| 单词 | to relieve one's feelings |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto relieve one's feelings P3. to relieve one's feelings: to release strong emotions such as distress, grief, frustration, or anger by venting or expressing them in some manner (either verbally or physically). ΚΠ 1788 Helena xxvii. 69 Helena..hastened to her own room, to relieve her feelings by a free indulgence of them. 1850 J. H. Newman Lect. Diffic. Anglicans i. ii. 50 They..relieve their feelings by gestures and cries, and startings to and fro. 1884 S. J. Reid Life Sydney Smith xiii. 342 The muttered growl with which the eclipsed poet relieved his overcharged feelings. 1957 J. Braine Room at Top (1960) 121 I called her the worst names I could think of,..but it didn't relieve my feelings very much. 1992 L. Gordon Shared Lives viii. 174 Whereas the English take comfort in humour, New Yorkers relieve their feelings by uninhibited griping. 2009 P. C. Wrede Thirteenth Child (2010) xiv. 150 When the aunts caught us hanging over the banister listening, they relieved their feelings by scolding fiercely. < as lemmas |
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