| 单词 | to be steeped to the lips |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be steeped to the lips c. To involve deeply in a state or condition; to imbue or permeate thoroughly (with some quality); to make profoundly acquainted (with a subject of study); to absorb in (a pursuit). Const. in. Chiefly in passive; often, to be steeped to the lips. ΘΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > engage the attention [verb (transitive)] > hold attention, absorb swallowc1330 deepc1380 dare1547 suspend1561 preoccupy1567 devour1568 to swallow up1581 enwrap1589 invest1601 steep1603 to take up1603 spell1646 possess1653 enchain1658 engross1661 absorb1749 fix1752 rivet1762 fascinate1782 spell-bind1808 arrest1814 mesmerize1862 to turn on1903 get1913 consume1999 the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > introduce or bring something in [verb (transitive)] > infuse sheda1325 bedew1340 distil1393 informa1398 transfusec1425 pourc1451 infudea1500 infuse1526 tan1530 colour1536 suck1549 imbrue1565 dewc1572 inspire1576 steep1603 infect1605 imbreathe1609 impregn1652 transfund1670 influence1691 bleed1866 render1885 taste1904 1603 T. Dekker et al. Patient Grissill sig. A4 All his words and deedes are like his birth, Steept in true honor. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iv. ii. 52 Had he..Steep'd me in pouerty, to the very lips. View more context for this quotation 1663 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim (1687) xxvii. 293 He seldom departed from meditation, but..with..his whole heart steeped in new sweetness. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. ii. viii. 154 Roland, so long steeped to the lips in disgust and chagrin, sends in his demission. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Two Voices in Poems (new ed.) II. 119 Thou art so steep'd in misery. 1849 W. Irving Oliver Goldsmith (rev. ed.) xiv. 155 Langton..was still the..enthusiastic scholar, steeped to the lips in Greek. 1855 C. Dickens Let. 16 Sept. (1993) VII. 704 I am steeped in my story. 1856 C. Kingsley Plays & Puritans in Misc. (1860) II. 130 But Milton had steeped his whole soul in romance. 1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise i. 304 Until the Golden Age seemed there to be, So steeped the land was in felicity. 1870 T. H. Huxley Lay Serm. (1874) vi. 117 The whole of modern thought is steeped in science. 1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal I. iii. 95 She has been steeped to the lips in worldliness and vanity. 1908 J. O. Dykes Christian Minister xiii. 142 There is a language of devotion in which the minister does well to steep himself. < as lemmas |
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