| 单词 | life string |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslife string life string n. now rare a string or nerve supposed to be essential to life (frequently in plural); also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > nervous system > nerve > types of nerves > [noun] sensitive?a1425 motivec1475 life stringc1522 recurrent1615 life corda1631 abducent1681 cord1774 chord1783 motor1824 afferent1828 excitor1836 nerve trunk1850 mixed nerve1861 inhibitory nerve1870 nervelet1875 vaso-motor1887 pilomotor1892 lemniscus1913 c1522 T. More Treat. Memorare Nouissima in Wks. (1557) I. 77 Breaking thy vaines & thy life stringes wt like pain & grief. 1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania iii. 394 She would not be a meanes to cut my life-strings with this cruelty. 1767 G. S. Carey Hills of Hybla 39 Thy words have cut my life-string thro'. 1827 J. Keble Christian Year I. xxxii. 127 One by one, The life-strings of that tender heart gave way. 1926 Columbia Law Rev. 26 1021 Every passing year attenuates the life string of legislation based on an emergency which many contend never existed. 2007 Seattle Times (Nexis) 6 Apr. c Athletics has proven to be a lifestring that keeps kids engaged in school. < as lemmas |
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