| 单词 | to take thought |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take thought Phrases P1. to hold (something or someone) in (one's) thought. ΚΠ c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 3420 All þatt ȝho sahh. & herrde..all ȝhot held inn hir þohht. c1390 Cato's Distichs (Vernon) l. 66 in F. J. Furnivall Minor Poems Vernon MS (1901) ii. 558 (MED) Bokes lere þat þou hast herd And hold hem in þi þouht. c1410 (c1350) Gamelyn (Harl. 7334) l. 474 Adames wordes he held in his þought. b. To have as an object of consideration or reflection. ΚΠ 1852 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. (1869) II. 338 As to Mr. Mill's demand, that no general proposition shall be uttered, till the speaker holds in his thought all the instances to which it may be applied, we know of nothing more simply impossible or more entirely destructive of all scientific method whatsoever. 1873 M. C. Ames Memorial Alice & Phoebe Cary vi. 128 No less this book of poems holds in thought and utterance many of the elements of enduring existence. 1910 T. Hardy in Eng. Rev. Apr.–July 2 One can hold in thought that nightly here His phantom may draw down to the water's brim, And hers come up to meet it. 1997 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 12 Sept. 17 The true, spiritual nature of each person we meet or hold in thought is invulnerable to evil. P2. In similes and other phrases with reference to speed or the passage of time. a. as swift (also quick, fleet) as thought. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swiftly [phrase] > very swiftly as swift (also quick, fleet) as thought?c1225 like lightning1567 (as) quick as lightning1580 like wildfire1699 like stour1787 (as) quick as a wink1825 like smoke1832 quick as a streak1839 like sixty1848 (as) quick as thought1871 at a great lick1898 like a bat out of hell1921 like the clappers1948 like a bomb1954 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 75 Ase swifte as is nu monnes þocht as is þe sunne gleam. c1450 (c1380) G. Chaucer House of Fame (Fairf. 16) (1878) l. 1924 And euer mo, as swyft as thought This queynt hous a bout went. a1475 Sidrak & Bokkus (Lansd.) (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Washington) (1965) l. 2670 (MED) It is as swift as þoght. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 261 Fleeter then Arrowes, bullets wind thought. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 554 Faster then Thought, or Time. View more context for this quotation 1708 N. Rowe Royal Convert v. i. 53 Fly swift as Thought, and set her free this Moment. 1778 R. Cumberland Battle of Hastings v. 87 Swift as thought I flew; And as a sturdy churl his pole-axe aim'd Full at the hero's crest, I sprung upon him And sheath'd my rapier in the caitiff's throat. 1885 C. F. Holder Marvels Animal Life 230 Quick as thought the skipper hurled his weapon. 1917 Mod. Lang. Jrnl. 1 137 Although the expression ‘quick as thought’ is an oft used simile for rapidity, thought is not so quick as nervous reaction. 1957 Times 28 Sept. 10/5 Swift as thought, sharp in all his reactions Segura was, as they say, ‘on the ball’ and devilishly determined from first to last. 1998 W. Barton in H. Marks Bk. Dope Stories (2001) ii. 137 I now, however, as quick as thought, completely revived. 2004 A. N. Athanassakis tr. Homeric Hymns (ed. 2) 18 Thence, fleet as thought, he leaves the earth for Olympos. b. at (also in, †with) a thought: in an instant, immediately, at once. