单词 | death feud |
释义 | > as lemmasdeath feud death feud n. a feud prosecuted to the death, or from which deaths result. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > hostility > state of bitter and lasting mutual hostility > [noun] > deadly feud feudc1425 death feud1805 blood feud1824 1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel i. viii. 13 Can piety the discord heal, Or staunch the death-feud's enmity? 1870 E. S. Creasy Hist. Eng. II. i. 13 The native Irish continued to wage their local wars,..their family death-feuds. 1932 Geogr. Jrnl. 80 418 The extent to which the continual death feuds affect every custom of the Jibaros' daily life is soon realized. The men are never found far from their weapons. 2007 Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, Va.) (Nexis) 7 May e1 The death feud between Peter's best friend, Harry, and himself had to be settled. < as lemmas |
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