单词 | to take heart |
释义 | > as lemmasto take (in early use †nim) heart (a) to take (in early use †nim) heart and variants: to summon up courage; (now more usually) to derive encouragement or comfort from a turn of events, discovery, etc. Cf. to take courage at courage n. 4d.to take heart of grace: see heart of grace n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > encouragement > pluck up courage [verb] findOE to take (in early use nim) heartc1275 to have the heartc1300 to hent one's heartc1325 to pull upa1393 to fang upa1400 pluckc1400 to take courage1490 to take heart of grace (and variants)c1520 to lift up one's heart, mind, soul1535 to get (also gather, keep, etc.) heart of grace1581 hearten1587 to pluck up one's courage1660 flesh1695 pluck up courage1726 to pick up1735 to call forth1802 to pluck up1827 to muster up1893 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 956 He..Nom him heorte to; & streahte his ærmes. & breid Geomagog. c1330 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Auch.) (1952) 45 King Alisaunder, þei him were wo, He tok him gode hert to. a1450 (?a1300) Richard Coer de Lyon (Caius) (1810) l. 5757 They wer bolde, her herte they tooke [a1400 Egerton and gode herte took]. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 748/1 I take herte, je prens couraige. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. x. sig. Mm4v Take good hart, And tell thy griefe. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iv. iii. 174 Take a good heart, and counterfeit to be a man. View more context for this quotation 1674 S. Butler Hudibras (new ed.) i. iii. 127 Took heart again, and fac'd about, As if they meant to stand it out. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 152 The Presbyterians, who were quite dispirited by the steddiness of his conduct, would take heart again. 1776 Ld. Kames Gentleman Farmer Pref. p. xii I laid aside my books, took heart, and like Des Cartes commenced my inquiries with doubting of every thing. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge lxvii. 331 Take heart, take heart. We'll find them. 1869 East Anglian 3 350 There were the squires on the bench, but I took heart, and talked to 'em like a Dutch uncle. 1903 J. London Call of Wild iii. 82 Pike..took heart at this open mutiny, and sprang upon the overthrown leader. 1980 W. Manchester Goodbye, Darkness 74 But the Diggers took heart when he appeared in Melbourne. 2008 Independent on Sunday 6 Jan. 32/1 If your first magnum opus is still waiting to be propelled to Booker-winning glory, take heart from these rejectees. < as lemmas |
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