| 单词 |
about-face |
| 释义 |
about-face, v. intr. and n. orig. and chiefly U.S. [Shortening of right about face (right about adv. 1, 2).] = about-turn. (Cf. face v. 9 b.)
1861Harper's Mag. Aug. 364/2 ‘About-Face!’ was the next command. 1918Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 1 About Face, one of the facings in the school of the soldier, executed by facing to the rear, turning to the right. 1924Scribner's Mag. July 36/1 Morrow got very white—about-faced, and marched out of the room. 1930Liberty 6 Sept. 33/2 That's enough to make us do an about face and give it [sc. a car] the gas. 1934Baltimore Sun 20 Sept. 2/1 (headline) Backers [of Cotton Act] Do An About Face. 1959Times 20 Feb. 8/2 If he did not mislead the Prime-Minister, his abrupt about-face was certainly disconcerting. |

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