单词 | to think long |
释义 | > as lemmasto think long 3. intransitive. to think long: to seem or appear long, to be wearisome (to a person): cf. think v.2 13b. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > be or become wearied or bored [verb (intransitive)] > be or become wearisome or tedious to think longeOE it irks (me)1483 dull?1529 flag1678 weary1815 stale1893 feed1933 eOE Metres of Boethius (partly from transcript of damaged MS) x. 66 Forðæm þe nane forlet, þeah hit lang ðince, deað æfter dogorrime. lOE King Ælfred tr. St. Augustine Soliloquies (Vitell.) (1922) i. 53 Sumne dæl ecra gyfa swilcra swilce nu wisdom is, and rihtwisnes, and oðne [read oðre] manega þe us lang ðincð to rimanne. a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 183 (MED) Gief þe licame bed [read beð] euel, loð is heo þe sowle, and hire þuncheð lang þat hie om [read on] him bileueð. a1350 ( in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 20 Þo he com to galewes, furst he wes an-honge Al quic byheueded, þah him þohte longe. a1425 (c1300) Assumption of Virgin (BL Add.) (1901) l. 121 Alle him þenkeþ swiþe longe Til þou comest hem amonge. c1450 Ihesu þi Swetnes (Lamb. 853) in F. J. Furnivall Hymns to Virgin & Christ (1867) 9 (MED) After his loue me þenkiþ long, For he haþ myne ful dere y-bouȝte. a1500 (?a1400) Tale King Edward & Shepherd l. 716 Long hym thouȝt, til mydday Þat he ne were seruyd of his pay. 1568 Newe Comedie Iacob & Esau iv vi. sig. C.iijv O Lord, me thinketh long sonne Iacob since thou went. to think long ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > impatience > be impatient [verb (intransitive)] to think longc1300 one's fingers are all thumbs1546 bate1599 to sit upon hot cockles1607 to be upon the nettle (also in a nettle)1723 to champ at (also on) the bit1832 to chafe at the bit1873 the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > longing or yearning > long or yearn [verb (intransitive)] thirstc893 forlongc1175 longc1225 alonga1393 greena1400 suspirec1450 earnc1460 to think long?1461 sigh1549 groanc1560 hank1589 twitter1616 linger1630 hanker1642 to hang a nose1655 hangc1672 yammer1705 yen1919 c1300 St. Edward Elder (Laud) l. 50 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 48 (MED) Þis holie man þouȝte longue are he at is broþur were. a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) II. 59 Þe Jewis þouȝten þat Crist þouȝte longe bi his liif, and wolde..slee himsilf. ?1461 M. Paston in Paston Lett. (1971) i. 277 I thynk ryth longe tyll I haue some god tydyngys fro yow. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xciii. 303 My wyfe..thynkethe longe for my comynge. 1592 G. Harvey Foure Lett. Sonn. xviii These hungry wormes thinke longe for their repast. 1631 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. 75 Behold I come;..think not long. I shall be with you at once. 1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Exod. x. 3) 32 God think's long of the time that men misspend..in wicked courses. 1788 C. Reeve Exiles I. 195 We think long till we see you. 1895 W. C. Fraser Whaups of Durley xi. 152 Ye maunna bide lang away, for I'll be thinkin' lang till I see ye again. 1906 N. Hopper Sel. Poems II. 8 Did you think long as I thought long before our hands might meet. 1922 D. Byrne Wind Bloweth v. vii. 205 Sometimes I think long until I get back to Sweden. < as lemmas |
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