| 单词 | warts and all |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswarts and all b. warts and all: without concealment of blemishes or unattractive parts (esp. applied to a description or likeness.) Also hyphenated as attributive.phr. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > unattractive [phrase] > without concealment of blemishes warts and all1930 the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > [adjective] > without concealment of blemishes warts and all1961 1763 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting III. i. 17 Oliver [Cromwell]..said to him, ‘Mr Lely, I desire you would use all your skill to paint my picture truly like me, and not flatter me at all; but remark all these roughnesses, pimples, warts, and every thing as you see me, otherwise I will never pay a farthing for it.’] 1930 W. S. Maugham Cakes & Ale xi. 138 Don't you think it would be more interesting if you went the whole hog and drew him warts and all? 1961 Listener 21 Sept. 437/1 A convincing warts-and-all likeness of Wingate. 1962 Sunday Times 1 Apr. 13/1 The Duke of Edinburgh presents himself warts and all, without blunting the rough edges of efficiency and enthusiasm. 1966 K. Giles Provenance of Death iii. 96 In fact you want a run down on Stanisgate, warts and all. Huh? 1974 Publishers Weekly 18 Feb. 24 An intimate, in-depth, ‘warts-and-all’ portrait of our new Vice President. 1976 H. A. Williams Tensions vii. 111 God..accepts us, accepts all men, unconditionally, warts and all. 1980 Times Lit. Suppl. 12 Sept. 986/3 This book..may disconcert the pious more than it jolts the sceptic, but it has the story, warts, statistics and all. < as lemmas |
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