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beardn.Phrases:beards wag all: all the beards wag up and down (asmen talk and laugh) （男人们说笑时）胡子一翘一翘。
△2H.IV.5.3.35(34): “’Tis merry in hall whenbeards wag all，”在大厅里说笑，胡子一翘一翘。(按： beards wag又作beard wags。)
beard to beard: face to face面对面。
△Mac.5.5.6: “We might have met them dareful,beard to beard,/And beat them backward home.”我们尽可以大胆出去面对面迎战他们，把他们打回老家去。
in his beard: to his face当着他的面。
△H.Ⅴ.3.2.79(70):“I will verify as much in his beard.”我要当着他的面证明这一点。
beardvt.
1. pull by the beard,i.e. challenge,dare to combat扯…的胡子，（比喻）向…挑战，敢与…战斗。
△1H.Ⅳ.4.1.11:“No man so potent breathes upon the ground/But Iwill beard him.”只要是生存在地面上的人，没有哪一个我不敢扯他的胡子。
2. confront boldly,challenge 大胆面对，向…挑战，
△Ham.2.2.452 (423):“com’st thou to beard me in Denmark?”(with a play on “valanced”above)你到丹麦来，是拿胡子来吓我，向我挑战吗？
3. defy to the face. oppose to the face. affront,insult当面藐视，当面反对，有意冒犯，侮辱。
△1H.Ⅵ.1.3.44:“Dowhat thou dar’st,I beard thee to thy face.”你只要敢，我就当面刮你的胡子（侮辱你）。
△2H.Ⅵ.4.10 39(37):“Brave thee! Ay,by the best blood that ever wasbroached,and beard thee too.”向你挑战！ 哪怕要流出最高贵的鲜血，我也要把你当面侮辱一番。 |