breast-beatv.

Brit.

/ˈbrɛs(t)biːt/, U.S.

/ˈbrɛs(t)ˌbit/

Inflections: Past tense breast-beated, breast-beat; past participle breast-beated, breast-beaten;

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: breast n., beat v.¹

Etymology: < breast n. + beat v.¹, after to beat the breast at beat v.¹ 1a. Compare earlier breast-beating n., breast-beater n. 2b, breast-beating adj.

intransitive. To display emotion, esp. despair or remorse, in an exaggerated, ostentatious, or self-indulgent manner (with or without literal implication of beating the breast); to show anguish over some (usually social or moral) issue or concern.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > manifestation of emotion > manifest itself [verb (intransitive)] > exhibit emotion

agonize1602

flow1677

gush1864

breast-beat1931

1931 Hutchinson (Kansas) News 19 Feb. 4/3 You'll wonder how they lived without breast-beating or sobbing in the halls of Congress.

1976 Neosho (Missouri) Daily News 2 July 10/3 We've done some pretty damn fine things, and we're not ready to put on the hair shirt and start breast beating at every charge that comes along.

2001 B. Clarke Ordinary White Boy x. 248 The life of a middle-class Kerry is easy... This is why the middle-class Kerry has so much time to breast-beat about his ordinariness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	breast-beat
释义	breast-beatv. Brit. /ˈbrɛs(t)biːt/, U.S. /ˈbrɛs(t)ˌbit/ Inflections: Past tense breast-beated, breast-beat; past participle breast-beated, breast-beaten; Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: breast n., beat v.¹ Etymology: < breast n. + beat v.¹, after to beat the breast at beat v.¹ 1a. Compare earlier breast-beating n., breast-beater n. 2b, breast-beating adj. intransitive. To display emotion, esp. despair or remorse, in an exaggerated, ostentatious, or self-indulgent manner (with or without literal implication of beating the breast); to show anguish over some (usually social or moral) issue or concern. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > manifestation of emotion > manifest itself [verb (intransitive)] > exhibit emotion agonize1602 flow1677 gush1864 breast-beat1931 1931 Hutchinson (Kansas) News 19 Feb. 4/3 You'll wonder how they lived without breast-beating or sobbing in the halls of Congress. 1976 Neosho (Missouri) Daily News 2 July 10/3 We've done some pretty damn fine things, and we're not ready to put on the hair shirt and start breast beating at every charge that comes along. 2001 B. Clarke Ordinary White Boy x. 248 The life of a middle-class Kerry is easy... This is why the middle-class Kerry has so much time to breast-beat about his ordinariness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1931
随便看	show the road show the way show the way from show the white feather show through show token show trade show trial show tune show up show water show willing show window show with one's finger show yard show your shapes show-and-tell show-away show-board show-box show-cart show-cause show-cause hearing show-cause notice show-cause order