English Dictionary

heartstrings

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈhɑːtstɹɪŋz/

名詞

廃用 複数形 複数形のみ 比喩的用法

(obsolete, anatomy) The tendons once thought to brace the heart. / (figuratively) One's deepest emotions or inner feelings.

日本語の意味

（古語・解剖学）かつて心臓を支えると考えられた腱 / （比喩的）心の琴線、最も深い感情や内面の感情

In his lecture, the anatomist explained how ancient physicians believed the heartstrings—tendons once thought to brace the heart—helped support the organ.

講義でその解剖学者は、古代の医師たちが心臓を支えると考えられていた腱がその器官を支えていたと説明した。

意味（1）

(obsolete, anatomy) The tendons once thought to brace the heart.

, I.iii.2.4: The midriff and heart-strings do burn and beat very fearfully, and when this vapour or fume is stirred, flieth upward, the heart itself beats […].

意味（2）

(figuratively) One's deepest emotions or inner feelings.

to tug at one's heartstrings

意味（3）

(anatomy) The cord-like tendons that connect the papillary muscles to the tricuspid valve and the mitral valve in the heart.

These are the so-called heartstrings or chordae tendineae.