| 单词 | within oneself |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswithin oneself (itself, etc.) b. within oneself (itself, etc.): (a) so as to be self-contained or independent, without external connection (now dialect); †(b) in self-command or self-control, not ‘beside oneself’; (c) in the limits of one's own belongings or resources, without external supply or aid (now dialect); (d) not beyond one's normal capacity of exertion; without strain, or waste of energy or effort. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > easy, easily, or without difficulty [phrase] > without effort or strain within oneself (itself, etc.)1518 with half an eye1536 the mind > emotion > calmness > self-possession or self-control > [adjective] coolc1430 coldc1500 within oneself (itself, etc.)1518 cool-headed1684 present to oneself1692 possesseda1698 self-restrained1700 self-collecteda1711 cool (cold) as a cucumbera1732 self-possessing1732 self-regulating1755 cool-brained1765 self-possessed1766 self-restraining1777 self-disciplined?1791 self-controlling1796 self-repressed1814 self-controlled1822 self-contained1838 self-repressing1849 unimpulsive1856 posé1858 downbeat1953 cucumber-cool1955 supercool1965 society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > independence > independent [phrase] within oneself (itself, etc.)1518 society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > independence > independent [phrase] > self-sufficient within oneself (itself, etc.)1518 self-relying1648 (a) (b)a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) ii. v. 75 Good Madam keepe your selfe within your selfe. View more context for this quotation(c)1738 Earl of Oxford in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Duke of Portland (1901) VI. 171 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 676) XXXVI. i. 1 The several officers have all within themselves for their use, cook, butler, housekeeper, wash house, laundry, brew house.1757 W. Burke Acct. European Settlem. Amer. II. vii. xxi. 239 They drive a great many cattle from North Carolina..into Virginia, to be slaughtered there; and they kill and salt some beef, and..pork, for the West Indies, within themselves.1801 Farmer's Mag. Aug. 309 They, for the most part, live entirely upon the produce of the farm, and think they do well when they can, (in their own words) ‘live within themselves’; that is to say,..without buying any thing.1824 W. Carr Horæ Momenta Cravenæ Within-oursells, in our possession, without purchase.(d)1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. vi. 148 The Sweat will not..appear so plentiful, provided he [sc. the horse] is quite run within himself.1860 G. J. Whyte-Melville Market Harborough x. 76 [The horse] going well on his haunches, and quite within himself.1878 Month Aug. 463 They are rowing quite within themselves, in very good time, and have the race in hand.1518 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Star Chamber (1911) II. 136 He seid..that my lord of Peturburgh was lord and Kyng wythin hym self vnder the Kyng. 1744 J. Thomson Summer in Seasons (new ed.) 86 A World within itself, Disdaining all Assault. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 255 Some efforts..towards building houses within themselves, as they are emphatically termed. within oneself 5. figurative. In the (inner) being, soul, or mind of. within oneself, spec. (after say, think, etc.) = in thought, mentally, without outward expression. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > [adverb] within oneself1340 cogitantly1660 c1000 Ags. Ps. cii[i]. 1 Ealle ða ðe wiðinnan me synd [L. intra me sunt]. a1240 Lofsong in Old Eng. Hom. I. 211 Þi passiun acwenche þe passiun of sunnen þet wunieð wið inne me. a1300 Cursor Mundi 807 Þe find..said wit hin his sari thoght, Ic haue him don to suinc for noght. 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 326 Þe holy goste ys þe withynne. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 153 Huanne þise tuo ziden of þe herte byeþ acorded..þet is þe scele and þet wyl þanne is þe man ordine wyþ-inne him-zelue. 1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 338 To ouyr-comen enemis þat arn þe wiþ-inne. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. ix. 21 She saide with ynne hir self, Ȝif I touche oonly the clothis of hym, I shal be saaf. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 109 Hald hoip and treuthe within the fast. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke xxiv. f. cxviij Did not oure hertes burne wyth in vs, whyll he talked with vs? a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) i. i. 21 The spirit of my Father, which I thinke is within mee, begins to mutinie against this seruitude. View more context for this quotation 1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) ii. 192 Laughing within himself. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VI. xxx. 110 They will be moved on the slightest occasions, whether those offer from within, or without them. 1836 E. Bulwer-Lytton Duchess de la Vallière iii. iii How sinks my heart within me! 1853 D. Rock Church of our Fathers (1903) IV. ii. xii. 179 The priest prayed—by name, but within himself—for the then pope [etc.]. 1860 N. Hawthorne Marble Faun I. vii. 89 It irks my brain and heart to think of her, all shut up within herself. 1896 A. E. Housman Shropshire Lad xxx. 45 And fire and ice within me fight Beneath the suffocating night. < as lemmas |
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