| 单词 | to bring round |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto bring round to bring round (See also sense 1 and round adv.) 1. To restore (a person) from a fainting-fit or an attack of illness. ΚΠ 1834 ‘A Virginian’ Kentuckian in New York I. vi. 94 You want something to make your blood circulate: a small taste or two would soon bring you round. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 46 Dead!.. I warrant, man, that we shall bring you round. 2. To complete a set of changes in bell-ringing. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > bell-ringing > [verb (transitive)] > change ringing walk1671 to bring round1883 1883 Birmingham Daily Post 19 Oct. 7 A peal of..grandsire majors which was successfully rung and brought round in capital style, in four hours and fifty-five minutes. 3. To persuade; to convert to an opinion. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > persuade (a person) [verb (transitive)] > win over > to an opinion to bring round1863 1863 A. Trollope Rachel Ray I. xiii. 259 Don't you think you could say something civil to Mr. Tappitt, so as to—to bring him round again? 1889 R. Bridges Feast of Bacchus iv. 1055 You've got..your father Brought nicely round: and all through my good management. 1892 Mrs. H. Ward David Grieve (1901) iv. 285/2 He talked to Lucy, and with great difficulty persuaded her in the matter of the hundred pounds... Ultimately, however, he brought his wife round. 1932 A. J. Worrall Eng. Idioms ix. 62 With some difficulty I brought him round to my way of thinking. < as lemmas |
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