单词 | off by heart |
释义 | > as lemmasoff by heart c. by heart: from memory; so as to be able to repeat or write out correctly and without assistance what has been learnt; by rote (often without proper understanding or reflection). Frequently with get, have, know, learn; in later use frequently in off by heart (see off adv. 3a). [Probably after Middle French par cuer (c1200 in Old French; French par cœur).] ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > retention in the mind > memorization > [adverb] on breastOE bout bookOE by rotea1325 by hearta1387 without (one's) booka1413 par coeura1425 cordially1479 perqueerc1480 cordiala1500 by the book1556 memoriter1612 memorially1660 from memory1856 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 191 (MED) He was so myȝty of mynde þat he rehersed two þowsand names arewe by herte. a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) v. l. 1494 She told ek al þe prophesies by herte. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 6334 Now am I prince now am I page And kan by herte euery langage. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 129 Thei kunnen bi herte the textis of Holi Scripture. 1530 R. Whitford Werke for Housholders (new ed.) sig. F.ivv It is but shorte and therfore may it soone be had by herte. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie H 199 To learne by hart, or without booke..To say by harte. 1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον vii. 314 That nation..hath beene remarkable for their admirable retention, who..had all the passages of former ages by heart. 1682 G. Wheler Journey into Greece v. 367 The Tragedians gat their Plays by heart. 1692 Bp. G. Burnet Disc. Pastoral Care ix. 115 A whole Discourse is got by heart. 1709 M. Prior Hans Carvel 13 Whole Tragedies she had by Heart. 1739 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 26 Oct. (1932) (modernized text) II. 391 Pray get these verses by heart against I see you. 1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I xi. 8 Her memory was a mine: she knew by heart All Calderon and greater part of Lopé. 1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales I. 123 I had got almost all Watts' hymns by heart. 1835 Wilson's Tales of Borders 28 Feb. 130/1 He had screeds o' Virgil as ready off by heart as the twenty-third psalm. 1885 Law Times 79 339/2 Few lawyers know by heart the complicated statutes relating to Church matters. 1891 Longman's Mag. Oct. 647 What she said was never very profound, unless she had got it by heart. 1915 F. H. Burnett Lost Prince xix. 173 After a third day's concentration they knew by heart everything given them to learn. 1967 G. F. Fiennes I tried to run Railway i. 3 I had learned by heart the Block Regulations for double and single lines. 2003 N. Slater Toast 221 The ‘mother’ sauces.., the details of which we had to know by heart like the nine times table. < as lemmas |
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