英语词汇“to make a face”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

to make (also pull) a face: to distort the features in a grimace (sometimes with modifying word).

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > face with expression or expression > face with expression [verb (intransitive)] > distort

fleer?a1400

mowc1450

snowrec1450

to make (also pull) a facec1522

to throw one's facea1525

pot1549

mop1567

murgeonc1586

to cut facesa1616

wrimple1657

work1753

grimace1762

mowl1837

wrinkle1843

mug1856

girn1900

c1522 T. More Treat. Memorare Nouissima in Wks. (1557) I. 72/2 This medicyne thoughe thou make a sowre face at it, is not so bytter.

1570 T. North tr. A. F. Doni Moral Philos. (1888) III. 184 The poore Birde when he saw hir make that face to him was halfe afraide.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. iv. 65 Why do you make such faces?

1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 7. 47 He will..make Faces at the Burgundian Grape.

1786 R. Heber Let. 27 Feb. in Heber Lett. (1950) i. 33 This unexpected return of hard weather makes us farmers who are short of hay..pull very long faces.

1841 T. Hood Tale of Trumpet ii, in New Monthly Mag. June 274 Just suppose..You see a great fellow a-pulling a face.

1877 ‘Mrs. Forrester’ Mignon I. 162 Don't pull sucht a long face.

1890 G. M. Fenn Double Knot I. i. 71 Making what children call ‘a face’, by screwing up her mouth and nose.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. 124 He made a comic face and whined, rubbing his knee.

c1936 D. Thomas Coll. Lett. (1987) 241 I'd sell my toes to see you now my dear..and make a funny face at you.

1980 O. Clark Diary 11 Aug. (1998) 105 Jerry..pulled a face and later said, ‘Every time I see her she slaps another writ or sues me.’

2007 Wired May 65/3 ‘What do you think’? she asks. ‘Owah’! I say, and make a face.

†c. to make a (good, great) face: to make a (good, great) show or pretence. Obsolete.

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1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cclxix. f. clxiii/1 He gauged ye depnesse of the dyche with a speare..he assayled it nat..but made a good face so to do.

1533 T. More Apol. xlvii, in Wks. 920/2 In some place of the same dyoces..they haue made a great face.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 265 They..made good face and shewe to fight with the Englishe men.

1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. i. x. sig. F.viij/2 Many..haue the skill..to make a face as thoughe they loued them [sc. friends].

1661 J. Phillips Wit & Drollery 221 [The Orator] to the Chancellour makes a great face Swell'd in puff-paste of Eloquence vast.

单词	to make a face
释义	> as lemmas to make (also pull) a face to make (also pull) a face: to distort the features in a grimace (sometimes with modifying word). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > face with expression or expression > face with expression [verb (intransitive)] > distort fleer?a1400 mowc1450 snowrec1450 to make (also pull) a facec1522 to throw one's facea1525 pot1549 mop1567 murgeonc1586 to cut facesa1616 wrimple1657 work1753 grimace1762 mowl1837 wrinkle1843 mug1856 girn1900 c1522 T. More Treat. Memorare Nouissima in Wks. (1557) I. 72/2 This medicyne thoughe thou make a sowre face at it, is not so bytter. 1570 T. North tr. A. F. Doni Moral Philos. (1888) III. 184 The poore Birde when he saw hir make that face to him was halfe afraide. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. iv. 65 Why do you make such faces? View more context for this quotation 1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 7. 47 He will..make Faces at the Burgundian Grape. 1786 R. Heber Let. 27 Feb. in Heber Lett. (1950) i. 33 This unexpected return of hard weather makes us farmers who are short of hay..pull very long faces. 1841 T. Hood Tale of Trumpet ii, in New Monthly Mag. June 274 Just suppose..You see a great fellow a-pulling a face. 1877 ‘Mrs. Forrester’ Mignon I. 162 Don't pull sucht a long face. 1890 G. M. Fenn Double Knot I. i. 71 Making what children call ‘a face’, by screwing up her mouth and nose. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. 124 He made a comic face and whined, rubbing his knee. c1936 D. Thomas Coll. Lett. (1987) 241 I'd sell my toes to see you now my dear..and make a funny face at you. 1980 O. Clark Diary 11 Aug. (1998) 105 Jerry..pulled a face and later said, ‘Every time I see her she slaps another writ or sues me.’ 2007 Wired May 65/3 ‘What do you think’? she asks. ‘Owah’! I say, and make a face. extracted from facen. to make a (good, great) face †c. to make a (good, great) face: to make a (good, great) show or pretence. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cclxix. f. clxiii/1 He gauged ye depnesse of the dyche with a speare..he assayled it nat..but made a good face so to do. 1533 T. More Apol. xlvii, in Wks. 920/2 In some place of the same dyoces..they haue made a great face. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 265 They..made good face and shewe to fight with the Englishe men. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. i. x. sig. F.viij/2 Many..haue the skill..to make a face as thoughe they loued them [sc. friends]. 1661 J. Phillips Wit & Drollery 221 [The Orator] to the Chancellour makes a great face Swell'd in puff-paste of Eloquence vast. extracted from facen. < as lemmas
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