单词 | to put to the blush |
释义 | > as lemmasto put to the blush b. to put to the blush: to cause to blush, put to shame. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > feeling of shame > blushing with shame or modesty > cause to blush [verb (transitive)] to put to the blush1647 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. iv. 15 They doe it with that solemne reverence as may put all the Christian world to the blush. 1710 ‘J. Touchwood’ Quixote Redivivus 7 It has put to the blush..the best Performances of an Apelles. 1858 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 8 Jan. in French & Italian Notebks. (1980) i. 14 The light stone,..untarnished by smoke.., puts London to the blush, if a blush could be seen through its dingy face. < as lemmas |
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