| 单词 | to cut to the heart |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto cut to the heart 5. figurative (transitive). To wound deeply the feelings of; to distress greatly. Now chiefly in to cut to the heart. (Cf. to cut up at Phrasal verbs; cutting adj.) ΘΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > cause of mental anguish or torment > cause anguish to or torment [verb (transitive)] quelmeOE eatc1000 martyrOE fretc1175 woundc1175 to-fret?c1225 gnawc1230 to-traya1250 torment1297 renda1333 anguish1340 grindc1350 wringc1374 debreakc1384 ofpinec1390 rivea1400 urn1488 reboil1528 whip1530 cruciate1532 pinch1548 spur-galla1555 agonize1570 rack1576 cut1582 excruciate1590 scorchc1595 discruciate1596 butcher1597 split1597 torture1598 lacerate1600 harrow1603 hell1614 to eat upa1616 arrow1628 martyrize1652 percruciate1656 tear1666 crucify1702 flay1782 wrench1798 kill1800 to cut up1843 1582 Bible (Rheims) Acts v. 33 When they had heard these things, it cut them to the hart. c1680 W. Beveridge Serm. (1729) II. 4 Every word in it will cut them to the heart. 1688 S. Penton Guardian's Instr. 75 Never..upbraid him with his Follies before Strangers; this may cut him too much, and never be forgotten. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia II. iv. i. 134 He says something so sorrowful that it cuts us to the soul! 1805 C. Lamb Let. 10 Nov. in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1976) II. 189 I have been very much cut about it indeed. a1871 T. Carlyle in J. W. Carlyle Lett. & Memorials (1883) III. 243 Often enough had it cut me to the heart to think what she was suffering. < as lemmas |
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