| 单词 | king of terrors |
| 释义 | > as lemmasking of terrors king of terrors n. (with the) death personified.Originally with allusion to Job 18:14. 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 1610 H. Broughton Iob xviii. 38 His confidence shalbe plucked vp from his tent: he shalbe conveyed to the king of terrours. 1611 Bible (King James) Job xviii. 14 His confidence..shall bring him to the king of terrours [1560 King of feare; Coverdale very fearfulnesse shall brynge him to the kynge] . View more context for this quotation 1682 J. Flavell Pract. Treat. Fear (new ed.) ii. 9 Job calls it the King of terrours..or the most terrible of terribles. 1746 J. Hervey Medit. among Tombs 24 One is tempted to exclaim against the King of Terrors, and call him capriciously cruel. 1794 W. Godwin Caleb Williams II. xii. 230 It surely is not worse to encounter the king of terrors in health..than to encounter him already half subdued by sickness and suffering. 1838 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth (ed. 2) 1st Ser. 114 It is the only voice which can triumph over death, and turn the king of terrours into an angel of light. 1895 N. A. Woodward Pebbles & Boulders 112 The King of Terrors lurks on every side, In ambush lies—whatever path we tread. 1920 Expositor June 913/1 By his triumph over the king of terrors he [sc. Jesus] is set above all principalities and powers. 1988 Amer. Jrnl. Public Health 78 1590/1 Fear of what this ‘King of Terrors’ [sc. smallpox] would do to his vulnerable army caused General George Washington to prolong his siege. 2008 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 26 June 49/2 Both stories are filled with premonitions of the Kings of Terrors. < as lemmas |
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