| 单词 | to break a matter |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto break a matter a. †to break one's mind (heart): to deliver or reveal what is in one's mind (obsolete). to break news, to break a matter, to break a secret: to make it known, disclose, divulge it; now implying caution and delicacy. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > think [verb (intransitive)] > hard to burst one's brainc1385 to break one's mind (heart)a1450 to break one's brain, mind, wind1530 to beat the brains1579 to rack one's brain (also brains, wit, memory, etc.)1583 hammer1598 beat1604 to cudgel one's brains1604 to bother one's brains (also brain)1755 society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or make revelations [verb (intransitive)] cough1393 wrayc1425 to break a secreta1450 to tell allc1450 to bring (also put) to light1526 to let on1725 to open up1884 to come out of the closet1971 to come out1976 society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or make revelations [verb (intransitive)] > reveal one's true character > one's thoughts or feelings to open one's hearta1250 to break one's mind (heart)a1450 to show one's mind1492 to fish out the bottom of a person's stomach1537 to utter (the bottom of) one's stomach1537 to show one's true colours?1551 to come out1836 to open out1855 to come (out) in (also into) the open1861 disembosom1884 unbutton1956 to go public1957 a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xxxvi. l. 274 Al ȝowre herte thanne to me breke. 1474 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 479 To whom she brake hyre harte and tolde hyre þat she sholde have hadde Master Paston. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. lxii. [lxv.] 212 A squyer of Bretayne, to whome he had broken his mynde. 1528 S. Gardiner in N. Pocock Rec. Reformation (1870) I. 101 His holiness demanded whether the king's highness had at any time broken this matter to the queen. 1683 in Pennsylvania Arch. (1852) I. 83 I broke ye bussiness to Pr. Aldrix. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 455. ⁋3 She began to break her Mind very freely..to me. 1712 J. Arbuthnot Lewis Baboon iv. vi. 26 With a Design to break the Matter gently to his Partners. 1759 W. H. Dilworth Life of Pope 64 After a short acquaintance..he broke his mind to him upon that subject. a1766 G. Colman Posthumous Lett. (1820) Add. 339 Here it may be resolved..that she shall break the secret of their marriage to the old Earl. 1840 T. Hood Up Rhine 1 Now, however, I have some news to break. < as lemmas |
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