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

f. to show one's teeth: literal to uncover the teeth by withdrawing the lips from them, esp. as a beast in readiness for biting or attack; usually figurative to show hostility or malice, to behave in a threatening way.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > hatred > hostility > be hostile [verb (intransitive)] > show hostility

to show one's teeth1615

aggress1951

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > threaten [verb (intransitive)] > behave threateningly

to show one's teeth1615

1615 J. Chamberlain in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times James I (1848) (modernized text) I. 361 It were to no purpose to show our teeth unless we could bite.

1710 O. Sansom Acct. Life 330 He somewhat appeared at the Sessions at Wantage; shewing his Teeth in what he could; and thereby discovering what lodged in his Heart against us.

1725 E. Young Universal Passion: Satire I 2 When the Law shews her teeth, but dares not Bite.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. i. i. 5 Such Patriotism as snarls dangerously, and shows teeth.

单词	to show one's teeth
释义	> as lemmas to show one's teeth f. to show one's teeth: literal to uncover the teeth by withdrawing the lips from them, esp. as a beast in readiness for biting or attack; usually figurative to show hostility or malice, to behave in a threatening way. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > hostility > be hostile [verb (intransitive)] > show hostility to show one's teeth1615 aggress1951 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > threaten [verb (intransitive)] > behave threateningly to show one's teeth1615 1615 J. Chamberlain in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times James I (1848) (modernized text) I. 361 It were to no purpose to show our teeth unless we could bite. 1710 O. Sansom Acct. Life 330 He somewhat appeared at the Sessions at Wantage; shewing his Teeth in what he could; and thereby discovering what lodged in his Heart against us. 1725 E. Young Universal Passion: Satire I 2 When the Law shews her teeth, but dares not Bite. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. i. i. 5 Such Patriotism as snarls dangerously, and shows teeth. extracted from toothn. < as lemmas
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