| 单词 | to brace one's heart |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto brace one's heart b. figurative. Also reflexive to brace oneself (cf. to gird oneself in gird v.1 1b); also to brace one's heart, brace energies, etc., in sense of summoning up resolution for a task. Also frequently with up. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare or get ready [verb (intransitive)] > prepare for an effort bracea1500 to gird (up) the loins1526 to brace up1809 the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (reflexive)] > for effort girdc1450 bracea1500 buckle1570 accinge1657 screw1785 to work up1820 nerve1821 poise1831 to screw up1841 the mind > emotion > courage > encouragement > encourage or embolden [verb (transitive)] hearteOE bieldc897 hardenc1175 elnea1225 hardyc1225 boldc1275 hardishc1325 endurec1384 assurec1386 emboldc1400 recomfortc1405 enharda1450 support1479 enhardy1483 animatec1487 encourage1490 emboldishc1503 hearten1524 bolden1526 spright1531 raise1533 accourage1534 enheart1545 to hearten on1555 hearten?1556 alacriate1560 bespirit1574 bebrave1576 to put in heart1579 to hearten up1580 embolden1583 bravea1593 enhearten1610 inspiritc1610 rehearten1611 blood1622 mana1625 valiant1628 flush1633 firm1639 buoy1645 embrave1648 reinhearten1652 reanimate1655 reinspirit1660 to give mettle to1689 warm1697 to lift (up) a person's spirits1711 reman1715 to make a man of1722 respirit1725 elate1726 to cocker up1762 enharden1779 nerve1799 boost1815 brace1816 high-mettle1831 braven1865 brazen1884 a1500 in H. J. Todd Illustr. Lives & Writings Gower & Chaucer (1810) 299 Arysyng full lyghtely my sylfe did I brase. a1807 W. Wordsworth Prelude (1959) i. 8 A longing in me rose To brace myself to some determin'd aim. 1816 J. Austen Emma I. vii. 113 It was..necessary to brace her up with a few decisive expressions. View more context for this quotation 1836 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece II. xv. 306 Nothing now remained but to brace every nerve for the battle. 1876 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People i. §4. 39 Under Offa Mercia first really braced herself to the completion of her British conquests. 1887 ‘M. Corelli’ Thelma i. xvii He paused—then suddenly bracing himself up, added [etc.]. 1891 T. Hardy Group of Noble Dames ix. 230 It gave him an opportunity to brace himself up. 1903 ‘No. 7’ 25 Years in 17 Prisons xii. 125 When I heard the words ‘sad news’..I braced myself up, clenched my teeth..and prepared to hear the worst. < as lemmas |
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