends some colour to the theory that the inhabitants adapted themselves..to the practice of the country and lived in dagher huts. 1921 E. Sapir Lang. vi. 155 Facts such as these seem to lend color to the suspicion that..we are confronted by something deeper. 1977 P. L. Fermor Time of Gifts (1979) ii. 65 The river..churns perilously enough to give colour to the stories of ships and sailors beckoned to destruction. 1991 Amer. Heritage Nov. 146/3 You may acquire serendipitously a useful anecdote or background information that lends color and authenticity to an account. < as lemmas |
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