| 单词 | death-head |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdeath-head death-head n. (a representation of) a human skull, esp. as an emblem of mortality or danger; cf. death's head n. 1, mort-head n. at mort n.1 Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [noun] > symbolized dead man's head1546 death's head1563 death-head1569 billow1592 death's face1598 scythe1609 caput mortuum1694 thigh-bone1825 skull1826 Kensal Green1842 calavera1904 1569 S. Batman Christall Glasse Christian Reform. sig. H.iii The woman signifieth pride:..the death head which she setteth her foote on, signifieth forgetfulnes of the life to come. 1748 J. Wesley Serm. Several Occasions II. 127 They are mere Death-heads; they kill innocent Mirth. 1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend iv. 197 None of your death-heads carved in wood. 1914 Advocate of Peace Aug. 182/2 Beneath its green fertility there lie The bones and death-heads of the unavenged. 2000 R. Barger et al. Hell's Angel v. 87 He met this little hippie chick in Marin County and asked her to make him a death head ring for his club. 2005 C. Brookmyre All Fun & Games until Somebody loses Eye (2006) 49 So many abrasives, detergents, poison warnings, death-heads, bio-hazard decals. < as lemmas |
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