单词 | to think down |
释义 | > as lemmasto think down † to think down Obsolete. rare. extracted from thinkv.2 transitive. To reduce by exercise of the mind. ΚΠ 1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 85 Meditation here May think down hours to moments. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1776 II. 23 ‘A man so afflicted, Sir, must divert distressing thoughts, and not combat with them.’ Boswell. ‘May not he think them down, Sir?’ Johnson. ‘No, Sir. To attempt to think them down is madness.’ < as lemmas |
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