| 释义 |
out of countenanceDisconcerted or unpleasantly surprised: I put him clean out of countenance just by looking at him...- Let death itself stare him in the face, he will presumptuously maintain his hope, as if he would look the grim messenger out of countenance.
- Perpetual pushing and assurance put a difficulty out of countenance, and make a seeming impossibility give way.
- The fox was too wily to be put out of countenance by even such a surprise as this.
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