| 单词 | a person's heart's desire |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa person's heart's desire (a) a person's heart's desire: that which a person greatly desires, or which is of supreme importance in a person's affections. ΚΠ 1462 J. Russe in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 287 Jesu send yow youre hertys desyre and amende hem that wold the co[n]trary. 1534 G. Joye tr. U. Zwingli Dauids Psalter xxxvii. sig. Givv Thou shalt delyte in the Lorde which shal geue the thy hertis desyer. 1603 W. Leighton Vertue Triumphant sig. A3 God quencht the rage, and sent our hearts desire. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 159. ⁋5 Farewel my Terentia, my Heart's Desire, farewel. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Bk. Snobs xxx. 115 Every person present..was related to the Peerage or the Baronetage. Mrs. P. had her heart's desire. 1899 K. H. Huntly Our Code of Honour xxii It was my heart's desire in boyhood to enter the senior service. 1913 J. W. Townsend Kentucky in Amer. Lett. I. 79 This position [sc. that of chief justice] was George Robertson's heart's desire. 1968 J. D. Carr Papa Là-bas i. iii. 29 The Voodoo charm that will bring them their heart's desire. 2012 Evening Post (Nexis) 23 Feb. 6 They set off..to find the mysterious Wizard of Oz, each hoping he will be able to grant them their heart's desire. to a person's heart's desire (b) to a person's heart's desire: to the point at which a person is deeply happy or satisfied; to the full extent of a person's desires; as much as a person wants. Cf. to one's heart's content at content n.2 1b.rare before 19th cent. ΚΠ 1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas xlvii. 642 If their mouthes be not filled with laughter and pleasure to their harts desire, or their bellies with garlicke and onions. 1709 J. Walkinshaw Let. to Sir R. Sibbald 64 To please the Libeller to his Heart's desire, let us suppose the faults of these Numbers to have proceeded from slips of the Doctor's own in the Computation of them. 1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 302/1 Burns, for a poor man, became rich—rich to his heart's desire. 1840 Hampshire Advertiser 27 June If the Society did not flourish to their heart's desire, it was not for the want of assiduous attention on their parts. 1910 G. L. Carson Stud. in Horse Breeding xiv. 196 The foals should have a large place in which to run and play, and let them run to their heart's desire. 1987 Orange Coast Mag. Oct. 110 (advt.) Wine and dine and be entertained to your heart's desire. 2007 Independent (Nexis) 14 Dec. 18 Over lunch, you will be pictured with the star and can quiz them to your heart's desire. < as lemmas |
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