| 单词 | to meek one's heart, soul, mind |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto meek one's heart, soul, mind ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > self-abasement > humble oneself [verb (reflexive)] meekc1175 humblec1380 meekenc1450 lowlyc1485 humiliate1533 abase1539 demean1659 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 13950 All forr nohht uss haffde crist Vt lesedd fra þe defell Ȝiff þatt we nolldenn mekenn uss. To follȝhenn cristess lare. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 204 On þis wise edmodieð & meokeð [c1230 Corpus meokið, a1250 Titus mekeð, a1300 Caius meoked] ow seoluen. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 423 Þe kyng meked hym and ȝeede barfoot. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 17578 For him to find qua will him seke, Þair mode til him þai most meke. c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. iv. 81 (MED) Þanne gan mede to meke [v.rr. mekyn, meoken, megen] hire, & mercy besouȝte. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 2244 He that pride hath hym withynne Ne may his herte in no wise Meken ne souplen to servyse. a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) iii. lii. 124 Þou woldist meke þiself unto þe erþe. 1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. bb.iii The lyon..wyll not hurte the beest that falleth downe and meketh hymselfe vnto hym. 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. clxxxxviiv O men meke your myndes. 1533 T. More Apol. xiii, in Wks. 873/1 I wisse tyll you meeke your selfe and amende [your conditions], thys anger of your husband will neuer be well appeased. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 195/2 But the sayde Constantine meked himself so lowly to the kyng, that [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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