| 单词 | to get off by heart |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto get off by heart 7. transitive. To learn, commit to memory. Also to get off by heart (cf. sense 20). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > retention in the mind > memorization > memorize, learn by heart [verb (transitive)] record?c1225 renderc1380 to can by rotec1405 con?a1425 to con by heartc1449 can1496 to bear away1530 get1540 commend to memory1550 commit?1551 to con over1605 rotea1616 lodge1622 to get off by heart1709 memorize1834 rehearse1902 memorate1983 1709 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1886) II. 308 He would always make them set about his own [Grammar], and spend time in getting it off intirely. ?1786 J. Nares Conc. & Easy Treat. on Singing 3 The Scholar ought..to get this Table off by Heart. 1856 Children's Mag. 211 We..hope every one of you will get them [sc. religious verses] off perfectly; and never forget them as long as you live. 1861 Temple Bar 3 141 Read the Times..and get off by heart that portion..devoted to the news of the money-market. 1883 J. Gilmour Among Mongols xvii. 201 Our religious system has no set form of liturgy to be got off by heart and repeated. 1927 W. Katzin tr. J.-J. Bernard Glamour ii. ii. in Eight European Plays 43 Gérard. Then will you hear my fable now? Olivier. [Far off.] If you like. Gérard. I've got it off pat, you'll see. 1942 Scotsman 29 Oct. 4/2 The young lecturer had got it off by heart, but at sight of the dignified assembly he found to his horror that he had forgotten every word. 2012 Express (Nexis) 31 May 15 I made an effort in my 20s to get off by heart Coleridge's gorgeous poem Frost At Midnight. < as lemmas |
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