heartstrings
/hahrt-stringz/US // ˈhɑrtˌstrɪŋz //UK // (ˈhɑːtˌstrɪŋz) //
心弦,心绳,心线,心灵的纽带
Definitions
n.名词(复数) plural noun
- 1
- : the deepest feelings; the strongest affections: to tug at one's heartstrings.
Examples
Say what you will, though, he never tried to tug at our heartstrings by making Marlowe an orphan.
Sometimes I see tabloid stuff online and it tugs at my heartstrings.
She saw that her duty was before her; she must nerve herself and face it, though it tore her heartstrings.
Three or four horrible suggestions arose in succession to jerk at her heartstrings.
The thoughts of this orphan boy clung to her heartstrings with a fondness for which she herself was unable to account.
The appeal which touched the heartstrings of all persons served a double purpose.
It meant the tearing out of his very heartstrings which had found root at a woman's feet.
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