| 单词 | heart-burst |
| 释义 | > as lemmasheart-burst heart-burst adj. and n. (a) adj. brought to or characterized by the point at which one's heart fails or ‘bursts’ (cf. burst v. 4), esp. through extreme physical effort; (b) n. a bursting or breaking of the heart; a state in which one's heart is on the point of bursting or breaking. ΚΠ 1810 R. Parkinson Treat. Breeding & Managem. Live Stock II. iii. 78 When he is almost heart-burst by being whipped about, some fellow..is induced to mount him. 1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 258 Like a horse Put to his heart-burst speed, sobbing up hill. 1896 A. Morrison Child of Jago xiii. 134 Dicky..had been afflicted to heart-burst by his father's dodging and running. 1911 M. D. Frear My Islands 62 Do not rise to my trembling lids at all, Till a heart-burst comes of love or pain. 1983 I. Watson Bk. of River (1984) i. 38 It only took us about twenty minutes..to snake through the town..and spiral our way up till, almost heart-burst, we emerged on to the platform. < as lemmas |
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