英语词汇“heart-sinking”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

heart-sinking adj. and n. (a) adj. that causes an intense feeling of dismay, dread, or sorrow; that makes one's heart sink (cf. sink v. 24b); characterized by such feelings; (b) n. a feeling of dismay, dread, or deep sorrow; (also) such feelings collectively.

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1645 R. Overton Martin's Eccho 11 The back-breaking, heart-sinking Courts..were unlawfull for the Bishops, but not for the Presbyters, that know how to use them.

1691 Hutcheson's 45 Serm. on CXXX Psalm xix. 216 The saints..walk tenderly in a continual jealousie of themselves, they have many a reflex look back, check, and heart-sinking for this and that they find amiss.

1743 D. Brainerd Let. 30 Apr. in J. Edwards Life D. Brainerd (1765) 265 There seems to be little of the special workings of the divine Spirit among them yet; which gives me many a heart-sinking hour.

1798 G. Colman Blue-beard i. 13 When I melancholy grow, This tinking [of guitar music] heart-sinking soon can drive away.

a1847 R. Wilson Life (1862) I. ii. 49 I see now..that omen, and feel now again the heart-sinking sensation that I felt then.

1879 C. Rossetti Seek & Find 312 Moments of keenest fear and utmost heart-sinking.

1942 N.Y. Times Mag. 25 Oct. 31/3 It seems everybody had as many butterflies as I did, and the same heart-sinking feeling.

1974 R. Price Jrnl. 21 Jan. in Learning Trade (1998) 237 Aside from a few heart sinkings more or less in midstream.., I bore up.

2012 Bristol Evening Post (Nexis) 2 Nov. 30 Yet another heart-sinking drama in which an able-bodied actor begs for an Oscar by playing a disabled character.

单词	heart-sinking
释义	> as lemmas heart-sinking heart-sinking adj. and n. (a) adj. that causes an intense feeling of dismay, dread, or sorrow; that makes one's heart sink (cf. sink v. 24b); characterized by such feelings; (b) n. a feeling of dismay, dread, or deep sorrow; (also) such feelings collectively. ΚΠ 1645 R. Overton Martin's Eccho 11 The back-breaking, heart-sinking Courts..were unlawfull for the Bishops, but not for the Presbyters, that know how to use them. 1691 Hutcheson's 45 Serm. on CXXX Psalm xix. 216 The saints..walk tenderly in a continual jealousie of themselves, they have many a reflex look back, check, and heart-sinking for this and that they find amiss. 1743 D. Brainerd Let. 30 Apr. in J. Edwards Life D. Brainerd (1765) 265 There seems to be little of the special workings of the divine Spirit among them yet; which gives me many a heart-sinking hour. 1798 G. Colman Blue-beard i. 13 When I melancholy grow, This tinking [of guitar music] heart-sinking soon can drive away. a1847 R. Wilson Life (1862) I. ii. 49 I see now..that omen, and feel now again the heart-sinking sensation that I felt then. 1879 C. Rossetti Seek & Find 312 Moments of keenest fear and utmost heart-sinking. 1942 N.Y. Times Mag. 25 Oct. 31/3 It seems everybody had as many butterflies as I did, and the same heart-sinking feeling. 1974 R. Price Jrnl. 21 Jan. in Learning Trade (1998) 237 Aside from a few heart sinkings more or less in midstream.., I bore up. 2012 Bristol Evening Post (Nexis) 2 Nov. 30 Yet another heart-sinking drama in which an able-bodied actor begs for an Oscar by playing a disabled character. extracted from heartn.int.adv. < as lemmas
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