| 单词 | to spring to mind |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto spring to (one's) mind l. to spring to (one's) mind: to occur immediately to a person; to be one's first or instinctive thought. ΚΠ 1783 S. Johnson Let. 20 Aug. (1994) IV. 187 I read your last letter with great delight, but when I came to love and honour, what sprang in my Mind?—How lov'd, how honoured once, avails thee not.] 1910 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 21 14 Are they not just typical of the incidents which most readily spring to mind when we pronounce prediction impossible? 1939 J. S. Huxley ‘Race’ in Europe 28 Napoleon, Shakespeare, Einstein, Galileo—a dozen great names spring to mind. 1962 A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio ix. 153 When we talk about the fade, the first thing that springs to mind is the use to which it is put in dramatic productions. 1991 G. Carey I Believe xi. 74 Let me tell you of the images that spring to my mind when we talk about water. < as lemmas |
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