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > immediacy > [adverb] soonc825 ratheeOE rathelyeOE rekeneOE rekenlyOE thereright971 anonOE forth ona1000 coflyc1000 ferlyc1000 radlyOE swiftlyc1000 unyoreOE yareOE at the forme (also first) wordOE nowOE shortlya1050 rightOE here-rightlOE right anonlOE anonc1175 forthrightc1175 forthwithalc1175 skeetc1175 swithc1175 with and withc1175 anon-rightc1225 anon-rights?c1225 belivec1225 lightly?c1225 quickly?c1225 tidelyc1225 fastlyc1275 hastilyc1275 i-radlichec1275 as soon asc1290 aright1297 bedenea1300 in little wevea1300 withoute(n dwella1300 alrightc1300 as fast (as)c1300 at firstc1300 in placec1300 in the placec1300 mididonec1300 outrightc1300 prestc1300 streck13.. titec1300 without delayc1300 that stounds1303 rada1325 readya1325 apacec1325 albedenec1330 as (also also) titec1330 as blivec1330 as line rightc1330 as straight as linec1330 in anec1330 in presentc1330 newlyc1330 suddenlyc1330 titelyc1330 yernec1330 as soon1340 prestly1340 streckly1340 swithly?1370 evenlya1375 redelya1375 redlya1375 rifelya1375 yeplya1375 at one blastc1380 fresha1382 ripelyc1384 presentc1385 presently1385 without arrestc1385 readilyc1390 in the twinkling of a looka1393 derflya1400 forwhya1400 skeetlya1400 straighta1400 swifta1400 maintenantc1400 out of handc1400 wightc1400 at a startc1405 immediately1420 incontinent1425 there and then1428 onenec1429 forwithc1430 downright?a1439 agatec1440 at a tricec1440 right forth1440 withouten wonec1440 whipc1460 forthwith1461 undelayed1470 incessantly1472 at a momentc1475 right nowc1475 synec1475 incontinently1484 promptly1490 in the nonce?a1500 uncontinent1506 on (upon, in) the instant1509 in short1513 at a clap1519 by and by1526 straightway1526 at a twitch1528 at the first chop1528 maintenantly1528 on a tricea1529 with a tricec1530 at once1531 belively1532 straightwaysa1533 short days1533 undelayedly1534 fro hand1535 indelayedly1535 straight forth1536 betimesc1540 livelyc1540 upononc1540 suddenly1544 at one (or a) dash?1550 at (the) first dash?1550 instantly1552 forth of hand1564 upon the nines1568 on the nail1569 at (also in, with) a thoughtc1572 indilately1572 summarily1578 at one (a) chop1581 amain1587 straightwise1588 extempore1593 presto1598 upon the place1600 directly1604 instant1604 just now1606 with a siserary1607 promiscuously1609 at (in) one (an) instant1611 on (also upon) the momenta1616 at (formerly also on or upon) sight1617 hand to fist1634 fastisha1650 nextly1657 to rights1663 straightaway1663 slap1672 at first bolt1676 point-blank1679 in point1680 offhand1686 instanter1688 sonica1688 flush1701 like a thought1720 in a crack1725 momentary1725 bumbye1727 clacka1734 plumba1734 right away1734 momentarily1739 momentaneously1753 in a snap1768 right off1771 straight an end1778 abruptedly1784 in a whistle1784 slap-bang1785 bang?1795 right off the reel1798 in a whiff1800 in a flash1801 like a shot1809 momently1812 in a brace or couple of shakes1816 in a gird1825 (all) in a rush1829 in (also at, on) short (also quick) order1830 straightly1830 toot sweetc1830 in two twos1838 rectly1843 quick-stick1844 short metre1848 right1849 at the drop of a (occasionally the) hat1854 off the hooks1860 quicksticks1860 straight off1873 bang off1886 away1887 in quick sticks (also in a quick stick)1890 ek dum1895 tout de suite1895 bung1899 one time1899 prompt1910 yesterday1911 in two ups1934 presto changeo1946 now-now1966 presto change1987 c1572 W. Forrest Theophilus 342 in Anglia (1884) 7 89 Made invocation, And was present in manner, at a thought. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iv. i. 164 Come with a thought; I thank thee Ariell: come. View more context for this quotation a1625 J. Fletcher Bonduca i. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ffff4v/1 The light shadows that in a thought scur ore the fields of Corn. 1664 T. Killigrew 2nd Pt. Cicilia & Clorinda i. iv, in Comedies & Trag. 272 A little half hours walk for my aged feet; but you that have youth and strength will in a thought arrive. 1798 C. B. Brown Wieland v. 13 I could not vanish with a thought. the door was open, but my murderer was interposed between that and me. 1846 H. Morford Rest of Don Juan iii. xlviii. 