| 单词 | to be in one's right sense |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be in one's right sense a. The thinking or reasoning faculty of the human mind in a normal or undisturbed state; reason, sanity, wits. In later use only in to be in one's right sense (cf. to be in one's right mind at right adj. 8a). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > [noun] healthc1000 in witc1000 i-mindOE mindc1380 reasonc1405 wit-state?c1450 common sense1536 sense1536 senses1540 soundness1548 sanitya1616 wisdoma1616 mental health?1650 saneness1727 mens sana1853 balance1856 lucidity1874 clear-headedness1882 the mind > mental capacity > [noun] > power or faculty > in normal sane condition wit1340 sense1536 senses1540 1536 T. Starkey Pref. Kynges Hyghnes f. 13v There is no man so madde and so with out sence, that aboue all thinge in his harte desyreth not to inioye and imbrace this quietnesse and tranquillitie. a1592 R. Greene Hist. Orlando Furioso (1594) sig. Hiiv Nere was the Queene of Cypres halfe so glad, As is Angelica to see her Lord, Her deare Orlando settled in his sense. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xviii. 9 In the restoring his bereued sence. 1694 W. Penn Brief Acct. Rise Quakers v. 99 He had the Comfort of a short Illness, and the Blessing of a clear Sense to the last. 1751 A. McDouall Inst. Laws Scotl. I. 205 A lunatic, or one that has lost his sense and understanding by accident,..may recover his memory and judgment. 1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna vi. xv. 135 I lost all sense or care, And like the rest I grew desperate and unaware. 1870 Frank Leslie's Pleasant Hours Feb. 123/2 I..almost lost my sense and reason at the sight of an eye peering cautiously out from the folds of the satin damask curtain. 1916 Storyteller's Mag. Feb. 121 Had I been in my right sense before, my son would not have died. 2015 Daily Trust (Abuja) (Nexis) 2 July We assumed that he was not in his right sense, so we started walking away. < as lemmas |
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