| 单词 | good cheer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgood cheer a. A person's mental or emotional state or disposition, esp. as made apparent by his or her demeanour; mood, humour, spirits. Also: a person's demeanour or manner as indicating his or her mood. Usually with specifying adjective, now esp. in good cheer (coloured by sense 5a).In early use frequently indistinguishable from sense 1a. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > state of feeling or mood > [noun] moodOE cheerc1225 affecta1398 statec1450 mindc1460 stomach1476 spiritc1480 humour1525 vein1577 frame1579 tune1600 tempera1628 transport1658 air1678 tift1717 disposition1726 spite1735 tonea1751 the mind > mental capacity > disposition or character > [noun] > prevailing or distinctive qualities > as displayed in expression, etc. cheerc1225 character1734 the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > manifestation of emotion > [noun] > demeanour or appearance cheerc1225 statea1400 expression1830 c1225 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Bodl.) (1940) l. 472 Ȝef þu art feier. & wið gleade chere. bi cleopest alle feire, ne schalt..wite þe wið unword, ne wið uuel blame. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 57 Heo schal habbe leaue to gladien hire fere..& make sines toward hire of an gled chere. a1275 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 46 Þenne seit þe sole wid sorie chere: ‘Awei! wrechede bodi.’ c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 578 (MED) Ouer londes he gan fare Wiþ sorwe and reweful chere. c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) l. 266 Þe barouns com to Fortiger And gretten him wiþ glad cher. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5075 Ioseph comforth þan þere chere [Gött. ioseph confort þaim þar chere]. a1425 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Linc. Inn) (1973) l. 807 Þeo feond..Bygyled hire wiþ tricherye And brouȝte hire in wel dreory chere. c1500 (a1400) Sir Cleges (Ashm.) (1913) l. 30 (MED) Off all godnes, sche had treuly Glad chere boþe dey and nyȝht. 1598 R. Barckley Disc. Felicitie of Man i. 5 He was..with heauie cheare enforced to seeke an other dwelling. 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets xcvii. sig. G If they sing, 'tis with so dull a cheere . View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 496 His words thir drooping chere Enlightn'd, and thir languisht hope reviv'd. View more context for this quotation 1714 N. Rowe Trag. Jane Shore i. ii. 6 See! with what sad and sober Cheer she comes. 1789 W. Blake Songs of Innocence Introd., in Compl. Poetry & Prose (1982) 7 So I piped with merry chear. 1824 W. S. Rose tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso IV. xxx. 237 ‘Hola! I want thy steed,’ (Cried Roland) and advanced with wrathful cheer. 1872 Lippincott's Mag. Sept. 260/1 He would always say, with grave cheer, ‘Good-morning, madam!’ 1923 P. G. Wodehouse Inimitable Jeeves x. 102 Jeeves shimmered off, and Cyril blew in, full of good cheer and blitheringness. 1997 C. Newland Scholar (1998) x. 150 It didn't do his cheer any good at all. 2005 J. Fredston Snowstruck ix. 273 Soren..is known for his equability and good cheer. < as lemmas |
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