单词 | to show one's face |
释义 | > as lemmasto show one's face b. to show one's face (formerly also †to show face): to make an appearance, esp. in public; to allow oneself to be seen (literally or figuratively). to hide one's face: see hide v.1 1c. ΚΠ c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) lxxix. 4 (MED) Conuerte vs, and shewe þi face [L. ostende faciem tuam], and we shul ben sauf. c1475 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1900) 104 309 The matiers to fulfille forth must procede, Suffre augmentacioun to shewe hir face By addiciouns. 1561 T. Norton & T. Sackville Gorboduc i. i Aurore..for love or shame Doth long delay to show her blushing face. ?1562 Thersytes sig. B.iii Appere syr I praye you, dare ye not shewe your face. 1648 J. Beaumont Psyche vi. cxl. 85 No Weed presum'd to show its roytish face In this Inclosure. 1706 W. King Tripe Club 5 Where Exil'd Witt, ne'er shews its hated Face. 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa II. xxxv. 237 I should be asham'd to shew my face in public. 1882 R. L. Stevenson New Arabian Nights II. 27 He never so much as showed face at a window. 1943 D. Whipple They were Sisters xvii. 197 I don't think he'll show his face in Trenton again. 2002 POW Mag. Mar. 10/3 I was getting tired and feeling gypped that Triple H still had not shown his face. < as lemmas |
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