单词 | lament |
释义 | lamentn. 1. An act of lamenting, a passionate or demonstrative expression of grief. Also poetic the action of lamenting, lamentation. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [noun] > instance or act of lamenting moan?c1225 mean?c1250 bimena1325 lamentation1382 queryc1400 pinec1440 tragedy1536 lamentc1592 complaint?1606 conclamation1627 quiritation1634 throb1635 pathetic1667 dismals1774 jeremiad1780 complain1820 tangi1836 Jobism1855 wail1867 rune1922 vigil1956 c1592 C. Marlowe Jew of Malta i. ii Why stand you thus, unmoved with my laments? a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. i. 103 To adde to your laments..I must informe you of a dismall fight, Betwixt the stout Lord Talbot, and the French. View more context for this quotation 1645 J. Milton On Christ's Nativity: Hymn xx, in Poems 9 A voice of weeping heard, and loud lament. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 142 All her fellow Nymphs the Mountains tear With loud Laments . View more context for this quotation 1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad VI. xxiii. 17 The Troops..thrice in order led..their Coursers round the Dead; And thrice their Sorrows and Laments renew. 1771 J. Beattie Minstrel: Bk. 1st xxxiv. 18 When the long-sounding curfew from afar Loaded with loud lament the lonely gale. 1822 P. B. Shelley Hellas 43 Voices Of strange lament soothe my supreme repose. 1869 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 2nd Ser. 283 What is this but the morbid lament of scepticism? 1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. v. 136 On his knees With sad lament he fell. 2. A set or conventional form of mourning; a song of grief, an elegy; esp. a dirge performed at a death or burial; also, the air to which such a lamentation is sung or played. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > obsequies > formal or ceremonial mourning > [noun] > formal lamentation lament1698 tangi1836 the world > life > death > obsequies > formal or ceremonial mourning > [noun] > formal lamentation > dirge elegy?1521 coronach1559 dirge1568 requiem1578 threne1593 threnos1601 death song1613 monody1623 threnody1634 throb1635 trental1648 lament1698 myriologue1824 keen1830 threnode1858 society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > dirge or lament threne?a1475 elegy?1521 dumpa1556 coronach1559 dirge1568 requiem1578 threnos1601 planctusa1612 death song1613 monody1623 threnody1634 trental1648 lament1698 myriologue1824 keen1830 planh1843 threnode1858 myrology1892 sorrow song1903 lamento1944 society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [noun] > lament, elegy, or dirge threne?a1475 elegy?1521 deploration1537 coronach1559 dirge1568 requiem1578 monodia1594 threnos1601 threnody1634 monody1645 lament1698 caoine1707 whillaloo1790 keen1830 tangi1836 threnode1858 commos1879 1698 M. Martin Late Voy. St. Kilda 112 Upon those Occasions [they] make doleful Songs; which they call Laments. 1791 R. Burns (title) Lament for James, Earl of Glencairn. 1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles v. xxvii. 209 Soon as the dire lament was play'd. 1822 D. Stewart Sketches Highlanders Scotl. I. 81 Solemn and melancholy airs or Laments (as they call them) for their deceased friends. 1882 ‘Ouida’ In Maremma I. 154 It was rarely that she chose other themes than the passionate laments of the provincial canzoni. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). lamentv. 1. transitive. To express profound sorrow for or concerning; also, in modern use, to feel sorrow for; to mourn for the loss of (a person); to bewail (an occurrence, etc.: with simple object or clause). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > lament or express grief for [verb (transitive)] sorroweOE meaneOE bemournOE mournOE bemoanc1000 ofthink?c1225 bequeatha1325 moana1325 plain1340 wail1362 bewailc1374 complainc1374 waymenta1400 grievec1400 sorrowa1425 regratec1480 lament1535 deplore1567 dole1567 condole1607 pine1667 rave1810 the mind > emotion > suffering > regret > [verb (transitive)] forthink?a1250 ruea1300 remordc1400 sorrow?a1425 forruec1425 overthinkc1450 regreta1500 deplore1567 grieve1597 unwish1629 repent1631 lament1794 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Luke xxiii. 37 There folowed him a greate multitude of people and of wemen, which bewayled and lamented him. 1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Celebr. Holye Communion f. xxxv Wee worthely lamentyng oure synnes. 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Sam. xxv. 1 Samuel died, and all the Israelites..lamented him. