| 单词 | wrapped in thought |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswrapped (also rapt) in thought c. wrapped (also rapt) in thought. ΚΠ 1704 J. Trapp Abra-Mule iv. ii. 55 My Soul..Ev'n on the Rack it's Firmness shall maintain; All wrapt in Thought, and negligent of Pain. 1730 G. Woodward Poems Several Occasions 94 Rapt in Thought I'd lay along, And listen to the sylvan Song. 1801 E. Hamilton Mem. Mod. Philosophers (ed. 3) II. xiv. 373 He was so rapt in thought, that it was a considerable time ere he perceived that two letters lay for him upon the table. 1858 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. (ed. 14) 312 Standing wrapped in thought, sometimes with his eyes fixed on the heavens in the moment of inspiration. 1897 B. Stoker Dracula xv. 205 I waited a considerable time for Van Helsing to begin, but he stood as if wrapped in thought. 1969 C. H. Shattuck Hamlet of Edwin Booth ii. vi. 142 Hamlet, rapt in thought, does not see it [sc. his father's ghost]. 2005 Stamp Mag. Apr. 67/2 Puzzling over the invisible force that moved the needle he was wrapped in thought for hours on end. < as lemmas |
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