单词 | brain-spun |
释义 | > as lemmasbrain-spun brain-spun adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > [adjective] > imagined or visualized presenta1393 conceivedc1425 imaginate1533 conceited1543 imaginedc1550 surmised1578 coined1582 brain-spun1595 brain-born1596 fustian1601 brain-bred1606 humoured1613 imaged1718 visual1817 visualized1817 1595 tr. G. de S. Du Bartas First Day of Worldes Creation 19 Now go vaine Greece, and weaue heauens curtaincloth Of braine spun threads, such as thy quintessence. 1832 J. C. Hare in Philol. Museum 1 643 Brain-spun systems of metaphysics. 1907 O. Elton Mod. Stud. v. iv. 145 Dr. Courthope's account of the historic setting is not in the least brain-spun or capricious; it is solidly based and charged with learning. 2003 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 30 Mar. 26 These brain-spun fancies were far removed from the long ache of the flesh we were experiencing. < as lemmas |
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