19/2 Specious pretence, adroitly carried out, And rightly judged by Juan at a thought. 1890 T. Heney In Middle Harbour 37 In a thought I unbuckled a stirrup. 1921 W. de la Mare Mem. Midget xxvii. 180 My body grew cold at a thought; the palms of my hands began to ache. 1946 F. P. Grove In Search of Myself vi. 226 At a glance I could survey the prairie country from Kansas to Saskatchewan or Alberta; and at a thought I could evaluate..the implications of pioneer life. 1996 O. P. Ralhan Encycl. Polit. Parties VIII. 525 You cannot altogether eliminate all religious or racial or national factors at a stroke, at a thought. c. like a thought. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > immediacy > [adverb] soonc825 ratheeOE rathelyeOE rekeneOE rekenlyOE thereright971 anonOE forth ona1000 coflyc1000 ferlyc1000 radlyOE swiftlyc1000 unyoreOE yareOE at the forme (also first) wordOE nowOE shortlya1050 rightOE here-rightlOE right anonlOE anonc1175 forthrightc1175 forthwithalc1175 skeetc1175 swithc1175 with and withc1175 anon-rightc1225 anon-rights?c1225 belivec1225 lightly?c1225 quickly?c1225 tidelyc1225 fastlyc1275 hastilyc1275 i-radlichec1275 as soon asc1290 aright1297 bedenea1300 in little wevea1300 withoute(n dwella1300 alrightc1300 as fast (as)c1300 at firstc1300 in placec1300 in the placec1300 mididonec1300 outrightc1300 prestc1300 streck13.. titec1300 without delayc1300 that stounds1303 rada1325 readya1325 apacec1325 albedenec1330 as (also also) titec1330 as blivec1330 as line rightc1330 as straight as linec1330 in anec1330 in presentc1330 newlyc1330 suddenlyc1330 titelyc1330 yernec1330 as soon1340 prestly1340 streckly1340 swithly?1370 evenlya1375 redelya1375 redlya1375 rifelya1375 yeplya1375 at one blastc1380 fresha1382 ripelyc1384 presentc1385 presently1385 without arrestc1385 readilyc1390 in the twinkling of a looka1393 derflya1400 forwhya1400 skeetlya1400 straighta1400 swifta1400 maintenantc1400 out of handc1400 wightc1400 at a startc1405 immediately1420 incontinent1425 there and then1428 onenec1429 forwithc1430 downright?a1439 agatec1440 at a tricec1440 right forth1440 withouten wonec1440 whipc1460 forthwith1461 undelayed1470 incessantly1472 at a momentc1475 right nowc1475 synec1475 incontinently1484 promptly1490 in the nonce?a1500 uncontinent1506 on (upon, in) the instant1509 in short1513 at a clap1519 by and by1526 straightway1526 at a twitch1528 at the first chop1528 maintenantly1528 on a tricea1529 with a tricec1530 at once1531 belively1532 straightwaysa1533 short days1533 undelayedly1534 fro hand1535 indelayedly1535 straight forth1536 betimesc1540 livelyc1540 upononc1540 suddenly1544 at one (or a) dash?1550 at (the) first dash?1550 instantly1552 forth of hand1564 upon the nines1568 on the nail1569 at (also in, with) a thoughtc1572 indilately1572 summarily1578 at one (a) chop1581 amain1587 straightwise1588 extempore1593 presto1598 upon the place1600 directly1604 instant1604 just now1606 with a siserary1607 promiscuously1609 at (in) one (an) instant1611 on (also upon) the momenta1616 at (formerly also on or upon) sight1617 hand to fist1634 fastisha1650 nextly1657 to rights1663 straightaway1663 slap1672 at first bolt1676 point-blank1679 in point1680 offhand1686 instanter1688 sonica1688 flush1701 like a thought1720 in a crack1725 momentary1725 bumbye1727 clacka1734 plumba1734 right away1734 momentarily1739 momentaneously1753 in a snap1768 right off1771 straight an end1778 abruptedly1784 in a whistle1784 slap-bang1785 bang?1795 right off the reel1798 in a whiff1800 in a flash1801 like a shot1809 momently1812 in a brace or couple of shakes1816 in a gird1825 (all) in a rush1829 in (also at, on) short (also quick) order1830 straightly1830 toot sweetc1830 in two twos1838 rectly1843 quick-stick1844 short metre1848 right1849 at the drop of a (occasionally the) hat1854 off the hooks1860 quicksticks1860 straight off1873 bang off1886 away1887 in quick sticks (also in a quick stick)1890 ek dum1895 tout de suite1895 bung1899 one time1899 prompt1910 yesterday1911 in two ups1934 presto changeo1946 now-now1966 presto change1987 1720 S. Browne Hymns & Spiritual Songs i. 93 Just like a thought, a breath, a sigh,..Away our hasty minutes fly. 1763 Misc. Corr. in Prose & Verse July 1077/1 Like to the bubble in the brook,..Or like a thought, or like a dream. 