| 单词 | to walk into affections |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto walk into (a person's) affections 3. intransitive. to walk into (a person's) affections: to win the love of (a person) immediately and without effort. Also ironically: to attack (cf. sense 1). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > loved one > win the affection of [verb (transitive)] > endear > endear effortlessly and immediately to walk into (a person's) affections1840 1840 New Sporting Mag. Sept. 184 Oh, ho! Mr. Vulpes!.. If we don't do our best to ‘walk into your affections’ before we have done with you, our name is not ‘Master Harry!’ 1858 J. Hampton Let. 14 Jan. in K. Young Delhi—1857 App. D. 328 Major Erskine was fearful that the jolly 50th would have walked into the affections of the Madrassees, and then all would have gone a regular smash. 1910 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 27 Mar. 32/2 He had more charm than anything I've ever met, and so it is only natural that he should have walked into our affections. 1978 New Eng. Q. 51 573 With the daring boldness of Murat, he walked into his affections, by seizing his gun and letting him have the charge in his face! < as lemmas |
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