| 单词 | cap-in-hand |
| 释义 | > as lemmascap-in-hand h. From the custom of uncovering the head (abridged to ‘raising’ or merely ‘touching’ the cap) in sign of reverence, respect, or courtesy, come many expressions, such as to come with cap in hand, also cap-in-hand, attributive phrase, †with cap and knee, bareheaded and bowing or kneeling, †with cap and courtship, or †with cap and curtsey; and also the contextual use of cap, for the raising of the cap, respectful salute. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [adverb] worshiplyc1330 honourablyc1390 obeisantlyc1400 fairlyc1480 with cap and courtship1565 with cap and curtsey1565 with cap and knee1565 respectfullya1586 respectively1588 regardfully1600 honorificallya1639 unscornfully1844 deferentiallya1846 unmockingly1872 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [adverb] > bareheaded bareheadc1320 bare-headeda1533 cap-in-hand1565 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [noun] > manifestation of respect > uncovering the head cap1565 capping1592 off-cap1606 hatting1645 hat honour1648 bare-headednessa1656 hat worship1659 hat-respect1669 hat homage1838 uncovering1855 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [adjective] > bareheaded or baring the head barec1405 bare-headeda1533 capping1602 unbonneted1608 barehead1622 cap-in-hand1889 1565 A. Golding tr. Ovid Fyrst Fower Bks. Metamorphosis i. f. 2 No man woold crowche..too judge with cap in hand. 1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 5 Neither afording me a word, nor a cap. 1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 1189 They shall have cappe and knee, and many gaye good morrowes in this lyfe. 1598 E. Guilpin Skialetheia iii. sig. C7v Cap and courtship complements. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. ix. xx. 328 They..importuned them..with cap and cursie. 1675 T. Brooks Word in Season 50 in Paradice Opened O the caps, knees, and bows that Haman had. 1679 W. Penn Addr. Protestants i. 14 It [Apparel] opens Doors..carries away the Cap and the Knee from most other pretences. 1702 Eng. Theophrastus 109 A cap or a smile perhaps will serve to gain us the reputation of the opposite Virtues. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 23 Feb. 3 Suppose that it went cap in hand to every Government in Europe. 1889 C. M. Yonge in Monthly Packet Xmas 33 I don't care for those cap-in-hand ways of your people here. 1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 29 Mar. 109/1 A more militant approach is called for and an end to this cap-in-hand begging for fair play. < as lemmas |
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