1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 96 Flown, like a thought, until the morrow-day. 1845 P. H. Gosse Ocean (1849) iv. 168 The whole herd are gone like a thought, leaving their unhappy comrade to his fate. 1921 J. Burroughs Under Maples vi. 94 Truly a fairy bird, appearing and vanishing like a thought. 2005 W. Roosa in P. Pongracz & W. Roosa Next Generation 16 Like a thought that slips away so quickly. P3. In proverbs. a. thought is free (also thoughts are free) [compare classical Latin liberae sunt enim nostra cogitationes, et quae volunt sic intuentur ‘for our thoughts are free, and contemplate whatever they wish’ (Cicero, Pro Milone 79)] : people are at liberty to think as they like. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > without restraint [phrase] > one is free to do or think as one will thought is freea1393 it's a free country1813 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. l. 4485 (MED) I have herd seid that thoght is fre. a1400 in W. L. Braekman Fortune-telling by Casting of Dice (1981) 27 ‘Yhaht [v.r. thowt] is fre,’ so says ye buk. 1562 Bp. J. Pilkington Vision of Abdy in Aggeus & Abdias Prophetes sig. Ddiiv He that lokes at a woman too luste for her, hays committed adultery, therfore let vs not deceiue oure selfes sayinge: thought is free, or I maye thinke what I lust. 1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 30 Thought is free my Lorde quoth she. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) i. iii. 66 Now sir, thought is free . View more context for this quotation 1659 S. Cradock Knowl. & Pract. v. 231 In the worlds wicked proverb, thoughts are free. 1731 E. Thomas in R. Gwinnett & E. Thomas Pylades & Corinna I. 212 If Thought is free, and Pity too, Then sure Compassion is her due, Who languishes to Death for you. 1778 C. Reeve Old Eng. Baron 108 'Tis no matter, answered he; thoughts are free. 1840 Times 26 May 6/1 It also encourages me to hope that, however we may differ in opinion—and where thought is free, there must be differences—still, we shall always recollect that we are one people. 1892 W. Wallace tr. G. W. F. Hegel Logic (ed. 2) 66 In these material, non-metaphysical surroundings, thought is free. 1941 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 26 289 It is freedom of thought itself and when thought is free what can bind us? 1987 Rev. Amer. Hist. 15 199 Thought was free, but no member of the community might rile neighbors or abuse authorities. 2006 Bangor (Maine) Daily News (Nexis) 14 Feb. a 1 ‘I don't think anybody should tell anybody else what to read,’ she said. ‘Thoughts are free.’ b. it is the thought that counts and variants: the value (to the recipient of a gift) lies in the goodwill or affection with which the gift is given (chiefly as a comment on an unwanted or poor gift, or one that is not given); also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > liberal giving > liberally [phrase] > it is the thought that counts it is the thought that counts1885 1885 Spirit Lake (Iowa) Beacon 1 Jan. 1/4 It is not the value of what is given that is to be considered. It is the friendly thought which counts. 1904 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 30 Apr. 8/2 It isn't the quantity; it is the thought that counts. 