give face

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To honor; to pay respect. idiomatic
    — We gave face to one another.
  2. To perform cunnilingus. idiomatic,slang
    — Boys gave face, girls gave head.
  3. To confront.
    — He has been shot twice before, once when he was sixteen, that was some serious shit, sort of giving face to some dude, and the mother pulled out a.38 and boom, just like it was but a little more downtalk.

词形变化

gives face present,singular,third-person giving face participle,present gave face past given face participle,past gives face present,singular,third-person giving face participle,present gave face past given face participle,past gives face present,singular,third-person giving face participle,present gave face past given face participle,past

词源

词源 1
First used in the late 19th century (most likely in the colonial Hong Kong), a calque of dialectal Cantonese 畀面 (bei2 min2).
词源 2
Compare give head.
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