| 单词 | my hearts |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmy hearts 22. Originally: a person considered in respect of his or her bravery, courage, or other admirable qualities (usually with preceding modifying adjective). In later (esp. Nautical) use also in plural without preceding descriptive adjective as a form of address, esp. as my hearts (now archaic; cf. hearty n. 2). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > heroism > [noun] > hero > person of mettle heart1340 heart of oakc1384 bolda1400 doughtya1400 stalworthc1400 sternc1400 Ironsidea1470 stalwart1508 galliard1532 lada1556 stoutheart1556 hardydardy1593 valour1609 valiant1610 fireman1648 hearty1790 my (also me) hearty1839 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 112 Þet bread..ne is naȝt mete to gromes ne to yeue..ne to cherles ac to noble herten. c1440 S. Scrope in tr. C. de Pisan Epist. of Othea (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 3 And therfore my desire, corage and wille Is that noble hertis may this report So welle, that to all it may be disport. c1500 Melusine (1895) 141 Whan the noble hertes herde hym saye thoo wordes, they held it to grete wysedome of hym. 1584 W. Warner Pan his Syrinx sig. I The boy suddenly crieth: Land, land, land, reioyse my heartes I discrie Land. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. i. 5 Heigh my hearts, cheerely, cheerely my harts. 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 25 Courage my hearts for a fresh charge. 1685 G. Meriton Praise of York-shire Ale 14 Come here my Hearts, Said he. 1763 Tommy & Sally (new ed.) ii. i. 12 Then courage, my hearts, your own consequence know. 1780 W. Cowper Table Talk 23 History..Tells of a few stout hearts that fought and died. 1825 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 18 706/1 Zounds, we'll have plenty of room to lark now, my heart. 1834 T. Hood Storm iv, in Comic Ann. 103 Come, my hearts, be stout and bold. 1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies vii. 277 They were all true English hearts; and they came to their end like good knights-errant. 1901 R. N. Stephens Capt. Ravenshaw i. 34 ‘As good a piece of swaggering gallantry as any,’ said the captain. ‘Come, my hearts!’ 1988 Cincinnati Mag. Mar. 81/1 Those stout hearts who are paid to predict the Bulls and Bears of a market gone berserk. < as lemmas |
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