| 单词 | to dwell on, upon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto dwell on, upon (†in) 5. to dwell on, upon (†in): to spend time upon or linger over (a thing) in action or thought; to remain with the attention fixed on; now, esp. to treat at length or with insistence, in speech or writing; also, to sustain (a note) in music. (The most frequent current use in speech.) ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > insistence or persistence > insist or persist [verb (transitive)] > dwell upon to dwell on, upon (in)a1522 to stay on1579 weigh1817 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > express copiously [verb (transitive)] > dwell upon to stand on ——a1425 to dwell on, upon (in)a1522 to stand upon ——1549 to stand in ——1550 to stand of ——1599 c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 69 He dwellide on þe cure, and I wente my wey. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ii. l. 246 Thai chargyt the geyler nocht on him to duell, Bot bryng him wp out of that vgly sell To Iugisment.] a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) i. Prol. 246 Quhat suld I langar on hys errouris dwell? 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xliv. 289 Not to dwel any longer in this point. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III v. v. 53 Enterchange of sweet discourse, Which so long sundried friends should dwel vpon. View more context for this quotation 1652 J. Wright tr. J.-P. Camus Nature's Paradox 222 Not to dwell any longer in these lawless proceedings. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 28. ⁋13 That Letter dwells upon the Unreasonableness of the Allies. 1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) II. 33 The mind..can make the eye dwell on the more pleasing parts. 1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales I. 274 Now she dwells on a single note. 1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. I. i. v. §3. 82 This proposition requires to be somewhat dwelt upon. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 495 [Plato] is constantly dwelling on the importance of regular classification. < as lemmas |
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