单词 | heart-blood |
释义 | heart-bloodn. 1. Blood from the heart; blood shed in death; vital blood. More generally: blood. Cf. lifeblood n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > [noun] > as possession headOE lifeOE heart-blood?c1225 innocent blood1382 heart's-blood1562 fanny1936 ass1948 butt1964 arse1970 the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood > types of blood > [noun] > life-blood heart-blood?c1225 lifeblood1579 life's wet1598 live blood1625 eOE Metrical Dialogue of Solomon & Saturn (Corpus Cambr. 422) i. 156 Hwilum he..wicg..hornum geheaweð, oððæt him heortan blod, famig flodes bæð, foldan geseceð.] ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 287 He bochte us mid his heorte blod. a1250 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 3 (MED) Al min heorte blod to ðe ich offrie. c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 1819 Þe fifte..Gaf he a ful sor dint ok..Þat he spen his herte blod. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 17136 For þe i gaf mi hert blode. a1450 (?c1350) Pride of Life l. 501 in N. Davis Non-Cycle Plays & Fragm. (1970) 105 He wol se his herte-blode And he with him stryue. a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (BL Add. 9066) (1879) 384 ij serpentes..that me thinketh they souke oute my herte-blode. 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Feb. 243 My hartblood is welnigh frorne. 1667 J. Dryden Indian Emperour v. ii. 66 Stand fair, and let my Heart-blood on thee flow. a1688 J. Bunyan Heavenly Foot-man (1698) 14 Thy Sins are washed away with his Heart-Blood. 1709 Observator 16 Nov. 1/1 Those ravening Wovles [sic] may not hence-forward suck out the Heart-Blood of the Poor at their Pleasure. 1797 R. Southey Poems (ed. 2) 166 Then Mary could feel her heart-blood curdle cold. 1849 C. Bray Educ. of Feelings (ed. 2) ii. 138 The wholesome warmth necessary to make the heartblood circulate healthily and freely. 1860 S. W. Mitchell Res. Venom Rattlesnake v. 62 The heart blood coagulated firmly, thirty minutes after removal. 1909 N. Griffith Dorrien Carfax ii. 14 Then his heartblood was chilled in its veins. 1985 R. Dorje Food in Tibetan Life (1987) vi. 31 When a person suffers from stress, anxiety, and heart weakness, he or she is treated with the heart blood of a drong (wild yak). 2009 E. Bregin Shiva's Dance vii. 55 She lay unable to fall asleep, feeling the petty disasters of the day descending to feed like vampires on her heartblood. 2. figurative. Something that gives energy or vitality to a place, institution, enterprise, etc.; a driving force. Also: an essential part or central element. Usually with of. Cf. lifeblood n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > that which incites or instigates prickleOE pritchOE alighting1340 brodc1375 bellowsc1386 pricka1387 motivec1390 prompting1402 preparativec1450 stirmentc1460 incentive?a1475 fomenta1500 farda1522 instigation1526 pointing1533 swinge1548 spur1551 whetstone1551 goad1567 promptitude1578 alarm1587 inducement1593 solicitor1594 incitement1596 inflammation1597 instance1597 excitement1604 moving spirit1604 heart-blood1606 inflamer1609 rouser1611 stimulator1614 motioner1616 incensivea1618 incitative1620 incitation1622 whettera1625 impulsivea1628 excitation1628 incendiary1628 dispositive1629 fomentationa1631 switch1630 stirrer1632 irritament1634 provocative1638 impetus1641 driving force1642 driving power1642 engagement1642 firer1653 propellant1654 fomentary1657 impulse1660 urgency1664 impeller1686 fillip1699 shove1724 incitive1736 stimulative1747 bonus1787 stimulus1791 impellent1793 stimulant1794 propulsion1800 instigant1833 propulsive1834 motive power1836 evoker1845 motivity1857 afflatus1865 flip1881 urge1882 agent provocateur1888 will to power1896 a shot in the arm1922 motivator1929 driver1971 co-driver1993 the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > essence or intrinsic nature > [noun] > vital part or vitalizing influence pitheOE sap1526 quicka1566 lifeblood1582 heartstring1584 entelechy1603 heart1603 heart-blood1606 heart and soul1616 heart's-blooda1631 life's bloodc1635 1606 E. Forset Compar. Disc. Bodies Nat. & Politique 32 Soueraignes (in whom is the heart bloud of the ciuill bodie). 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iii. i. 32 The mortall Venus, the heart bloud of beauty. View more context for this quotation 1665 R. Head Eng. Rogue I. l. 341 Getting as much as they can by spunging, and sucking the very heart-bloud of his pocket. 1738 Enq. Causes Encrease Poor i. 16 Merchants, who are the very Heart-Blood of Trade. 1795 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 819/2 London..bids fair, as some croaking speculators tell us, to devour the very heart-blood of the country. 1835 G. Burges Conservative Standard of Brit. Empire 154 If we deviate from this christian line of conduct, we shall draw a stain upon our integrity (the heart-blood of honour). 1897 Cosmopolitan Feb. 386/2 Through it [sc. the Ponte Vecchio]..continuously pulsates the very heart-blood of Florence. 1915 W. A. Fairburn Individual & Society xv. 564 Competition is the virility of life, the heart-blood of progress, the builder of civilization. 1952 Billboard 17 May 25/1 Programing is the heart-blood of a radio station. 2000 C. Mills in V. Davion & C. Wolf Idea of Polit. Liberalism x. 201 The discussions that were the heart blood of our meetings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?c1225 |
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