| 单词 | to set abeat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto set abeat Esp. with reference to the heart: so as to beat, in a state of beating (typically quickly, because of excitement or strong emotion); frequently in to set abeat. Also as adj. ΚΠ 1857 F. Meldred Leonilda v. 72 As Herculaneum's people wake The stagnant pause of night to break, With prating voice and busy feet, Which sets a city's heart abeat. 1885 Ld. Tennyson Balin & Balan in Wks. (1896) 371/1 He boasts his life as purer than thine own; Eats scarce enough to keep his pulse abeat. 1893 L. Bullock in M. M. Warner Hist. Dakota County, Nebraska xvi. 156 A crowd is coming little lass, With banners waving, drums abeat. c1907 W. B. Yeats Red Hanrahan's Song in Coll. Wks. (1908) I. 74 Angers that are like noisy clouds have set our hearts abeat. 1924 Sunday at Home Oct. 20/2 Her poor little bosom was panting and her frail little heart tremblingly abeat. 1966 Studies 55 104 Limp, distressful characters..are able to..set hearts abeat. < as lemmas |
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