单词 | to jog the memory |
释义 | > as lemmasto jog the memory b. figurative: esp. to jog the memory. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > reminder, putting in mind > remind [phrase] to put (a person) in minda1500 to put (something) into (also in) a person's head1539 refresh1542 to put (a person) in the head of1561 to jog the memory1778 to ring a bell1933 1601 W. Cornwallis Disc. Seneca sig. A6v Prouidence..iogs him, if vaine pleasures lul him in sensuality. a1764 R. Lloyd Shakespeare in Poems Jog them, lest attention sink, To tell them how and what to think. 1778 (title) An Antidote to Popery; or, the Protestant's Memory jogg'd in Season. 1825 C. Lamb in London Mag. July 377 Jogging this witness, refreshing that solicitor. 1840 Lady C. M. C. Bury Hist. Flirt xi I jogged his memory by reverting to our water-party. 1874 C. Keene Let. in G. S. Layard Life & Lett. C. S. Keene (1892) vii. 165 I often jog him up with a letter, but he never answers. < as lemmas |
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