| 单词 | grim reaper |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrim reaper grim reaper n. (also with capital initials) death (or a cause of death) personified, typically as a cloaked skeleton wielding a large scythe; chiefly with the; cf. reaper n. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [noun] > personified or as an agent deathOE dragon?a1513 stinger1552 stretch-legc1560 king of terrors1610 divorcer?1611 reaper1650 raw-bone1784 Small-Back1823 grim reaper1847 the great or last enemy1885 scytheman1909 1847 Evening Courier (Milwaukee, Wisconsin Territory) 8 Mar. Famine, the grim Reaper, is gathering a horrid human harvest, amid the blight and devastation of nature. 1910 E. Ferber in Everybody's Nov. 608/1 ‘If I ain't there, you'll know that I passed away during the night, and you can telephone the clerk to break in my door.’ The Grim Reaper spared him, and Sam came, and was introduced to the family, and ate. 2004 Loaded Mar. 156/1 The only thing separating a BASE jumper from the grim reaper making a premature visit is a parachute. < as lemmas |
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