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 448 Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allur'd The Syrian Damsels to lament his fate In amorous dittyes all a Summers day. View more context for this quotation 1712 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 453 He died in the 32d Year of his Age, and is much lamented. 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. III. 333 This stone laments the death of Andrea Pisano. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho III. v. 111 For your own sake I lament this. 1801 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 5 559 As she was thus lamenting her situation, she was seized by a very violent convulsive fit. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) II. vi. 12 The parliament had lamented that the duties of the religious houses were left unfulfilled. 2. a. intransitive. To express (also, simply, to feel) profound grief; to mourn passionately. Const. for, over, rarely after; also with indirect passive. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > lament or express grief [verb (intransitive)] sorroweOE meaneOE careOE mournOE ofthink?c1225 to make sorrow?c1250 to make languorc1300 bemoanc1305 plainc1325 moanc1330 wailc1330 waymentc1350 complainc1374 to make syte?a1400 sweam14.. lamentc1515 bemournc1540 regratec1550 to sing sol-fa, sorrow, woe1573 condole1598 passion1598 deplore1632 ochone1829 rune1832 c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxxxii. 256 It wolde haue made a hard herte to lament. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 603/2 I lamente, I make mone for a losse, je lamente. 1595 W. S. Lamentable Trag. Locrine iii. i. 160 He loves not most that doth lament the most. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 106 Greatly lamented for by all the Christians in Siria. 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Sam. vii. 2 All the house of Israel lamented after the Lord. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 675 Adam was all in tears, and to his guide Lamenting turnd full sad. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 145 Her Children gone, The Mother Nightingale laments alone. View more context for this quotation 1737 R. Glover Leonidas i. 246 Forget not her, who now for thee laments. 1830 Ld. Tennyson Dying Swan in Poems 101 With an inner voice the river ran, Adown it floated a dying swan, Which loudly did lament. 1831 T. L. Peacock Crotchet Castle v. 85 He laments bitterly over the inventions of gunpowder, steam, and gas. 1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia I. xiii. 271 Why should they lament over other things? b. reflexive in the same sense. archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > lament or express grief [verb (reflexive)] meana1225 plainc1330 complainc1385 waymentc1450 condole1592 lament1749 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones I. ii. vii. 136 Because he does not cry out and lament himself, like those of a childish or effeminate Temper. View more context for this quotation 1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey II. 137 The poor notary..lamented himself as he walk'd along in this manner. 1788 C. Smith Emmeline IV. xi. 250 She..bursts into tears and laments herself over him. 1850 A. Jameson Legends Monastic Orders 106 When Hugolin returned, he began to lament himself because of the robbery. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > cause mental pain or suffering to [verb (transitive)] heavyc897 pineeOE aileOE sorryeOE traya1000 sorrowOE to work (also do) (a person) woeOE angerc1175 smarta1200 to work, bake, brew balec1200 derve?c1225 grieve?c1225 sitc1225 sweam?c1225 gnawc1230 sughc1230 troublec1230 aggrievea1325 to think sweama1325 unframea1325 anguish1340 teen1340 sowa1352 distrainc1374 to-troublea1382 strain1382 unglad1390 afflicta1393 paina1393 distressa1400 hita1400 sorea1400 assayc1400 remordc1400 temptc1400 to sit (or set) one sorec1420 overthrow?a1425 visit1424 labour1437 passionc1470 arraya1500 constraina1500 misgrievea1500 attempt1525 exagitate1532 to wring to the worse1542 toil1549 lament1580 adolorate1598 rankle1659 try1702 to pass over ——1790 upset1805 to touch (also get, catch, etc.) (a person) on the raw1823 to put (a person) through it1855 bludgeon1888 to get to ——1904 to put through the hoop(s)1919 1580 T. Lupton Siuqila i. 131 What paines he hath put me to euer since, bothe nighte and day, it would lament you if you knewe it. 1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries i. 113 a It greatly lamenteth, and maruellously amazeth vs. 1704 in J. Ashton Social Life Reign of Queen Anne (1882) I. 124 He lay much Lamented and wonderfully affrighted with the Old Woman coming to afflict him. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1592v.c1515 |
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