| 单词 | to be in the mood |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be in the (also a) mood P3. to be in the (also a) mood: to feel disposed or inclined for or to do something (formerly also †of doing something). Similarly in no mood. in the (also a) —— mood: enthusiastic for or disposed to enjoy the thing specified. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > [adjective] disposedc1340 willed1417 affecta1425 willinga1425 affectionatec1487 mindedc1487 talenteda1500 well-minded1524 affectioned?1532 affectionated1561 mindful1565 aminded1571 ingineda1583 affected1584 pregnant1604 in the (also a) —— mooda1625 fond1666 apt1677 a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Captaine v. iii, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ii3v/1 You'r pleasant, but Fabrito know I am not in the mood [printed wood] of Suffering jest. 1639 J. Mayne Citye Match iii. ii. 27 He is not in the mood now. 1733 in M. Masters Poems Several Occasions 209 While Husband in the cooing mood Gives you a Buss, nor cares who sees it. 1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 146 I made half a dozen different beginnings, and could no way please myself. In short, I was in no mood to write. 1786 T. Jefferson Let. 12 Oct. in Papers (1954) X. 452 I did not interrupt them sooner because I was in a mood for hearing sermons. 1798 M. Wollstonecraft Maria ii She was in a talking mood, and proceeded to inform me how she had been used in the world. 1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) III. xxv. 393 But the Council was not in a mood for such reflections. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge ix. 284 She was in no mood for sleep. 1880 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times III. xlvii. 426 He saw what men were in the mood to do. 1937 V. Woolf Years 371 She had never felt less in the mood for a party. 1955 D. Eden Darling Clementine xvi. 159 Darling little boys do these things when they're in the mood. 1987 N. Hinton Buddy's Song xi. 61 His dad wasn't in the mood to listen. < as lemmas |
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