英语词汇“fess”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

fess1

/fɛs

(also fesse)

noun Heraldry

An ordinary in the form of a broad horizontal stripe across the middle of the shield.The family arms were; ‘Argent, a fess between six crosslets fitchee sable.’...

Fess, bend, chevron and pall describes the way the shield is divided and division can depend on the metals, colors and objects within it.
A checkered band of blue and silver (called 'fess') is placed across the center of the shield and this is taken from the Arms of Stewart to denote descent from that family.

Phrases

in fess

Origin

Late 15th century: from Old French fesse, alteration of faisse, from Latin fascia 'band'. Compare with fascia.

Rhymes

fess2

/fɛs

verb [no object] (fess up) informal

Confess; own up: ‘Fess up,’ she demanded. ‘What were you doing in Peter’s private office?’...

The format may have remained the same - with weekly tasks, shopping budgets, fessing up in the diary room, and nominations for eviction - but the contestants have become acutely aware that nothing they do or say is really private.
Anyway, I think it's time I stop apologizing and instead start fessing up, with like, really unabashed, reckless, so-not-indie abandon.
In that column, he went on at length about how the petroleum industry's bad because it encourages car dependency and other unsustainable practices, without fessing up to his own complicity in car culture.

Origin

Early 19th century: shortening of confess.

单词	fess
释义	fess1 /fɛs / (also fesse) noun Heraldry An ordinary in the form of a broad horizontal stripe across the middle of the shield.The family arms were; ‘Argent, a fess between six crosslets fitchee sable.’... Fess, bend, chevron and pall describes the way the shield is divided and division can depend on the metals, colors and objects within it. A checkered band of blue and silver (called 'fess') is placed across the center of the shield and this is taken from the Arms of Stewart to denote descent from that family. Phrases in fess Origin Late 15th century: from Old French fesse, alteration of faisse, from Latin fascia 'band'. Compare with fascia. Rhymes acquiesce, address, assess, Bess, bless, bouillabaisse, caress, cess, chess, coalesce, compress, confess, convalesce, cress, deliquesce, digress, dress, duchesse, duress, effervesce, effloresce, evanesce, excess, express, finesse, fluoresce, guess, Hesse, impress, incandesce, intumesce, jess, largesse, less, manageress, mess, ness, noblesse, obsess, oppress, outguess, phosphoresce, politesse, possess, press, priestess, princess, process, profess, progress, prophetess, regress, retrogress, stress, success, suppress, tendresse, top-dress, transgress, tress, tristesse, underdress, vicomtesse, yes fess2 /fɛs / verb [no object] (fess up) informal Confess; own up: ‘Fess up,’ she demanded. ‘What were you doing in Peter’s private office?’... The format may have remained the same - with weekly tasks, shopping budgets, fessing up in the diary room, and nominations for eviction - but the contestants have become acutely aware that nothing they do or say is really private. Anyway, I think it's time I stop apologizing and instead start fessing up, with like, really unabashed, reckless, so-not-indie abandon. In that column, he went on at length about how the petroleum industry's bad because it encourages car dependency and other unsustainable practices, without fessing up to his own complicity in car culture. Origin Early 19th century: shortening of confess.
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