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单词 half-faced
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half-faced

a.
1.(orig.of a coin)having aprofile stamped upon it.showing only half a face:half and half.incomplete,miserable looking,wretch-ed. imperfect (原指一种硬币)铸上一个侧面像的,只显示半个脸的;(转义)各占一半的,不完全的,寒伧相的,可怜的,不完美的。
△1H.IV.1.3.208: “Butout upon this half-faced fellowship!”i.e.away withthis half-and-half sharing of honours. 但是这种各分一半荣誉的合伙,就靠边吧!

half-faced coin


2. presenting a half-face,thin-faced,thin,meagre显出半面像的,瘦脸的,瘦的,瘦削的。
△2H.IV.3.2.286(264): “And this same half-faced fellow,Shadow,give me this man.”还有这个刀削脸的家伙,影子,把他给我吧。
half-faced sun; half-hidden sun.i.e. the sun breakingthrough the clouds (the badgeof Edward III and,later,ofRichard II,the Yorkist Kingof England) 冲破乌云的太阳(英王爱德华三世及约克家族英王理查二世曾用的标徽)。
△2H.VI.41.97:“ whose hopeful colours / Advance our half-faced sun,striving toshine,”他们那大有希望的旗帜上高举着冲破乌云的朝阳,喷薄欲出。

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