单词 | to galvanize life into |
释义 | > as lemmasto galvanize life into b. figurative, esp. in phrase to galvanize to or into life (also to galvanize life into). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > stir up or rouse up stirc1000 aweccheOE stirc1175 arear?c1225 awakec1315 amovec1330 araisec1374 wake1398 wakenc1400 to stir upa1500 incend?1504 to firk upc1540 bestir1549 store1552 bustlea1555 tickle1567 solicitate1568 to stir one's taila1572 exsuscitate1574 rouse1574 suscitate1598 accite1600 actuate1603 arousea1616 poach1632 roust1658 to shake up1850 to galvanize to or into life1853 to make things (or something specified) hum1884 to jack up1914 rev1945 1853 C. Brontë Villette I. iii. 39 Her approach always galvanized him to new and spasmodic life. 1869 E. M. Goulburn Pursuit of Holiness xxi. 203 She would fain galvanize the soul into life by a sudden shock. 1880 Daily News 9 Jan. 3/1 To galvanise a little more life into the market. 1883 Harper's Mag. Mar. 537/1 A very old inn, that seemed suffering the first pangs of being galvanized back to life and modernity. < as lemmas |
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