| 单词 | to stare down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto stare down to stare down transitive. To stare at (someone) without being first to blink or lower one's gaze, usually as an expression of resistance or hostility; to outstare. Also figurative and in extended use. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > treat impudently [verb (transitive)] > oppose or confront impudently face1465 overfacec1475 outface?1499 to face down (also out)1530 out-countenancec1585 outstare1596 outlook1599 nose1632 to stare down1798 out-breast1839 1798 A. Browne Misc. Sketches I. 181 They are able with unblushing cheek to stare down the passenger who gazes at their beauty. 1854 ‘T. Gwynne’ Nanette & her Lovers 72 A..quizzing-glass, through which Mucius attempted to stare people down. 1870 Peterson's Mag. Sept. 188/2 Mrs. Mortimer Montgomery had merely placed her eyeglass in her aristocratic eye and stared her down. 1946 T. H. White Mistress Masham's Repose xiv. 115 Miss Brown searched out her pupil's eyes and fixed them with her own. She had a..trick of staring Maria down. 1979 Guardian 12 Jan. 8/5 Some measure of fiscal ‘mid-term adjustment’..is called for. So is a serious attempt to stare down the local government workers. 2004 J. Burchill Sugar Rush (2005) 19 He was staring me hard in the face. Staring me down, I suddenly thought. Waiting for me to cry. < as lemmas |
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