| 单词 | on the mend |
| 释义 | > as lemmason the mend 5. colloquial. on the mend: recovering from sickness; improving in health or condition. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > recovery > recovering [phrase] in (also on the, upon) recovery1580 on the mend1802 the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [adjective] > improving or growing better improving1643 on the mend1802 bettering1876 1802 S. T. Coleridge Let. 19 Feb. (1956) II. 436 My health has been on the Mend, since you left town. 1897 Daily News 27 July 11/4 Home trade in finished linens is perhaps on the mend. 1919 ‘K. Mansfield’ Let. (1993) III. 25 The pain in my joints is—well its not outwardly better yet I feel it is. So it is evidently on the mend. 1951 E. Paul Springtime in Paris (U.K. ed.) v. 110 I was reminded that the graphs of women, men and nations can slant upward as well as dip downward, and France was on the mend. 1988 M. Seymour Ring of Conspirators i. 34 Soothed by Crane's constant assurances that he was on the mend, she set off..for a shopping expedition. 2006 P. Cuadros Home on Field xii. 137 Abuelita was on the mend when she insisted on cooking for them. < as lemmas |
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