| 单词 | on the pulse |
| 释义 | > as lemmason (also upon) the pulse P2. on (also upon) the pulse (and variants): through one's own experience.With allusion to Keats's use. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > experience > [adverb] expertlyc1420 feelinglyc1450 experimentally1593 on (also upon) the pulse1818 ambulando1876 1818 J. Keats Let. 3 May (1931) I. 154 Axioms in philosophy are not axioms until they are proved upon our pulses. We read fine things, but never feel them to the full until we have gone the same steps as the Author. 1953 C. Vaughan Four Metaphysical Poets p. v The meaning is unambiguous... It is not only conveyed to the reason but ‘proved on the pulses’ by the poet's rhythm and diction. 1968 Times 6 July 21/1 Doctrines must be constantly proved on the pulses of political reality. 1973 Listener 6 Dec. 798/3 The committed nationalism of, say, the 19th-century Russian composers, who had felt oppression on the pulse. 2004 Kirkus Rev. (Nexis) 1 May Brimful with love, nature, energy, and intellect: history proved on the pulse and expressed through the heart. < as lemmas |
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