单词 | to take to heart |
释义 | > as lemmasto take (in early use †nim) (something) to (also †til) heart (b) to take (in early use †nim) (something) to (also †til) heart: to take seriously; †to be zealous, solicitous, or ardent about (obsolete); (in later use esp.) to be much affected or upset by. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > intense emotion > affect intensely [verb (transitive)] > be affected intensely or deeply by to take (something) to hearta1375 to lay to (one's) heart1588 hearta1616 the mind > attention and judgement > attention > earnest attention, concentration > be absorbed in [verb (intransitive)] > be serious about to take (something) to hearta1375 to lay to (one's) heart1588 to take (a person or thing) seriously1655 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1203 (MED) For his newe þat nam he most to herte, he wax neiȝ ouȝt of his witte, for wraþ & for anger. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 807 He his fader deth to herte So tok that it mai noght asterte That he Typhon after ne slowh. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 24010 Þat mast i tok til hert. ?c1450 Brut (Trin. Cambr.) (1908) 483 With these wordes the Kyng wexe wroth, and toke it to hert; and she was arested. a1500 (a1450) in C. Monro Lett. Margaret of Anjou (1863) 110 (MED) Mathew Gogh..is..likly..to be dishonoured..the which we suppose ye will take right nigh to hert. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Eccl. vii. 2 There is the ende of all men, and he that is lyuinge taketh it to herte. 1587 J. Hooker Chron. Ireland 94/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II Whose death he is said to haue taken greatlie to hart. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. iii. vii. 421 But why shouldst thou take thy Canvas so to hart? 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 191 If hee would take the businesse to heart, and deale in it effectually..it would succeed well. 1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. viii. 464 It was very vehemently pressed by many Persons..and among those who took it most to heart, Sr John Stawel was the Chief. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia II. iv. i. 132 He takes the disappointment so to heart that he cannot get the better of it. 1822 C. Lamb in London Mag. Jan. 23/2 Though I did not cry or take it to heart as some do..yet I missed him all day long. 1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate I. vi. 133 She had no idea when she was refusing him that he would have taken it to heart as he had done. 1900 J. Conrad Lord Jim xiv. 172 I made it a practice never to take anything to heart. 1937 A. Christie Dumb Witness xxii. 238 ‘You take things to heart too much, Minnie,’ she used to say. 2005 B. Keating & S. Keating Blood Sisters (2006) xi. 203 Don't take it to heart that she sometimes has to let off some steam. < as lemmas |
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