单词 | to lift up the head of |
释义 | > as lemmasto lift up the head of c. to lift up one's head: (a) literally; (b) figurative to regain courage or energy; to renew one's efforts, to rally. †to lift up the head of (a person); used in the Bible for: to bring out from prison; restore to liberty or position of dignity. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restoration of a person > [verb (transitive)] > to liberty or dignity to lift up the head of1535 the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > be or become restored [verb (intransitive)] recruit1646 retrieve1759 redintegrate1788 to lift up one's head1838 recoup1896 regroup1968 a1300 Cursor Mundi 22522 All bestes..Vp þan sal þair hefds lift Apon vr lauerd for to cri. c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Thisbe. 882 And therwithal he leftyth vp his hed. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) iv. 24 The Dragoun lifte up hire Hed aȝenst him. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Kings xxv. 27 The kynge of Babilon..lifte vp the heade of Ioachim ye kynge of Iuda out of preson. 1560 Bible (Geneva) Judges viii. 28 Thus was Midian broght lowe..so that they lift vp their heads nomore. 1611 Bible (King James) Luke xxi. 28 1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece V. 185 Olynthus..in the decline of the Spartan power had begun to lift up her head again. < as lemmas |
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