| 释义 |
ˈheart-strike, v. rare.
[See strike v.]
trans. To strike to the heart, make a deep impression upon the feelings of. So ˈheart-stricken ppl. a. (= heart-struck b); ˈheart-strickenly adv.
a1637B. Jonson tr. Horace' Art Poetry 136 If they seeke to heart-strike us That are spectators, with their miserie. 1797T. Park Sonn. 6 Heart-stricken deeply by some barbed grief. 1837Hawthorne Twice-Told T. (1851) I. iii. 44 Cruel! cruel! groaned the heart-stricken bride. 1846Landor Wks. (1853) I. 571/2 note, So heart-strickenly and desperately was I ashamed. |