barefaced的词源
英文词源
- barefaced (adj.)
- 1580s, "with face uncovered or shaven;" see bare (adj.) + face (n.). Thus, "unconcealed" (c. 1600), and, in a bad sense, "shameless" (1670s). Compare effrontery. The half-French bare-vis (adj.) conveyed the same sense in Middle English.
中文词源
发音释义:[beə'feɪst] adj. 公然的;厚颜无耻的;不戴面具的
结构分析:barefaced = bare(裸露的)+face(脸)+ed(过去分词)→把脸露出来的→公然地→厚颜无耻的
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