单词 | to make a sign |
释义 | > as lemmasto make a sign (also to make signs) a. A gesture or motion used to convey information or instructions. Frequently in to make a sign (also to make signs). ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > [noun] > a gesture sign?c1225 abearc1350 countenancea1375 becka1382 motiona1398 signaclea1450 beckona1718 motioning1843 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 57 Heo schal habbe leaue to..make sines toward hire of an gled chere. c1300 St. Dominic (Laud) l. 262 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 285 Þe Deuel..made him signe ase ho-so seith, [etc.]. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2740 To þe hert & þe hinde he turned him a-ȝeine, & bi certeyn signes sone he hem tauȝt. ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 100 Þai speke noȝt, but..makez signes as mounkes duse. c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1879) l. 2367 She..preyede hym with signys to gon Vn-to the queen..And be signys swor hym manye an oth [etc.]. ?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 53 I haue ane secrete serwand..That me supportis of sic nedis quhen I a syne mak. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 702/2 I spake nothyng to him, but I shewed hym of it by signe otherwise. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. ii. 238 Thou didst vnderstand me by my signes, And didst in signes againe parley with sinne. View more context for this quotation 1626 F. Bacon New Atlantis 4 Warning us off by signes that they made. 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. ii. 121 Then Hudibras with face, and hand, Made signs for Silence. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 454. ⁋4 The Coachmen make Signs with their Fingers..to intimate how much they have got that Day. 1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest II. x. 68 The moment he saw her, he made a sign of silence. 1839 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Resid. Georgian Plantation (1863) 37 More by signs and dumb show than words. 1873 W. H. Dixon Hist. Two Queens III. xvi. ii. 193 Scores of starving men were ready on a sign to hunt him down. 1914 J. Joyce Dubliners 178 Mr Bell..stood ready with his music but the accompanist made no sign. 1950 C. D. Simak Time Quarry in Galaxy Sci. Fiction Nov. 103/1 The man seems to recognize Sutton, makes a cryptic sign, and..dies with a proud grin. 1995 P. Conroy Beach Music (1996) xxviii. 470 When we reached the Waterford River, Ledare gave a sign for Leah to slow down. < as lemmas |
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