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Heartstrings are not strings you can see. The word names the deep place in you that feels love and sympathy.
Heartstrings are not strings you can seeHeartstrings不是看得見的弦 The word names the deep place in you這個字指的是你內心深處 that feels love and sympathy感受愛和同情的那個地方
In real use it almost always comes with a verb: something tugs, pulls, or tugs at your heartstrings — it makes you feel that strong love or pity. Films, songs, and charity ads try to pull at your heartstrings on purpose.
In real use it almost always comes with a verb實際使用時，它幾乎都會搭配一個動詞 something tugs, pulls, or tugs at your heartstrings像是something tugs/pulls/tugs at your heartstrings — it makes you feel that strong love or pity——也就是讓你感受到那種強烈的愛或憐憫 Films, songs, and charity ads電影、歌曲、慈善廣告 try to pull at your heartstrings on purpose都會故意想要拉動你的心弦
Though actually, you rarely meet the word alone. People do not often say My heartstrings are…; they say That pulled at my heartstrings. In this meaning it is always plural.
Though actually, you rarely meet the word alone不過實際上，這個字很少單獨出現 People do not often say My heartstrings are…人們不太會說My heartstrings are… they say That pulled at my heartstrings而是說That pulled at my heartstrings In this meaning it is always plural在這個意思裡它一定是複數
The picture is old: as if the heart had cords, and pulling them moved the feelings. It is a warm, slightly story-like word, at home in reviews and everyday talk about stories, not in scientific writing.
The picture is old這個畫面很古老 as if the heart had cords好像心臟上有幾條線 and pulling them moved the feelings拉動它們就牽動了情感 It is a warm, slightly story-like word這是個溫暖、帶點故事感的字 at home in reviews and everyday talk about stories常出現在評論和日常聊故事的場合 not in scientific writing而不是科學寫作裡
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
heartstringsnoun/ˈhɑːtstɹɪŋz/
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historicalanatomymedicinesciencesThe tendons or other structures resembling cords once thought to be attached to, or to brace, the heart; especially the aorta, pulmonary artery, and other large arteries connected to them; also, the diaphragm.
- Harte ſtrynges uenies de cuevr.
- The Ueynes are ſpred foorth throughout the whole bodie, howbeit from one welhead, that is to ſay from the Liuer: ſo be the Sinews, howbeit from the Brayne; So likewiſe are the Heartſtrings, howbeit from the Heart.
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anatomymedicinesciencesSynonym of chordae tendineae (“the cord-like tendons that connect the papillary muscles to the tricuspid valve and the mitral valve in the heart”).
- The atrioventricular valves are prevented from turning inside out by strands of connective tissue, which run from their underside to the walls of the ventricle. These are the so-called heartstrings or chordae tendin[e]ae.
- Joined to the free ends of the AV [atrioventricular] valves are a number of cords called chordae tendineae (heart strings) attaching them to muscles in the wall of the ventricle. The heart strings keep the AV flaps pointing in the direction of the blood flow, stopping them being turned "inside out" and forced through the atria. The semilunar valves do not have heart strings. Blood flowing the wrong way makes the cusps balloon out so that their edges seal tight.
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The source of one's deepest emotions or inner feelings, especially compassion or love.
- The sad eyes of the orphan tugged at my heartstrings.
- Soone as ſhe heard the name of Artegall, / Her hart did leape, and all her hart-ſtrings tremble, / For ſudden ioy, and ſecret feare vvithall, […]
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archaicThe essential or vital part of something; the core, the essence, the heart.
- And for to ſeeke out gemmes and ſome little ſtones, vve ſtrike pits deep vvithin the ground. Thus vvee plucke the very heart-ſtrings out of her [the Earth], and all to vveare on our finger one gemme or precious ſtone, to fulfill our pleaſure and deſire.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。