| 单词 | to keep in suspense |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto keep (or hold) in (†great or †a great) suspense a. A state of mental uncertainty, with expectation of or desire for decision, and usually some apprehension or anxiety; the condition of waiting, esp. of being kept waiting, for an expected decision, assurance, or issue; less commonly, a state of uncertainty what to do, indecision: esp. in to keep (or hold) in (†great or †a great) suspense. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > state of uncertainty, suspense > [noun] suspensec1440 hover1513 dispense1562 depending1616 suspension1635 hanging-up1638 cliff-hanging1945 the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > [noun] > apprehension doubta1225 feara1300 werea1300 suspiciona1340 doubtancea1400 suspectc1400 dwerec1440 suspensec1440 doubting1486 frayed1536 doubtfulness1576 pain1582 preapprehension1628 apprehension1656 alarm1733 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > state of uncertainty, suspense > keep in suspense [verb (transitive)] to hold (also keep) (a person) in handa1400 to keep (or hold) in (great or a great) suspense1557 to hold (one) with his bill in the water1579 to hang by the eyelids1587 suspend1605 equipoise1887 to keep (a person) on the edge of his (also her) seat1897 c1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine iv. 1838 This putte þe puple in conceytes ful suspens. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. PPiiii Without drede or feare,..suspence and doutfulnesse of mynde. 1557 Bible (Whittingham) Luke xxiv. 28 (note) Christe wolde kepe them in suspens til his tyme came to manifest him self vnto him. 1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 15 I praid him..that he wuld not suffer me to go in as great suspens as I cam. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. ii. vi. ii. 366 If he..be in suspition, suspence, or any way molested, satisfie his mind. 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1569 Suspense in news is torture, speak them out. View more context for this quotation 1700 C. Nesse Antidote against Arminianism 47 Men wickedly think that God is such an One as themselves..hanging in pendulous Suspences. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 89 It was no less than four Days before our Boat came back, so that the poor Men were held in great Suspence. 1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives (1879) I. 73/1 An incredible silence reigned among the people, anxious for the event, and lost in suspense. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward II. xii. 281 All stood in a kind of suspense, waiting the event of the orders which the tyrant had issued. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 170 His opinions oscillated in a state of contented suspense between infidelity and popery. 1874 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David IV. Ps. lxxxviii. 18 The ear remains in suspense; until the majestic lxxxixth[psalm] shall burst upon it. < as lemmas |
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