单词 | to be myself |
释义 | > as lemmasto be myself b. to be myself: to be or have the impression of being in my normal condition of body and mind (sometimes spec. with the implication of freedom from constraint); to behave naturally or characteristically. Also to feel (like) myself. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > be in state of health [verb (intransitive)] > be in usual health to live and lookc1390 to be myselfa1675 to feel (quite) oneself1812 to look oneself1822 to feel (quite) like oneself1838 to feel (like) myself1886 a1675 Lady A. Clifford Diaries (1990) 150 Which was done so well and in so good a manner that I was in al myselfe, and lyked it very well on the 16th of September following when I went to lye in Brough Castle. 1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 20 From this time my Head run upon strange Things, and I may truly say, I was not myself. 1772 R. Cumberland Fashionable Lover (new ed.) v. 62 Like my Lord Abberville, I was not myself when I rebuff'd you on the business of Miss Aubrey's letter. 1776 Johnsoniana 43 I am not at all myself this morning. 1813 C. Quigley Poems 143 Sudden I start, and am myself again. a1845 T. Hood Lamia i, in W. Jerdan Autobiogr. (1852) I. 254 I was not quite myself—(not what I am). 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda II. iii. xx. 27 My acting was not good except when it was not really acting, but the part was one that I could be myself in. 1886 W. Besant Children of Gibeon II. ii. xix. 336 It gave me such a shake as I never had before; I haven't felt like myself ever since. 1928 W. Gilbert Joy Ride 82 A kind and loving Providence has sent me to the bad, Where I can be myself for once from finger tips to toes, And open up my beauty like a big blush rose. 1966 I. Murdoch Time of Angels vii. 85 I don't feel quite myself. 1994 J. Barth Once upon Time 4 I'm not myself this morning: head not quite right, whatever. < as lemmas |
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