Definition of "thought" in 英语

noun

1. (countable) A representation created in the mind without the use of one's faculties of vision, sound, smell, touch, or taste; an instance of thinking.

   • The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
   • I hate the thought of going back to work Monday morning.

2. (uncountable) The operation by which mental activity arise or are manipulated; the process of thinking; the agency by which thinking is accomplished.

   • Without freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom, and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.
   • The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it’s unfamiliar territory.
   • What has been especially striking in recent decades, however, is the rise of new outlooks challenging the very idea of a nucleated (if evasive) inner personal identity. … We don't think our thoughts, they think us; we are but the bearers of discourses, our selves are discursive constructs. Within such frames of analysis, any notion of the ascent of selfhood is but idle teleological myth, a humanist hagiography.

3. (countable) A way of thinking (associated with a group, nation or region).

   • Traditional eastern thought differs markedly from that of the west.

4. (uncountable, now dialectal) Anxiety, distress.

5. (uncountable) The careful consideration of multiple factors; deliberation.

   • After much thought, I have decided to stay.

6. A very small amount, distance, etc.; a whit or jot.

verb

1. simple past and past participle of think

   • Hi! I thought I’d come over and introduce myself. My name’s Chema.
   • I'd previously been thought to be a thorough fool.