1961 C. McCullers Clock without Hands iv. 78 A house-warming present..not too modern or attractive, but it's the thought that counts. 1976 L. Thomas Dangerous Davies ix. 105 ‘He's eaten your Smarties.’.. ‘Thanks for bringing them anyway... It's the thought, really.’ 1982 Preview Shopper Spring (London ed.) 7 It's the thought that matters. When someone you care for has a special occasion to celebrate you want to choose exactly the right gift. 2004 Time Out N.Y. 28 Oct. 26/2 Sure, as Bloomberg reasoned when he tried to nix the ban, enforceability is near impossible, but it's the thought that counts. P4. to take thought. a. To think about something, esp. carefully. With for or of: to pay attention to, be careful about. Also with interrogative clause (how, what, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > meditate, reflect [verb (intransitive)] howOE study?c1225 bethinkc1300 muse1340 recorda1400 imaginec1400 to take thoughtc1450 contemplaire1474 medite1483 remord1535 contemplate?1538 ruminate1547 meditate1560 scance1606 excogitate1630 cogitate1633 reflect1772 c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 350 (MED) He..saw it, & tuke hym so mekull þoght þerfor þat he lefte all his gude & tuke hym to pouertie. 1509 Payne Evyll Marr. 125 And wyll take thought, and often muse How he myght fynde [etc.]. 1567 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 519 Na persoun..takkis thocht quhat unhappy deid he sall tak upoun hand. 1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor v. i. sig. Oii I take thought how to bestow my dog, he is no competent attendant for the Presence. View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) Matt. vi. 27 Which of you by taking thought, can adde one cubite vnto his stature? View more context for this quotation 1733 Capt. Downes All Vows Kept i. i. 5 A Father's Counsel, which few dying Men take thought of. 1828 N. Hawthorne Fanshawe viii. 108 I shall take thought for them, and enough will remain for you and me. 1854 Law Mag. May 108 The Chancellor..should direct his attention to the entire history of the subject..and take thought why the work has hitherto failed. 1862 T. Winthrop Canoe & Saddle vii. 144 For some moments he gazed on his treasure, taking thought of his future proud grandeur among the dwellers by Whulge. 1910 D. H. Lawrence Let. 26 Oct. (1962) I. 67 One can get good Swinburnian consonant music by taking thought, but never Shakespearean vowel-loveliness. 1973 E. Muhammad Fall of Amer. xxi. 92 Now to see the citizens of America rebelling against the American educational system is something that the wise of the wise should take thought of. 2001 Classical Q. New Ser. 51 387 Xenophon remarks that all those who benefit their cities and their friends take thought for their private affairs, for these flourish or fall along with the city. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > anxiety > be anxious [verb (intransitive)] mournOE careOE howOE carka1350 to take thoughta1470 carp1522 sussy1570 ho1787 moil1889 to stress out1983 stress1988 a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 1048 Whan sir Launcelot was departed, the quene outewarde made no maner of sorow..but..inwardely..she toke grete thought. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxxxiii. 324 His wyfe..toke moche thought for his departyng. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. vi. f. viij Therfore take no thought saynge: what shall we eate? 1627 Hist. Fryer Bacon sig. C4v Take no thought for winning this Towne; for by my Art you shall (ere many dayes be past) haue your desire. 1682 J. Banks Unhappy Favourite v. i. 59 Repose Your mind, and take no thought but to be happy; I'll send you Tidings of a lasting Life. 1712 M. Henry Daily Communion God in Wks. (1855) I. 242/1 Taking thought for the morrow is the great hinderance of our peace in the night. 