单词 | to the life |
释义 | > as lemmasto the life a. to the life: with lifelike representation of or resemblance to the original (said esp. of a drawing or painting); with fidelity to nature; with exact reproduction of every point or detail. †Formerly with of. †to set oneself out to the life: to adorn oneself with the utmost pains (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautify the person [verb (reflexive)] preenc1395 prunec1395 prank1546 to set oneself out to the life1604 adonize1611 briska1625 tight1775 to make up1778 tighten1786 smarten1796 pretty1868 tart1938 pansy1946 sharpen1952 primp1959 the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adverb] > closely (of resemblance) > with lifelike representation livelyc1405 livinglyc1475 quickly1477 to the quick1531 livelily?1565 to the life1604 naively1640 1604 B. Jonson His Pt. Royall Entertainem. 247 Wherein..the very Site, Fabricke, Strength, Policie, Dignitie and Affections of the cittie were all laide downe to life. 1606 No-body & Some-body sig. D4 Let him be straight imprinted to the life: His picture shall be set on euery stall. 1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 19 To frame of their own heads as it were with wax a kinde of Mimick Bishop limm'd out to the life of a dead Priesthood. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ ii. vii. §12 The shadow or dark representation of that which was to be drawn afterwards to the greatest life. 1678 tr. A. de Courtin Rules Civility (rev. ed.) xix. 268 To reflect upon a Lady..for having set her self out to the life in order to some evil design. 1702 in J. Ashton Social Life Reign of Queen Anne (1882) I. 283 Effigies..Curiously done in Wax to the Life. a1758 A. Ramsay Some of Contents Ever-green (1761) vii The girnand wyfe, Fleming and Scot haif painted to the lyfe. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. ii. vii. 281 I can take off a cat to the life. 1861 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth II. x. 199 Where is the coquette that cannot scream to the life? 1887 H. Caine Deemster I. vii. 137 The young rogue, who spoke the home-spun to the life. 1941 ‘N. Blake’ Case of Abominable Snowman iv. 33 She resembled to the life the stately, arch, sorely put-upon hostess of Animal Crackers. 1988 S. Gray How's that for telling 'em, Fat Lady? ii. 60 There he was, Nathan to the life, sitting at a table with various foods spread in front of him. < as lemmas |
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