mettle 音标拼音: [m'ɛtəl]
n . 勇气,气质,气概
勇气,气质,气概
mettle n 1 :
the courage to carry on ; "
he kept fighting on pure spunk ";
"
you haven '
t got the heart for baseball " [
synonym : {
heart },
{
mettle }, {
nerve }, {
spunk }]
Mettle \
Met "
tle \,
n . [
E .
metal ,
used in a tropical sense in allusion to the temper of the metal of a sword blade .
See {
Metal }.]
Substance or quality of temperament ;
spirit ,
esp .
as regards honor ,
courage ,
fortitude ,
ardor ,
etc .;
disposition ; --
usually in a good sense ;
as ,
to test a person '
s mettle .
[
1913 Webster ]
A certain critical hour which shall . . .
try what mettle his heart is made of . --
South .
[
1913 Webster ]
Gentlemen of brave mettle . --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
The winged courser ,
like a generous horse ,
Shows most true mettle when you check his course .
--
Pope .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
To put one one '
s mettle },
to cause or incite one to use one '
s best efforts .
[
1913 Webster ]
92 Moby Thesaurus words for "
mettle ":
activity ,
animation ,
animus ,
aptitude ,
ardor ,
backbone ,
bent ,
bias ,
bottom ,
brio ,
briskness ,
cast ,
character ,
chutzpah ,
constitution ,
courage ,
dauntlessness ,
diathesis ,
disposition ,
eccentricity ,
elan ,
enthusiasm ,
gameness ,
glow ,
grain ,
grit ,
gusto ,
guts ,
gutsiness ,
guttiness ,
heart ,
heart of oak ,
idiosyncrasy ,
impetuosity ,
impetus ,
inclination ,
individualism ,
intestinal fortitude ,
joie de vivre ,
kidney ,
leaning ,
life ,
liveliness ,
lustiness ,
make ,
makeup ,
mental set ,
mettlesomeness ,
mind ,
mind -
set ,
mold ,
moxie ,
nature ,
nerve ,
perkiness ,
pertness ,
pith ,
pluck ,
pluckiness ,
predilection ,
predisposition ,
preference ,
proclivity ,
propensity ,
resolution ,
robustness ,
set ,
slant ,
spirit ,
spiritedness ,
spunk ,
spunkiness ,
stamina ,
stamp ,
stout heart ,
strain ,
streak ,
stripe ,
temper ,
temperament ,
tendency ,
toughness ,
true grit ,
turn ,
turn of mind ,
twist ,
type ,
vivacity ,
warmth ,
warp ,
zest ,
zestfulness
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