| 释义 |
forefeel, v.|fɔəˈfiːl|
[f. fore- + feel v.]
trans. To feel beforehand, have a presentiment of.
1580Sidney Arcadia ii. xviii. 181 b, Erona..forefeeling the harmes which after fell to her. c1611Chapman Iliad xiv. 13 With unwieldy waves the great sea forefeels winds That both ways murmur. a1632T. Taylor God's Judgem. i. i. lii. (1642) 410 Sinners..fore-feeling the approach of hell. 1810W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. XXIX. 320 To forefeel Her coming joy, redoubles my delight. 1851Maurice Patriarchs & Lawg. vi. (1867) 122 Those objects were in very deed foreshown and forefelt in his childish aspirations.
Hence ˈforefeel n.; foreˈfeeling (whence foreˈfeelingly adv.), foreˈfelt ppl. adjs.
1580Sidney Arcadia (1622) 380 Fore-felt Desire, begin to sauour part Of comming gladnesse. 1607Topsell Serpents (1658) 782 A divine prudence and forefeeling knowledge originally inbred by Nature. 1805Southey Madoc i. xi, His spirit..beheld with no forefeeling joy The rising sons of song. 1808― Lett. (1856) II. 117 Well might W. fore⁓feelingly call our rulers ‘A venal band’. 1839Bailey Festus xxii, Like a fore-feel of madness about the brain. |