1761 tr. C. Batteux Course Belles Lettres III. iii. ii. 12 Cato, when desired by Cæsar's ambassador, to take some thought of his own safety, replies with a noble firmness: The gods take care of Cato. 1851 J. Baillie Dramatic & Poet. Wks. So will I e'en believe, and fret no more. What good have I in living free from wedlock, If I for husband's honour thus take thought? P5. In phrases indicating abstraction or absorption in reverie or contemplation. a. deep in thought. ΚΠ a1652 R. Brome Queen & Concubine iv. iii. 82 in Five New Playes (1659) So deep in thought good Madam? 1737 J. Thurston Fall iii, in Poems Several Occasions (ed. 2) 126 But deep in thought, and with a careless air, Our artful Lover fill'd his easy chair. a1856 J. G. Percival Fragment in Poet. Wks. (1859) I. 279 I have thus often sat, and deep in thought Outwatched the stars; have seen their fires grow dim, Till the young morning stood upon the hills. 1922 ‘R. Crompton’ Just—William v. 109 William stood, majestic in his glorious apparel, deep in thought. 1999 Canad. Geographic July 61/2 A person deep in thought is said to be ‘in the moon’ instead of ‘absent-minded.’ b. lost in thought. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > abstraction, absent-mindedness > [adjective] in one's musesa1500 abstract1509 abstracteda1586 absent1631 thoughtful1656 vacant1680 lost in thought1681 withdrawn1713 dreamy1794 dun1797 preoccupied1801 absent-minded1824 pebble-beached1890 1681 J. Dryden Spanish Fryar i. i. 8 Nor can I think; or I am lost in thought. 1763 F. Brooke Hist. Lady Julia Mandeville I. 24 She was for some moments silent, and seemed lost in thought. 1806 J. Porter Thaddeus of Warsaw (ed. 4) III. x. 251 Miss Beaufort..was standing by one of the windows, evidently lost in thought. 1863 W. Collins No Name i. x. 44/1 He..sat at the table, drawing lines on the blotting-paper with his pen, lost in thought. 1955 L. P. Hartley Perfect Woman xxvii. 240 Jeremy stood lost in thought. ‘She hasn't been away very long,’ he said. 1997 T. Bowler River Boy (2001) 108 He seemed lost in thought and certainly in no way grateful to her for dragging herself up here in the early hours of the morning. c. wrapped (also rapt) in thought. ΚΠ 1704 J. Trapp Abra-Mule iv. ii. 55 My Soul..Ev'n on the Rack it's Firmness shall maintain; All wrapt in Thought, and negligent of Pain. 1730 G. Woodward Poems Several Occasions 94 Rapt in Thought I'd lay along, And listen to the sylvan Song. 1801 E. Hamilton Mem. Mod. Philosophers (ed. 3) II. xiv. 373 He was so rapt in thought, that it was a considerable time ere he perceived that two letters lay for him upon the table. 1858 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. (ed. 14) 312 Standing wrapped in thought, sometimes with his eyes fixed on the heavens in the moment of inspiration. 1897 B. Stoker Dracula xv. 205 I waited a considerable time for Van Helsing to begin, but he stood as if wrapped in thought. 1969 C. H. Shattuck Hamlet of Edwin Booth ii. vi. 142 Hamlet, rapt in thought, does not see it [sc. his father's ghost]. 2005 Stamp Mag. Apr. 67/2 Puzzling over the invisible force that moved the needle he was wrapped in thought for hours on end. d. absorbed (also engrossed) in thought. ΚΠ 1754 C. Lennox tr. L. Ariosto in Shakespear Illustr. III. 253 He stood apart from theThrong, absorbed in Thought,and wholly insensible of the Tumult aroundhim. 1760 C. Johnstone Chrysal II. iii. 26 She went in to his Lordship, whom she found absorbed in thought about the vision. 1837 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 135/1 Marmaduke was so engrossed in thought that he heard her imperfectly. 1838 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby (1839) iii. 26/1 ‘Yes, mother, yes,’ said Nicholas, who had hitherto remained silent and absorbed in thought. 1932 F. T. Cooper tr. F. Donauer Swords against Carthage xxi. 218 Blandina remained absorbed in thought. 