英语词汇“to simper like a frumenty kettle”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

†(b) intransitive. In similes alluding to, or partially overlapping with, simper v.¹ In later use only in proverbial use in to simper like a frumenty kettle (see frumenty n. Compounds 1). Obsolete.In these quots. the reference to simmering pots, kettles, etc., suggests that the literal sense of the verb may originally have expressed some vocal action as well as the physical act of smiling (cf. sense 1b), although it may alternatively reflect the notion of a smile playing upon the face.

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1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. C4 I simpered with my countenance lyke a porredge pot on the fire when it first begins to seeth.

1631 W. Saltonstall Picturæ Loquentes sig. C5 The name of Bride makes her simper like a pot that's ready to run o're.

1656 Wit & Drollery 137 Andrew chuckt Maudlin under the chin, Simper she did like a furmity kettle.

1732 T. Fuller Gnomologia 177 She simpers like a Frumenty-Kettle.

1751 J. Marchant Puerilia 80 They simper'd and smil'd like a Firmity Kettle.

1863 J. S. Le Fanu House by Church-yard I. iv. 41 ‘See how she smiles.’ ‘Ay, she simpers like a firmity kettle,’ said scornful Miss Mag.

1895 Punch 21 Sept. 135/2 Already you simper like a furmety kettle.

单词	to simper like a frumenty kettle
释义	> as lemmas to simper like a frumenty kettle †(b) intransitive. In similes alluding to, or partially overlapping with, simper v.¹ In later use only in proverbial use in to simper like a frumenty kettle (see frumenty n. Compounds 1). Obsolete.In these quots. the reference to simmering pots, kettles, etc., suggests that the literal sense of the verb may originally have expressed some vocal action as well as the physical act of smiling (cf. sense 1b), although it may alternatively reflect the notion of a smile playing upon the face. ΚΠ 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. C4 I simpered with my countenance lyke a porredge pot on the fire when it first begins to seeth. 1631 W. Saltonstall Picturæ Loquentes sig. C5 The name of Bride makes her simper like a pot that's ready to run o're. 1656 Wit & Drollery 137 Andrew chuckt Maudlin under the chin, Simper she did like a furmity kettle. 1732 T. Fuller Gnomologia 177 She simpers like a Frumenty-Kettle. 1751 J. Marchant Puerilia 80 They simper'd and smil'd like a Firmity Kettle. 1863 J. S. Le Fanu House by Church-yard I. iv. 41 ‘See how she smiles.’ ‘Ay, she simpers like a firmity kettle,’ said scornful Miss Mag. 1895 Punch 21 Sept. 135/2 Already you simper like a furmety kettle. extracted from simperv.² < as lemmas
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