单词 | to bear in |
释义 | > as lemmasto bear in to bear in 1. intransitive. Nautical. To sail towards; to approach. Also with with, †for, etc., a specified place. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (intransitive)] > head in a certain course or direction > sail towards shore to stand in1582 to bear in1587 to bear with —1587 to fall in1598 1587 J. White in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) iii. 770 The 16. of October we made land, but we knew not what land it was, bearing in with the same land at that day. a1621 W. Strachey True Reportory Wracke Sir T. Gates in S. Purchas Pilgrimes (1625) IV. ix. vi. 1748 We set sayle againe, and having got over the Barre, bore in for the Cape. 1686 T. D'Urfey Common-wealth of Women ii. i. 11 Du Pier: What's the Coast. Boatswain: We know not yet. Let's bear in with all the Sail we can. 1837 S. Cumings Western Pilot (new ed.) 18 Now bear in till within 20 yards of the shore. 1931 Yachting Nov. 39/2 The tide still helping us, we bore in with slightly started sheets toward the lightship. 2. transitive (in passive). Of a fact, opinion, etc.: to be strongly or forcibly fixed in (a person's mind, conscience, etc.); to be impressed on or upon (a person). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > clearness, lucidity > become clear [verb (intransitive)] to bear in1637 to speak (also express, tell) volumes1803 to clear up1875 to come together1907 1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies i. 6 They are bereaved of their Liberty as well as if an opinion of necessity were borne in upon their consciences. 1818 Q. Rev. 18 537 It had been born in upon his mind..that some great man..was to be cut off. 1852 J. H. Newman Disc. Univ. Educ. 103 It is borne in upon the many..as self-evident, that religious men would not thus be jealous. 2006 D. C. Dennett Breaking Spell (2007) Pref. p. xiv The urgency of the message was borne in on me again and again by current events. < as lemmas |
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