单词 | to recover one's feet |
释义 | > as lemmasto recover one's feet (also legs) c. transitive. To regain (a physical or mental faculty, or the use of one). to recover one's feet (also legs): to regain one's balance, or the use of one's feet or legs (cf. leg n. Phrases 3). to recover one's breath: to get one's breath back. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > use or make use of [verb (transitive)] > bring or put into use > specifically a faculty > regain the use of recovera1500 find1566 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 303v Þis serpent..waissheþ his dymme yhen wiþ Iuys þerof..to recouere sight þat he haþ ylost. ?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 181 Of þe hynder partye of þe brayne..a litel of þe substaunce of þe brayne went oute..þe whiche he recouerede after þe helynge. a1500 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Wellcome) f. 21 (MED) By suche sowyng is rekeueryd the stirryng of þe lyme. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. viii. sig. Ff5 The Prince to him full nimbly stept, And least he should recouer foote againe [etc.] . View more context for this quotation 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II v. iii. 45 What is the matter..speake, recouer breath. View more context for this quotation a1617 S. Hieron Wks. (1634) II. 243 It was in his sleepe; but, when he awoke, he recouered his thoughts. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 357 Satan..at length faild speech recoverd sad. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 966 To whom thus Eve, recovering heart, repli'd. View more context for this quotation 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 122 He could hardly speak; but recovering his Breath, said [etc.]. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xii. xi. 275 Partridge had no sooner recovered his Legs, than [etc.] . View more context for this quotation 1833 H. Martineau Messrs. Vanderput & Snoek i. 19 When he recovered his voice, the pastor turned his attention [etc.]. 1847 F. Marryat Children of New Forest I. xiv. 266 Edward and Humphrey..worked another half hour, when they paused to recover their wind. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 11 Dec. 16/1 Only recovering his feet after much floundering in one of the sandy hollows which occur between the grass-tufts. 1982 K. Ishiguro Pale View of Hills (1983) vii. 110 Sachiko and I sat down to recover our breath. 2003 S. Brett Murder in Museum xiii. 112 The quacks don't think he'll ever recover the power of speech. < as lemmas |
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