英语词汇“to set one's face”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. to set one's face: to give a settled bearing or expression to the countenance. to put (also set) one's face against: to take up an attitude of determined hostility towards. to set one's face †for (†from, to, towards): to turn in a particular direction, to set off towards (a place); figurative to take the first steps to, towards (something). [After post-classical Latin ponere faciam (Vulgate), itself ultimately after biblical Hebrew śom eṯ-pnē, lit. ‘to set the face against or towards’.]

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)]

withgo743

to go again ——OE

withsayc1175

again-goc1275

withsitc1300

thwarta1325

to go against ——a1382

counter1382

repugnc1384

adversea1393

craba1400

gainsaya1400

movec1400

overthwart?a1425

to put (also set) one's face againsta1425

traversea1425

contrairc1425

to take again ——c1425

contraryc1430

to take against ——a1450

opposec1485

again-seta1500

gain?a1500

oppone1500

transverse1532

to come up against1535

heave at1546

to be against1549

encounter1549

to set shoulder against1551

to fly in the face of1553

crossc1555

to cross with1590

countermand1592

forstand1599

opposit1600

thorter1608

obviate1609

disputea1616

obstrigillate1623

contradict1632

avert1635

to set one's hand against1635

top1641

militate1642

to come across ——1653

contrariate1656

to cross upon (or on)1661

shock1667

clash1685

rencounter1689

obtend1697

counteract1708

oppugnate1749

retroact?1761

controvert1782

react1795

to set against ——1859

appose-

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > have (specific) appearance [verb (intransitive)] > have specific facial appearance or expression > assume settled facial expression

to set one's facea1425

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct (one's course, steps, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > be bound for or head for

drawc1275

to-hieldc1275

roama1375

pretend1481

pursue1488

to make forth1508

to be in gate to1548

to make to ——a1568

to make unto ——1593

to be for1606

to set one's face for (from, to, towards)1611

steer1667

head1880

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Lev. xx. 3 Y schal sette faste [a1382 E.V. putte; L. ponam] my face [L. faciem] aȝens hym.

1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xxxi. 21 He..set his face toward the mount Gilead.

1611 Bible (King James) 2 Kings xii. 17 Hazael set his face to goe vp to Ierusalem.

1611 Bible (King James) Isa. l. 7 Therefore haue I set my face like a flint.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 493 I set face from Court for Scotland.

a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 11 Set your faces..against a whole faction of vice.

1664 G. Etherege Comical Revenge iv. vii. 65 Set thy face then; let me not see the remains Of one poor smile.

1781 W. Cowper Expostulation 457 The poorest of the flock Are proud, and set their faces as a rock.

1827 W. Scott Jrnl. 13 Aug. (1941) 89 I can set my face to it boldly.

a1862 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. (1873) III. v. 469 The first duty of every one is to set his face in direct opposition to what he believes to be false.

1884 Times (Weekly ed.) 3 Oct. 14/2 We set our faces to the South.

1914 E. von Arnim Pastor's Wife v. 47 She was seized..by that overwhelming desire to shake off old things and set her face towards the utterly new.

1927 Observer 21 Aug. 7 The Society has set its face against any tendencies towards ‘institutionalism’.

1992 B. Unsworth Sacred Hunger xx. 161 Wilson, ordered forward on lookout, set his saturnine face to the glimmering horizon.

单词	to set one's face
释义	> as lemmas to set one's face b. to set one's face: to give a settled bearing or expression to the countenance. to put (also set) one's face against: to take up an attitude of determined hostility towards. to set one's face †for (†from, to, towards): to turn in a particular direction, to set off towards (a place); figurative to take the first steps to, towards (something). [After post-classical Latin ponere faciam (Vulgate), itself ultimately after biblical Hebrew śom eṯ-pnē, lit. ‘to set the face against or towards’.] ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] withgo743 to go again ——OE withsayc1175 again-goc1275 withsitc1300 thwarta1325 to go against ——a1382 counter1382 repugnc1384 adversea1393 craba1400 gainsaya1400 movec1400 overthwart?a1425 to put (also set) one's face againsta1425 traversea1425 contrairc1425 to take again ——c1425 contraryc1430 to take against ——a1450 opposec1485 again-seta1500 gain?a1500 oppone1500 transverse1532 to come up against1535 heave at1546 to be against1549 encounter1549 to set shoulder against1551 to fly in the face of1553 crossc1555 to cross with1590 countermand1592 forstand1599 opposit1600 thorter1608 obviate1609 disputea1616 obstrigillate1623 contradict1632 avert1635 to set one's hand against1635 top1641 militate1642 to come across ——1653 contrariate1656 to cross upon (or on)1661 shock1667 clash1685 rencounter1689 obtend1697 counteract1708 oppugnate1749 retroact?1761 controvert1782 react1795 to set against ——1859 appose- the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > have (specific) appearance [verb (intransitive)] > have specific facial appearance or expression > assume settled facial expression to set one's facea1425 society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct (one's course, steps, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > be bound for or head for drawc1275 to-hieldc1275 roama1375 pretend1481 pursue1488 to make forth1508 to be in gate to1548 to make to ——a1568 to make unto ——1593 to be for1606 to set one's face for (from, to, towards)1611 steer1667 head1880 hit1889 a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Lev. xx. 3 Y schal sette faste [a1382 E.V. putte; L. ponam] my face [L. faciem] aȝens hym. 1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xxxi. 21 He..set his face toward the mount Gilead. View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) 2 Kings xii. 17 Hazael set his face to goe vp to Ierusalem. View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) Isa. l. 7 Therefore haue I set my face like a flint. View more context for this quotation 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 493 I set face from Court for Scotland. a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 11 Set your faces..against a whole faction of vice. 1664 G. Etherege Comical Revenge iv. vii. 65 Set thy face then; let me not see the remains Of one poor smile. 1781 W. Cowper Expostulation 457 The poorest of the flock Are proud, and set their faces as a rock. 1827 W. Scott Jrnl. 13 Aug. (1941) 89 I can set my face to it boldly. a1862 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. (1873) III. v. 469 The first duty of every one is to set his face in direct opposition to what he believes to be false. 1884 Times (Weekly ed.) 3 Oct. 14/2 We set our faces to the South. 1914 E. von Arnim Pastor's Wife v. 47 She was seized..by that overwhelming desire to shake off old things and set her face towards the utterly new. 1927 Observer 21 Aug. 7 The Society has set its face against any tendencies towards ‘institutionalism’. 1992 B. Unsworth Sacred Hunger xx. 161 Wilson, ordered forward on lookout, set his saturnine face to the glimmering horizon. extracted from facen. < as lemmas
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