单词 | at the back of one's mind |
释义 | > as lemmasat the back of one's mind (rarely head) a. at the back of: behind, close behind; with the pregnant senses of supporting, following, pursuing, chasing; cf. 5 at the back of one's mind (rarely head): in the underlying or remote part of one's mind. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > position at the back > at the back or in the rear [phrase] in (also at) the rearward1402 at the back ofc1430 in rear1602 in the rear1602 in (also at, on) one's rear?1624 in arrear1642 in retard1836 in back1961 the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > [phrase] > following closely at (also on, upon, in) a person's heelsc1300 at the back ofc1430 on, upon the back (of)1614 c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1544) i. i. 2 b At their backe, folowed indigence. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxxxiii. 324 To thentent that they might haue wynter at their backes. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy v. 1902 Hade bir at his bake, and þe bankes leuyt. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. iv. 312 You knew I was at your backe, and spoke it, on purpose. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) ii. v. 133 Edward and Richard like a brace of Grey-hounds..Are at our backes. View more context for this quotation 1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I cxxxvii. 71 Here's my master, With more than half the city at his back. 1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xii. 166 Cæsar had the people at his back. 1895 G. Du Maurier in Idler Dec. 420/2 Trilby, as a name, must have been lying perdu somewhere, as they say, ‘at the back of my head’, as important things so often do. 1903 E. Childers Riddle of Sands xxi. 226 At the back of such mind as was left me lodged the insistent thought: ‘we must hurry on’. 1910 S. Reynolds Alongshore i. 5 The deep ground-rumble of London..makes one feel continually, at the back of one's mind, the presence of the great city all around. 1930 ‘J. J. Connington’ Two Tickets Puzzle v. 61 With this at the back of his mind..he had volunteered to carry the news. < as lemmas |
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