| 单词 | to make it strange |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make it coy (also nice, proud, quaint, stout, strange, tough) b. transitive. Similarly to make it with adjective complement. to make it coy (also nice, proud, quaint, stout, strange, tough): to behave in a coy (proud, etc.) manner: see the adjectives. to make it goodly: to give oneself airs. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > be affected or act affectedly [verb (intransitive)] to make it goodlyc1325 bride?1533 affect1600 mimp1673 to give oneself airs1701 fal-lal1818 pose1840 posturize1850 attitudinize1864 primp1875 posture1877 lardy-dardy1887 to put (or pile) on lugs1889 la-di-da1901 profile1970 the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > pretend to superiority [verb (intransitive)] to make it goodlyc1325 usurpc1400 to take state upon one1597 to come over ——1600 to gentilize it1607 to state it1625 to give oneself airs1701 to put on airs1715 to mount (also ride) the high horse1782 to put on (the) dog1865 to get (also have) notions1866 to put on side1870 to have a roll on1881 to put (or pile) on lugs1889 side1890 to put on the Ritz1921 c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 10498 (MED) Þe king glosede her & þer & made it somdel touȝt, Ac þo it com to þe strengþe he nolde it graunti nouȝt. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 3863 Thanne Shame cam forth full symply..Humble of hir port, and made it symple, Weryng a vayle in stide of wymple. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Faire la petite bouche, to mince, or simper it; to make it goodly. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Faire la sadinette, to mince it, nicefie it, make it dainty, to be verie squeamish. to make (it) strange 13. to make (it) strange: to make difficulties, refuse to assent or comply, be reluctant or unwilling; to hold back, keep a stand-off attitude; to be distant or unfriendly; to affect coyness; to pretend not to understand; to affect or feel surprise, dislike, indignation, etc. Const. of (= about) a matter, etc.; to (do something); also to make strange at. extracted from strangeadj.n.ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > be unwilling [verb (intransitive)] nillOE loathea1200 to make it tough1297 forthinka1300 reckc1300 ruea1400 to make (it) strangec1405 to make strangenessc1407 stick1418 resistc1425 to make (it) strange?1456 steek1478 tarrowc1480 doubt1483 sunyie1488 to make (it) nice1530 stay1533 shentc1540 to make courtesy (at)1542 to make it scrupulous1548 to think (it) much1548 to make dainty of (anything)1555 to lie aback1560 stand1563 steek1573 to hang back1581 erch1584 to make doubt1586 to hang the groin1587 to make scruple (also a, no, etc., scruple)1589 yearn1597 to hang the winga1601 to make squeamish1611 smay1632 bogglea1638 to hang off1641 waver1643 reluct1648 shy1650 reluctate1655 stickle1656 scruple1660 to make boggle1667 revere1689 begrudge1690 to have scruples1719 stopc1738 bitch1777 reprobate1779 crane1823 disincline1885 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > be discourteous [verb (intransitive)] > not be affable to make oneself strange1390 to make (it) strangec1405 to make (it) strange1598 to wait one's distance1600 to wait one's distance1642 starch1698 prim1721 to cast snowballs1725 to put on the stranger1809 to show the cold shoulder1816 stiffen1864 to play hard to get1929 society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > separate or isolate [verb (transitive)] > stand aloof from to make it strangec1405 c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 60 And straunge he made it of hir mariage. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 515 He made it straunge, and swoor so god hym saue Lasse than a thousand pound he wolde nat haue. c1440 Gesta Romanorum xlix. 220 What! deer love, whi makest þow hit nowe so straunge to me? a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) lxxviii. sig. Tviv Though that she make it straunge & deny you at the fyrst, yet be not ashamed therwith & she shall loue you the better. 1575 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure (rev. ed.) I. lvi. f. 249v The husbande hearinge him saye so, commaunded his wyfe to kisse him, which she did although she made it straunge, either for the Lords desire or for husbands request to do the same. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) i. ii. 103 She makes it strange, but she would be best pleas'd To be so angred with another Letter. View more context for this quotation b. to make strange. Also (esp. in earlier use) const. at, of. Now dialect and North American. