| 单词 | to one's heart's content |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto one's heart's content b. heart's content: now in phrase, to one's heart's content, to one's full inward satisfaction.Shakespeare has word-plays on content n.1 5. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [noun] queemnesseOE queemc1175 suffisancec1374 pleasingc1400 complacencec1436 resting?a1475 satisfaction1477 happinessa1500 thankfulness1500 contention1516 contentationa1533 contenting1541 satisfiedness1571 content1578 contentedness1581 appeasement1586 contentment1597 heart's content1600 acquiescence1612 pleasedness1626 well-apaidness1633 well-pleasedness1633 complacency1643 acquiescency1646 the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [noun] > as a habitual state of mind contentation1546 content1578 heart's content1600 the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [adverb] > so as to content or satisfy > to one's satisfaction to one's willOE a-willc1275 at a person's willc1300 fillc1300 to payc1300 at, to greec1374 with or upon one's wish or wishes1390 agreea1425 at wisha1525 to (one's) wish (rarely wishes)1586 to one's heart's content1600 wishfully1607 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iii. iv. 42 I wish your Ladiship all harts content . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) i. i. 33 Her grace in Speech..Makes me from Wondring, fall to Weeping ioyes, Such is the Fulnesse of my hearts content . View more context for this quotation 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 110 Eromena..lived now at her owne hearts sweet content. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World vii. 192 Thus they were all disposed of to their hearts content. 1832 H. Martineau Hill & Valley i. 14 Mr. Wallace praised the garden..to the heart's content of its owner. 1890 Froude Ld. Beaconsfield iv. 61 The Protestant Somersetshire yeomen no doubt cheered him to his heart's content. < as lemmas |
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