wear on one's sleeve

短语

襟怀坦荡

词形变化

wearing on one's sleeve wears on one's sleeve 三单 wears on one's sleeve wore on one's sleeve worn on one's sleeve wearing on one's sleeve 现在分词 wore on one's sleeve 过去式 worn on one's sleeve 过去式 worn on one's sleeve 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To express (an emotion, belief, or stance) overtly and make it an important part of one's public life.

    襟怀坦荡

    及物

词源

This phrase may derive from a mediaeval custom at jousting matches. Knights are said to have worn the colours of the lady they were supporting, in cloths or ribbons tied to their arms. The term does not date from that period though, and is first recorded in Shakespeare's Othello, 1604, in which the treacherous Iago's plan was to feign openness and vulnerability in order to appear faithful.

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