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单词 to cheer up
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to cheer up
to cheer up
1. transitive. To make (a person or his or her mood, disposition, etc.) more cheerful, esp. with kind or comforting words or treatment; to raise the spirits of. Also: to give (a thing) a brighter or more cheerful appearance.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > make cheerful [verb (transitive)]
to mend a person's cheera1325
raisec1384
cherishc1400
rehetec1400
blithec1440
cheer1440
lightena1450
light?1473
embellish1481
hearten1524
exhilarate1540
laetificate1547
to cheer up1550
lift1572
to do a person's heart good1575
acheera1592
upcheerc1595
cherry1596
relevate1598
encheer1605
brighten1607
buoy1652
undumpisha1661
to lift (up) a person's spirits1711
cheerfulize1781
blithen1824
pearten1827
chirk1843
to chipper up1873
to chirp up188.
to buck up1909
1550 J. Harington tr. Cicero Bk. Freendeship f. 39v He ought rather to studie and find the meanes, that he cheare vp [L excitet] his freendes dismaied minde, and bryng hym in a more hope and better comfort.
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iv. iii. 113 My soueraigne Lord, cheere vp your selfe, look vp. View more context for this quotation
1653 tr. L. van Aitzema Notable Revol. Netherlands 137 Shee ought rather in this desolate estate to bee by all means comforted and cheer'd up.
1725 N. Bailey tr. Erasmus All Familiar Colloquies 537 The Seraphick Fraternity..chear'd up his Countenance with Ointment.
1795 P. Will tr. C. Tschink Victim Magical Delusion I. 38 Lucy did every thing in her power to cheer him up, but succeeded only in part.
1817 W. Caesar Poems 24 Syne he gied each a glass o' toddy To cheer them up and mak' them noddy.
1879 Vanity Fair 20 Sept. 157/1 Uniforms always cheer up the room as well as the spirits of the dancers.
1883 J. A. Froude Short Stud. IV. 72 The abbot cheered him up, laughed at his dejection.
1900 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 Jan. 1/3 She give me a spotted blouse of hers that she'd got sick of, just to cheer me up.
1963 P. West Mod. Novel ii. ii. 169 Theorizing is an effective way of cheering ourselves up, but not of constructing principles.
1996 Divertimenti Mail Order Catal. Autumn 32/2 A cheerful sky blue and white windowpane check is sure to cheer up the dinner table.
2013 Guardian 31 Aug. (Guide Suppl.) 66/2 Matron leaves a chocolate on their pillow to cheer them up.
2. intransitive. To become more cheerful; (in early use) esp. to take heart; to be encouraged or comforted. Frequently in imperative.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > be cheerful [verb (intransitive)] > become cheerful or cheer up
cheer?1553
to look up1600
come1607
to cheer up1620
exhilarate1620
brighten1692
to come to1765
to come about1775
spurk1823
to hearten up1834
to buck up1844
chirk1844
pearten1851
to come around1853
to liven up1863
to chipper up1867
lighten1873
pep1910
to lighten up1911
1620 F. Quarles Feast for Wormes vii. sig. G1v Cheare vp, (deare Sister) though our foe Hath ta'ne vs Captiues..We haue a King puissant..Will see vs take no wrong.
1651 Weekly Intelligencer 11 Nov. 346 He..look't but heavy at his entrance, yet immediately after he cheered up, and in full bowles began his healths to the King.
1677 T. D'Urfey Madam Fickle ii. 14 Brother come, cheer up.
1760 D. Garrick Heart of Oak in Universal Mag. Mar. 152 Come chear up, my lads, 'tis to glory we steer.
1800 Meteors No. 6. 213 But cheer up friends, and look before; Go back's as tedious as go o'er.
1834 July up Rhine 175 I was greatly relieved when she cheered up and began to smile.
1842 R. H. Barham Misadventures Margate in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 152 Cheer up! cheer up! my little man.
1915 D. Cooper Diary 20 Apr. (2005) 6 Winston was very tired but cheered up under the influence of wine.
1985 J. Sullivan Only Fools & Horses (1999) I. 4th Ser. Episode 6. 244 Come on Rodney cheer up. Pay day tomorrow and then it's Saturday.
2000 M. Beaumont e 225 Nathan, who'd merely glowered until now, cheered up enormously.
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