单词 | to look old-fashioned at |
释义 | > as lemmasto look old-fashioned at 4. Disapproving, sullen, reproachful, used esp. of facial expression. Also as adv.: in a disapproving, reproachful or quizzical manner. Frequently in to give (a person) an old-fashioned look, to look old-fashioned at (a person).Quot. 1911 may belong in sense A. 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [adverb] unfavourably1460 frowningly1556 unhappily1623 badly1660 disapprovingly1759 avertedly1867 pejoratively1890 old-fashioned1911 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [adjective] > relating to facial expression > (having) specific facial expression cheeredc1225 fieryc1390 hanging-dog1667 hang-dog1677 rock-faced1741 anxious-looking1809 sparkling1837 quizzical1859 poutful1886 old-fashioned1911 rock-like1948 1911 F. H. Burnett Secret Garden xvii. 181 She..examined them with a solemn savage little face. She looked so sour and old-fashioned that the nurse turned her head aside to hide the twitching of her mouth. a1922 T. S. Eliot Waste Land Drafts (1971) 13 No, ma'am, you needn't look old-fashioned at me. 1926 S. Jameson Three Kingdoms vi. 154 Laurence listened, said: ‘Oh. Bring her up in two minutes,’ and gave Macdougal what he mentally classified as an old-fashioned look. 1933 E. Williams Late Christopher Bean ii. 51 I was wrong thinking wrong things, and acting so old fashioned with you. 1943 P. Cheyney You can always Duck i. 15 She looks at me sorta old-fashioned. 1959 ‘R. Simons’ Houseboat Killings xiii. 133 The commissionaire gave them an old-fashioned look as they spun the revolving doors, but it was lost on Wace. 2010 L. Dean Old Romantic xvii. 83 Roger had given her an old-fashioned look and she'd had to stop herself smiling. < as lemmas |
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