| 单词 | english sunday |
| 释义 | > as lemmasEnglish Sunday English Sunday n. Sunday kept as a day of rest and worship, as traditionally in England; opposed to Continental Sunday at continental adj. 2. ΚΠ 1822 Kaleidoscope 15 Jan. 219/2 Nothing can be conceived more tiresome and melancholy than an English Sunday... The theatres are all closed;..and all gaming, dancing, and music are strictly prohibited. 1847 H. W. Fox Jrnl. 13 Feb. in G. T. Fox Brief Mem. Rev. H. W. Fox (1853) vii. 151 I returned home to the quiet of my tent, to reflect on the contrast of a quiet English Sunday, with the singular, profane, and idolatrous scenes I had witnessed. 1903 A. Bennett Leonora iii. 79 The smooth calm of the English Sunday. 1966 Guardian 22 Nov. 1/1 The grim visage of the traditional English Sunday looks like disappearing quite soon. 2007 Seattle Times (Nexis) 26 May b 3 He profiles..an English Sunday in the 1930s where no one seemed to do anything. < as lemmas |
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