| 单词 | pluck up courage |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspluck up courage d. Phrases, as to take courage, be of good courage (obsolete or archaic), pluck up courage, lose courage, etc. Dutch courage: bravery induced by drinking (colloquial). the courage of one's convictions or opinions [ < French le courage de son opinion, cited 1864] : courage in action equal to the courageousness of one's opinion; courage to act consistently with one's opinions. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > encouragement > pluck up courage [verb] findOE to take (in early use nim) heartc1275 to have the heartc1300 to hent one's heartc1325 to pull upa1393 to fang upa1400 pluckc1400 to take courage1490 to take heart of grace (and variants)c1520 to lift up one's heart, mind, soul1535 to get (also gather, keep, etc.) heart of grace1581 hearten1587 to pluck up one's courage1660 flesh1695 pluck up courage1726 to pick up1735 to call forth1802 to pluck up1827 to muster up1893 the mind > emotion > courage > Dutch courage > [noun] pot-valour?1623 pot courage1806 Dutch courage1826 bottle bravery1830 pot-valiantry1845 pot-valiance1872 pot valiancy1876 the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [noun] willOE businessa1387 wilfulnessc1386 restc1400 point1477 appointmenta1535 firmitude?1541 resoluteness?1560 resolve1592 resolution1594 constancy1603 resolvance1603 resolvedness1611 intensiona1619 determinateness1652 decisiveness1714 determinedness1747 decision1770 decidedness1800 setness1818 determinativeness1821 determination1822 virtu1876 the courage of one's convictions or opinions1878 self-determination1890 adamancy1898 drivenness1902 adamance1925 the mind > emotion > courage > moral courage > [noun] > courage of one's convictions the courage of one's convictions or opinions1878 1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) 154 Bycause they sholde take a better corage for the persone & sight of her. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Chron. xx. C Take a good corage vnto the, and let vs quyte oure selues manly. 1611 Bible (King James) Josh. i. 9 Be strong, and of a good courage. View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) 2 Chron. xv. 8 He tooke courage, and put away the abominable idoles. View more context for this quotation 1726 W. R. Chetwood Voy. & Adventures Capt. R. Boyle 42 I pluck'd up Courage enough to speak to her. 1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. xii. 289 Laying in a store of what is called Dutch courage. 1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 104 He took courage and entered. 1873 H. Spencer Study Sociol. viii. 188 A dose of brandy, by stimulating the circulation, produces ‘Dutch courage’. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) Pref. 8 I never could muster up the courage..to undertake the business. 1878 J. Morley Diderot II. 12 He is one of Swift's Yahoos, with the courage of its opinions. 1883 J. Payn Thicker than Water (1884) xxxviii. 306 That courage of his opinions which he never failed to display against any odds. 1887 H. Caine Life Coleridge i. 21 [He] believed in the efficacy of the birch, and had the courage of his convictions. to pluck up (one's) courage (also heart, resolution, spirits, etc.) 1. transitive. to pluck up (one's) courage (also heart, resolution, spirits, etc.): to summon up courage, strength, etc., take courage; to raise one's spirits, cheer up. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > encouragement > pluck up courage [verb] findOE to take (in early use nim) heartc1275 to have the heartc1300 to hent one's heartc1325 to pull upa1393 to fang upa1400 pluckc1400 to take courage1490 to take heart of grace (and variants)c1520 to lift up one's heart, mind, soul1535 to get (also gather, keep, etc.) heart of grace1581 hearten1587 to pluck up one's courage1660 flesh1695 pluck up courage1726 to pick up1735 to call forth1802 to pluck up1827 to muster up1893 c1330 Seven Sages (Auch.) (1933) 1177 (MED) Pluk vp þi cher. c1330 Seven Sages (Auch.) (1933) l. 2507 (MED) Confort þi self, pluk vp þin herte Swich mourning þan wil þe smerte. 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1928) xvi. 72 Languysshe no more, but plucke vp thyne herte. 1562 Bp. J. Pilkington Expos. Abdyas Pref. 9 Let us therefore pluck vp stomackes, and pray with S. Augustine. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. iii. 38 Plucke vp thy spirits, looke cheerfully vpon me. View more context for this quotation 1660 C. Ellis Gentile Sinner 239 Let them pluck up their Courage, and make it appeare to the World, that they have yet something of a Noble and Generous Spirit within their breasts. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 210 Plucking up my Spirits as well as I could. 1794 R. B. Sheridan Duenna (new ed.) ii. 33 I'll pluck up resolution. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. v. 376 Æthelred seems now to have plucked up a little heart. 1869 A. Trollope He knew he was Right II. lv. 47 She could not pluck up courage to speak a word in Italian. 1910 ‘Saki’ Reginald in Russia 104 The little Lemberg négociant plucked up heart. 1960 W. Harris Palace of Peacock i. 17 I plucked up courage to express my inner thoughts. a1978 S. T. Warner One Thing leading to Another (1985) 165 Mousie plucked up her spirits and re-addressed herself to the duties of a sovereign. 2004 Aberdeen Evening Express (Nexis) 8 Dec. 14 She started going out for walks and plucked up courage to join a gym. < as lemmas |
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