| 词汇 | call something to mind |
| 释义 | (redirected from call something to mind)bring to mindTo cause one to think of or remember someone or something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "bring" and "to." Can we go somewhere else for dinner? That place just brings my ex-girlfriend to mind. That song brings to mind many fond memories of my childhood. call to mindTo cause one to think of or remember someone or something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "call" and "to." Can we go somewhere else for dinner? That place just calls my ex-girlfriend to mind. That song calls to mind many fond memories of my childhood. call something to mindand bring something to mindto bring something into someone's mind; to cause something to be remembered. Your comment calls something unpleasant to mind. This photo album calls our vacation to mind. bring to mindCause to be remembered, as in The film brought to mind the first time I ever climbed a mountain. This idiom, first recorded in 1433, appears in Robert Burns's familiar "Auld Lang Syne" (1788), in which the poet asks if old times should never be brought to mind. Also see come to mind. call to mindRemember, recall, as in I've tried but I can't call his name to mind. This idiom was first recorded in 1472. bring/call somebody/something to ˈmindremind you of somebody/something: Her paintings bring to mind hot summer days in Provence. |
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