belie

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /bɪˈlaɪ/|/bəˈlaɪ/    美 /bɪˈlaɪ/|/bəˈlaɪ/|/biˈlaɪ/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To lie around; encompass. obsolete,transitive
  2. To tell lies about. archaic,transitive
    — Thou do’ſt bely him Percy, thou doſt bely him; / He never did encounter with Glendower:
  3. To surround; beleaguer. obsolete,transitive
  4. To give a false representation of. transitive
    — Her smooth complexion and dark hair belie her actual age.
  5. To contradict, to show (something) to be false. transitive
    — Her obvious nervousness belied what she said.
  6. To call a liar; to accuse of falsehood. rare,transitive
    — They haue belyed the Lord, and ſaid; It is not he, neither ſhall euill come vpon vs, neither ſhal we ſee ſwoꝛd noꝛ famine.
  7. To fill with lies; to lie to. rare,transitive
    — No, ’tis Slander, / Whoſe edge is ſharper then the Sword, whoſe tongue / Out-venomes all the Wormes of Nyle, whoſe breath / Rides on the poſting windes, / and doth belye All corners of the World.
  8. To conceal the contradictory or ironic presence of (something). transitive
    — His calm demeanor belied his inner sense of guilt.
  9. To show, evince or demonstrate (something) to be present, particularly something deemed contradictory or ironic. transitive
    — A host of evidence is adduced by the accused, evidence whose sometimes self-contradictory nature belies a certain desperation
  10. To mimic; to counterfeit. obsolete
    — Which durſt with horſes hoofs that beat the ground / And Martial brass bely the thunders ſound.

词形变化

belies present,singular,third-person belying participle,present belay past belain participle,past bely alternative,obsolete belies present,singular,third-person belying participle,present belied participle,past belied past bely alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
belier belyingly unbelied

词源

词源 1
From Middle English belyen, beliggen, from Old English beliċġan, biliċġan (“to lie around, surround, hedge in, encompass”), from Proto-West Germanic *biliggjan, from Proto-Germanic *biligjaną (“to lie around”). Equivalent to be- (“around, by”) + lie (“to be positioned”).
词源 2
From Middle English belyen, beleoȝen, from Old English belēogan (“to deceive by lying, be mistaken”), from Proto-West Germanic *bileugan (“to belie”). Equivalent to be- (“about”) + lie (“to deceive”). Compare Dutch beliegen (“to lie about, tell lies”), German belügen (“to lie to someone”).
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