1991 Oxf. Art Jrnl. 14 i. 82/1 They show the head and bust of the subject..with the first appearing deeply absorbed in thought. 2004 H. Southworth Intersecting Realities 185 She asks her audience to imagine her as a fisherman engrossed in thought, a fishing rod in her hand. P6. perish the thought: see perish v. Phrases 1a. P7. In negative contexts: (not) to give (something or someone) a (also another) thought: (not, never, scarcely, etc.) to think at all or any more about, (not, never, scarcely, etc.) to keep in one's mind. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore, disregard [verb (transitive)] > not care about value1591 matter1652 (not) to give (something or someone) a (also another) thought1762 not to want to know1948 1762 T. Leland Longsword II. v. ii. 106 Too intent on paying the mournful offices to my deceased parent, I could scarcely give a thought to Les Roches. 1788 School for Fathers I. 97 He might indeed have purchased a living,..but as that would be leaving all the future hopes of his family dependant on the casualty of his life, he could not give it a thought. 1816 J. Austen Emma II. xiv. 269 As to smaller-sized rooms than I had been used to, I really could not give it a thought. 1883 Harper's Mag. June 146/1 The cynics, who have never given a thought or lifted a hand to relieve suffering or to remedy wrong, sneer at superserviceable philanthropy. 1925 F. S. Fitzgerald Great Gatsby iii. 64 I wanted..to apologize for not having known him in the garden. ‘Don't mention it,’ he enjoined me eagerly. ‘Don't give it another thought, old sport.’ 1953 H. Clevely Public Enemy xxvii. 214 ‘After your wife's death, didn't you miss this bag?’ ‘I didn't even give it a thought.’ 1956 M. Dickens Angel in Corner viii. 116 There will be plenty of young men in America... You won't give this Joe creature another thought. 2003 A. Notaro Back after Break vi. 55 Luckily, he knew Chris Keating wouldn't give it another thought.., so he'd say nothing. P8. thought for (also of) the day (or week, etc.): a pregnant or gnomic thought, esp. one published or broadcast, to be pondered in the course of the day. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > product of thinking, thought > [noun] > instructive thought thought for (also of) the day (or week, etc.)a1859 a1859 J. W. Alexander Thoughts on Preaching (1863) 511 I have found much pleasure in writing down at night what I call the thought of the day; that is, some reflection derived from the day's observation, especially if it can be couched in a single sentence. 1859 A. C. Coxe Thoughts on Services p. vii They [sc. anthems] are frequently spoken of in this book, to supply the mind with a thought for the day. 1888 Newport (Rhode Island) Mercury 1 Dec. 1/7 The thought of the day and hour then is that we should perpetuate to those who come after us the great heritage of liberty which we have received. 1932 R. Lehmann Invit. Waltz i. ii. 6 ‘Remember what Mother said yesterday.’ ‘What?’ ‘She'd have to start calling you herself.’ Olivia gave a hoarse chuckle. ‘Thought for the day.’ 1972 B.B.C. Handbk. 1973 82 Thought for The Day is broadcast as part of the morning Today sequence at 7.45 a.m. 1973 Theory into Pract. 12 214/1 Several classes have enjoyed a ‘Thought of the Day’ project. My principal gave a ‘thought of the day’ each morning over the public address system. 1976 Listener 2 Dec. 716/3 So there, for the programme-makers' suggestion box, is a thought for the week. 1978 R. Thomas Chinaman's Chance xv. 152 They pay a lot to live here and then they never get up in time to watch the sun rise... Just my thought for the day. 1999 Church Times 26 Feb. 6/3 He instituted a thought for the day on the ship's broadcast. < as lemmas |
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