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

单词

give oneself away

释义

give¹ /giv/

transitive verb (givˈing; gāve; given /givˈn/)

To bestow
To impart
To yield
To grant
To donate
To permit
To afford, provide
To pay or render (thanks, etc)
To pronounce (a judgement or decision)
To show (a result)
To apply (oneself)
To allow or admit

intransitive verb

To yield to pressure
To begin to melt or soften
To grow soft
To open, or give an opening or view, to lead (with upon, on or into, a gallicism)
To donate

noun

Yielding
Elasticity

ORIGIN: OE gefan (WSax giefan), the back g prob owing to Scand influence; ON gefa, Swed gifva, Dan give, Gothic giban, Ger geben

givˈen adjective

Bestowed
Specified
Addicted, disposed (with to)
Granted
Admitted

noun

Something that is assumed to be the case

givˈenness noun

givˈer noun

A person who or thing which gives or bestows

givˈing noun

The act of bestowing
The thing given

adjective

That gives
Generous, liberal

giveˈaway noun

A betrayal, revelation, esp if unintentional
Something given free or at a greatly reduced price, esp something offered with a product or service with the aim of increasing sales

given name noun

The name given to the individual, not that of the family, ie the first or Christian name, distinguished from the surname

give and take

Reciprocity in concession
Mutually compensatory variations
Fair exchange of repartee

give as good as one gets

To retort in equal measure in words or action

give away

To give for nothing
To betray
To bestow ceremonially (eg a bride)

give birth to

To bring forth, produce
To originate, begin, generate

give chase

To pursue

give ear (archaic)

To listen (to)

give forth

To emit
To publish
To expatiate, talk at length (informal)

give ground or place

To give way, yield

give head see under head

give in to (obsolete give into)

To yield to

give it to (someone) (informal)

To scold or beat (someone) severely

give it up for (informal)

To show one's appreciation to (a person) by cheering or applause

give line, head, rein, etc

To give more liberty or scope (the metaphors from angling and horse-riding)

give me (informal)

I would choose if I had the choice

give off

To emit (eg a smell)

give oneself away

To betray one's secret unawares

give or take

Allowing for an error of (a certain amount)

give out

To report, announce
To emit
To distribute to individuals
To expire
To relinquish (Shakespeare)

give over

To transfer
To desist from, to cease (Scot and N Eng dialect)

give over to

To set (a period of time) aside for a particular purpose

give place see give ground above.

give rein see give line above.

give the lie to

To accuse openly of falsehood
To prove wrong

give tongue see under tongue

give up

To abandon
To surrender
To desist from

give up the ghost see under ghost

give way

To fall back, yield, withdraw
To break, snap or collapse under strain
To begin rowing (usu as a command to a crew)
To allow traffic in a direction crossing one's path to proceed first

give way to

To yield to, submit to
To allow to take precedence, give priority to
To succumb to (eg grief)

what gives? (informal)

What's new?
What's happening?

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give1 /giv/

give¹ /giv/