| 单词 | hot brain |
| 释义 | > as lemmashot brain hot brain n. Obsolete (a) an active or vivid imagination; (b) an acute intelligence. ΚΠ 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xx. 732/1 Shee well knew that this Lambert was but an Idoll, hammered out of the hote braine of that Boutefew Richard Simon, yet she embraceth the occasion, countenanceth the Imposture. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 684 Here is more matter for a hot braine . View more context for this quotation 1840 N. P. Willis Romance of Trav. v. 214 Since Yvain's death, heaven knows what fancy he may bring hither in his hot brain! 1902 F. R. Stockton Kate Bonnet xxii. 231 It was in pursuit of a woman that every sail was spread, that the lookout swept the sea, and that the hot brain of the captain worked steadily and hard. < as lemmas |
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