单词 | lost in thought |
释义 | > as lemmaslost in thought b. lost in thought. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > abstraction, absent-mindedness > [adjective] in one's musesa1500 abstract1509 abstracteda1586 absent1631 thoughtful1656 vacant1680 lost in thought1681 withdrawn1713 dreamy1794 dun1797 preoccupied1801 absent-minded1824 pebble-beached1890 1681 J. Dryden Spanish Fryar i. i. 8 Nor can I think; or I am lost in thought. 1763 F. Brooke Hist. Lady Julia Mandeville I. 24 She was for some moments silent, and seemed lost in thought. 1806 J. Porter Thaddeus of Warsaw (ed. 4) III. x. 251 Miss Beaufort..was standing by one of the windows, evidently lost in thought. 1863 W. Collins No Name i. x. 44/1 He..sat at the table, drawing lines on the blotting-paper with his pen, lost in thought. 1955 L. P. Hartley Perfect Woman xxvii. 240 Jeremy stood lost in thought. ‘She hasn't been away very long,’ he said. 1997 T. Bowler River Boy (2001) 108 He seemed lost in thought and certainly in no way grateful to her for dragging herself up here in the early hours of the morning. < as lemmas |
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