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > present difficulties [verb (intransitive)] > make difficulties to make (it) strange?1456 stickle1656 the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > be unwilling [verb (intransitive)] nillOE loathea1200 to make it tough1297 forthinka1300 reckc1300 ruea1400 to make (it) strangec1405 to make strangenessc1407 stick1418 resistc1425 to make (it) strange?1456 steek1478 tarrowc1480 doubt1483 sunyie1488 to make (it) nice1530 stay1533 shentc1540 to make courtesy (at)1542 to make it scrupulous1548 to think (it) much1548 to make dainty of (anything)1555 to lie aback1560 stand1563 steek1573 to hang back1581 erch1584 to make doubt1586 to hang the groin1587 to make scruple (also a, no, etc., scruple)1589 yearn1597 to hang the winga1601 to make squeamish1611 smay1632 bogglea1638 to hang off1641 waver1643 reluct1648 shy1650 reluctate1655 stickle1656 scruple1660 to make boggle1667 revere1689 begrudge1690 to have scruples1719 stopc1738 bitch1777 reprobate1779 crane1823 disincline1885 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > be discourteous [verb (intransitive)] > not be affable to make oneself strange1390 to make (it) strangec1405 to make (it) strange1598 to wait one's distance1600 to wait one's distance1642 starch1698 prim1721 to cast snowballs1725 to put on the stranger1809 to show the cold shoulder1816 stiffen1864 to play hard to get1929 ?1456 T. Howes in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 160 Whan he maket straunge to ley dowun the condempnacion. 1549 Duke of Somerset in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) II. ii. 102 If they shal make strange to have the same [treaty] so confirmed. a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) v. vi. sig. H.iiijv Thei wer not angry then. M. M. Yes at first, & made strange. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Delicium Delicias facere, to make strange and dally, because he would be intreated. 1598 G. Chapman Blinde Begger of Alexandria sig. D2v Therefore beautious Ladie make not strange, To take a freind and adde vnto thy Ioyes. 1602 S. Rowlands Greenes Ghost 46 Maister Doctor at the first made strange of the matter, and seemed verie loth to deale in it. 1633 J. Ford 'Tis Pitty shee's Whore ii. sig. C4 v Sir now you know my house, pray make not strange. 1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion ix. 18 This brown lasse did make a request to the Shepherd for her, but at the first he seemed to stand off, and to make strange thereat. 1727 D. Defoe Ess. Hist. Apparitions viii. 133 However, she made still strange of it. 1773 C. Dibdin Deserter i. vii. 17 How strange you make of this matter. 1904 Eng. Dial. Dict. V. 804/2 Strange... 1. adj...W[est] m[oreland]. Also said of one who professes to be in ignorance of some matters it is well known he understands. ‘Thoo's neea casion to makt seea strange, thoo knows o' t'time.’ 1937 P. K. Devine Folklore of Newfoundland 33 To make strange, to be afraid or timid. ‘Don't make strange,’ said to a guest sitting down to eat. 1966 Amer. Speech 41 295 [Newfoundland] Don't make strange. Said to make a guest feel at home. 1974 P. Gzowski Bk. about this Country 173/1 The luxury of a babysitter is rare—besides, the baby makes strange, and no babysitter with knowledge aforehand would come near! to make it strange ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > be unwilling [verb (intransitive)] nillOE loathea1200 to make it tough1297 forthinka1300 reckc1300 ruea1400 to make (it) strangec1405 to make strangenessc1407 stick1418 resistc1425 to make (it) strange?1456 steek1478 tarrowc1480 doubt1483 sunyie1488 to make (it) nice1530 stay1533 shentc1540 to make courtesy (at)1542 to make it scrupulous1548 to think (it) much1548 to make dainty of (anything)1555 to lie aback1560 stand1563 steek1573 to hang back1581 erch1584 to make doubt1586 to hang the groin1587 to make scruple (also a, no, etc., scruple)1589 yearn1597 to hang the winga1601 to make squeamish1611 smay1632 bogglea1638 to hang off1641 waver1643 reluct1648 shy1650 reluctate1655 stickle1656 scruple1660 to make boggle1667 revere1689 begrudge1690 to have scruples1719 stopc1738 bitch1777 reprobate1779 crane1823 disincline1885 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > be discourteous [verb (intransitive)] > not be affable to make oneself strange1390 to make (it) strangec1405 to make (it) strange1598 to wait one's distance1600 to wait one's distance1642 starch1698 prim1721 to cast snowballs1725 to put on the stranger1809 to show the cold shoulder1816 stiffen1864 to play hard to get1929 society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > separate or isolate [verb (transitive)] > stand aloof from to make it strangec1405 c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 60 And straunge he made it of hir mariage. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 515 He made it straunge, and swoor so god hym saue Lasse than a thousand pound he wolde nat haue. c1440 Gesta Romanorum xlix. 220 What! deer love, whi makest þow hit nowe so straunge to me? a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) lxxviii. sig. Tviv Though that she make it straunge & deny you at the fyrst, yet be not ashamed therwith & she shall loue you the better. 1575 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure (rev. ed.) I. lvi. f. 249v The husbande hearinge him saye so, commaunded his wyfe to kisse him, which she did although she made it straunge, either for the Lords desire or for husbands request to do the same. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) i. ii. 103 She makes it strange, but she would be best pleas'd To be so angred with another Letter. View more context for this quotation < as lemmas |
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