单词 | to see into |
释义 | > as lemmasto see into —— to see into —— 1. intransitive. To have or gain insight into (esp. something mysterious or obscure, as the future, a person's soul, etc.); to attain knowledge or understanding of; to penetrate with the mind or intellect. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > find out, discover [verb (transitive)] > by perception or observation seeOE wita1300 descrivec1300 descrya1450 spyc1515 to see into ——1565 scerne1590 guard1636 discreevec1650 spot1848 embrace1852 sniff1864 1565 T. Harding Confut. Apol. Church of Eng. ii. vii. f. 68 Knowledge of synnes..can not be had of man, who can not see into the harte of man. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. i. 42 Well hath your Highnesse seene into this Duke. View more context for this quotation c1700 J. Fraser Chron. Frasers (1905) 18 It [sc. History] is indeed that telescope by which we see into distant ages. 1798 W. Wordsworth Lines Tintern Abbey in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 204 While with an eye made quiet by the power Of harmony,..We see into the life of things. 1824 L.-M. Hawkins Annaline I. 295 He could see no farther into the affair than before. 1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country iii. 193 That man will..see into your soul. 1921 Eastern Buddhist (Japan) 1 13 Zen in its essence is the art of seeing into the nature of one's own being. 1991 Independent 30 Nov. 14/3 Sangomas..can see into the past and future and know the prescriptions for the mystic potions. 2006 A. Forna Ancestor Stones 53 Watching me in silence, unblinking... Like he could see into my soul. 2. intransitive. To investigate, look into (a subject, matter, etc.). ΚΠ 1819 A. MacDougall Treat. Irish Fisheries 30 Should they..put off the sale of the fish beyond a given time, the officer of the fishery upon the station should see into the matter. 1863 C. Kingsley Lett. (1877) II. 179 We must send up one of our F.G.S.'s to see into the matter. 1872 Leisure Hour 24 Feb. 115/1 No, I'll go and see into it all myself, offhand. 1943 Scotsman 19 May 3/3 Mr Henderson said they might take it that the Housing Committee would see into the matter without delay. 2001 G. Williams Dr. Mortimer & Aldgate Myst. 103 I said I would see into the matter myself, and left Dr Branscombe till evening surgery. < as lemmas |
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