| 单词 | with eye askant |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswith eye askant 3. with eye askant and variants: with a sideways (sometimes surreptitious) glance; with a suspicious or disapproving look or attitude. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > [adverb] > looking sideways asquinta1250 sidelings?a1400 bagginglyc1400 askoyc1425 askilec1450 to look sideways1652 squintly1655 skew-eyed1658 with eye askant1753 skaunt1791 out of, with the tail of the eye1805 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > [adverb] > directed sideways askant1610 with eye askance1667 with eye askant1753 1753 R. P. Virtue Triumphant I. v. 67 Paul..with eye ascant..raising himself on his pole, fairly leaped up. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xi. 657 With an eye askant, Watchful retreated. 1829 Q. Rev. Jan. 102 They can never look upon others but with a downcast brow and an eye askant. 1865 New Atlantic Monthly Dec. 643/1 The harassed fox stole out close to her with lolling tongue and eye askant. 1917 L. W. Keplinger Is God Good 231 Let not these [sc. idealists] be viewed with eye askant. 1933 Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore, Okla.) 14 June 2/6 In the heyday of the bicycle craze—when ‘bloomer girls’, were regarded with eye askant. < as lemmas |
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