| 释义 |
ˈheart-searching, a.
[See search v.]
That searches or rigorously examines the heart or feelings. So ˈheart-searching n.; ˈheart-searcher.
1647Ward Simp. Cobler 57 Into what importable..heart-searchings you will be ingulfed. 1685Baxter Paraphr. N.T. Matt. x. 11 Ministers being not heart-searchers, must pronounce God's Blessing on Men, on uncertainties. a1708Beveridge Thes. Theol. (1711) III. 6 To fear Him..as an heart-searching God. 1863I. Williams Hymn, ‘Lord in this [etc.]’, Fill me with heart-searching fears. 1885Athenæum 28 Nov. 697/1 The somewhat superfluous heart-searchings he has undergone. |