| 单词 | death roll |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdeath roll death roll n. a list of the names of those who have died in a single period, especially in an accident, battle, etc.; (also) the number of deaths resulting from a particular cause; cf. death toll n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [noun] > death roll bill of mortality1645 mortality bill1665 burialsa1687 obital1691 obituary1701 necrology1802 death roll1803 obitual1812 1803 J. McCreery Press 6 Whilst patriot names the lengthen'd death-rolls swell, For royal crimes one regal victim fell. 1858 Househ. Words 27 Nov. 567/2 The yearly death roll from this cause in England and Wales is about fifty thousand strong. 1878 Sunday at Home 21 Sept. 624/2 Our death-roll, this month, contains, alas, so many names that we must dismiss each with the briefest mention. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 17 Oct. 10/1 The terrible disaster at Seaham in 1880, when the death-roll approximated to nearly 200. 1948 J. S. Furnivall Colonial Policy & Pract. viii. 302 The death roll in the coolie barracks of Rangoon is typical of the impoverishment which naturally results from the exposure of unskilled labour to the unmitigated action of economic forces. 2012 South Wales Echo (Nexis) 31 Jan. 29 439 men were killed out of some 900-plus working below ground. Included in the death roll were five from the rugby club. < as lemmas |
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