单词 | heart-wise |
释义 | heart-wiseadv. Now rare (archaic in later use). Like a heart; in the shape of a (stylized) heart. Cf. heart n. 24. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [adverb] > like the shape of a heart heart-wise1586 1586 W. Bullokar Pamphlet for Gram. 41 [Adverbs are formed] som tym of a substantiu..by-ading..wiz shewing lyknes: az, hartwiz. 1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Horse Shoe Leaves..made Heartwise and divided by a crooked line. 1836 Asiatic Researches 19 i. 174 Below white, buff smeared on the breast, sometimes all over, and each plume cordated or barred heartwise with saturate brown. 1865 A. C. Swinburne Ballad of Life 12 She held a little cithern by the strings, Shaped heartwise. 1910 M. C. Munn Will Shakespeare of Stratford & London ii. i. 106 A chain and jewel of amethyst shaped heart-wise graven with tender emblems. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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