单词 | dissolved in tears |
释义 | > as lemmasdissolved in tears 3. In various figurative applications of senses 1, 2: esp. To melt or soften the heart or feelings of; to cause to ‘melt’ into tears, grief, etc.; to relax or enervate with pleasure, luxury, etc.; to immerse or absorb in some engrossing occupation. Chiefly in passive. (Now rare except in dissolved in tears, or in direct figures from sense 2b.) ΚΠ 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure xxxiv. xix Her hardy harte she gan for to dissolve. 1645 J. Milton Il Penseroso in Poems 43 In Service high, and Anthems cleer, As may..Dissolve me into extasies. 1679 W. Penn Addr. Protestants i. 38 Dissolv'd in Pleasures, he worshipp'd no other God. 1707 I. Watts Hymns & Spiritual Songs ii. 87 Dissolve my Heart in Thankfulness, And melt my Eyes to Tears. 1800 E. Hervey Mourtray Family IV. 183 Mrs. Lenmer was dissolved in tears the whole evening. 1807 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 1st Ser. (ed. 5) I. 7 Henry Rantzau..whose days were dissolved in the pleasures of reading. 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present iii. iii. 204 Action hangs, as it were, dissolved in Speech. < as lemmas |
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