| 单词 | food for thought |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfood for thought b. Something warranting discussion or consideration, or serving as a creative stimulus. Esp. in food for thought. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > topic, subject-matter > [noun] > for thought food for thought1648 pabulum1708 prog1768 1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. Y4 v When Jill complaines to Jack for want of meate; Jack kisses Jill, and bids her freely eate: Jill sayes, of what? sayes Jack, on that sweet kisse, Which full of Nectar and Ambrosia is, The food of Poets. 1756 T. Thomas Hidden Life of Christian (ed. 2) i. 45 My Meditations were mixed with Ejaculations, and the Truths which the Spirit I hope, brought to my Remembrance, afforded me Matter of Enlargement, and Food for Contemplation. 1780 E. Burke Corr. (1844) II. 347 Our own manners afford food enough for poetry. 1825 R. Southey Tale of Paraguay iii. 19 A lively tale, and fraught With..food for thought. 1834 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Seine 83 There the reflective will find food for their meditations. 1900 S. J. Weyman Story Francis Cludde (new ed.) xxi. 246 And if the Duchess and I bore the cold more patiently, it was probably because we had more food for thought—and perhaps thicker raiment. 1936 Discovery Oct. 306/1 The echidna..has provided naturalists with much food for thought. 1996 Dogs in Canada Jan. 19/3 The chapter on the theory of conservation breeding gives food for thought to breeders of purebred dogs. < as lemmas |
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