单词 | to think out |
释义 | > as lemmasto think out to think out transitive (a) To find out, devise, or elaborate by thinking, to construct intellectually. (b) To complete a train of thought about; to consider to the end, come to an eventual conclusion about. (c) To arrive at a clear understanding of by continued thinking; to solve by a process of thought. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > think or have in mind [verb (transitive)] > think out out-thinka1382 to think outa1382 musea1400 excogitatec1530 to run over ——1565 to think through1748 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. xvii. 31 Or what wers than that flesh thoȝte out and blod? [L. quid nequius quam quod excogitavit caro et sanguis?] 1621 G. Wither Motto (new ed.) sig. A7 I haue not strength another word to write; Or tell you what I purpose to indite: Or thinke out halfe a thought, before my death. 1650 A. Cowley Guardian iv. iv. sig. D4v/1 If she e'er did but begin a thought Of wronging any man, she would have wept Before she thought it out. 1842 M. F. Tupper Proverb. Philos. 2nd Ser. 210 Who told thee they [sc. beasts] die at dissolution? boldly think it out. 1847 A. Helps Friends in Council I. i. iii. 40 Too mean a subject for despair, or, at least, unworthy of having any remedy..thought out for it. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iv. 519 He meditated deeply on the philosophy of trade, and thought out by degrees a complete..theory. 1885 ‘F. Anstey’ Tinted Venus ii. 25 Oh, don't bother me... I don't want to be uncivil, but I've got to think this out. 1925 W. Faulkner Let. 16 Feb. in Thinking of Home (1992) 184 Right now I am ‘thinking out’ a novel. As soon as I get it all straight, I will begin work. 1968 D. Moraes My Son's Father xi. 200 She was sometimes very perceptive, though her ideas were not thought out but felt. 2004 Washington Post 25 Feb. (Home ed.) c10/5 I don't have anything against tattoos, but getting inked is one of those decisions that needs to be extremely well thought out. < as lemmas |
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