| 单词 | to collect oneself |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto collect oneself a. transitive. To regain or reassert control over, recall to order (one's faculties, thoughts, etc.); to summon up, gather and bring into action (courage, etc.). to collect oneself: to recover oneself from surprise or a disconcerted or distracted state; to gather together one's scattered thoughts, feelings, or energies; to compose oneself. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > compose oneself [verb (reflexive)] stilla1325 spakea1400 amesec1400 soft?a1500 stay1537 recollect1595 collect1602 compose1607 recompose1611 to reassume oneself1635 relax1685 summon1745 mellow1974 centre1980 1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida ii. sig. D3v What meanes these scattred looks ? why tremble you?.. Collect your spirits, Madam. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iii. iii. 37 Affrighted much, I did in time collect my selfe. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 986 Satan..Collecting all his might dilated stood. View more context for this quotation 1761–2 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (1806) III. xlviii. 728 Raleigh, finding his fate inevitable, collected all his courage. 1793 W. Roberts Looker-on No. 58. 458 As it is my custom to be long in collecting myself, before I can deliver my thoughts with ease. 1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 455 We use ‘collect one's self’, for bringing one's self, all one's thoughts, together, and so, having full possession of one's self. 1864 D. G. Mitchell Seven Stories 232 The Count..collected his thoughts. < as lemmas |
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