| 单词 | mourning apparel |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmourning apparel mourning apparel n. ΚΠ 1540 Bible (Great) 2 Sam. xiv. 2 Fayne thy selfe to be a mourner, and put on mournynge apparell. 1671 R. Head & F. Kirkman Eng. Rogue IV. 302 He was soon aweary of his Mourning Apparel, and therefore in few moneths threw that off. 1789 W. Jones tr. Kalidása Sacontalá vii. 172 (stage direct.) Sacontalá enters in mourning apparel. a1855 C. Brontë Professor (1857) II. xix. 46 A slim, youthful figure in mourning apparel of the plainest black stuff. 1987 Summary of World Broadcasts Pt. 3: Far East (B.B.C.) (Nexis) 15 Aug. FE/8647/BII/1 In conducting funerals they have even practised geomancy, performed Taoist or Buddhist rites to save the souls of the dead, put on mourning apparel, [etc.]. 2014 M. E. Woods Emotional & Sectional Confl. Antebellum U.S. vii. 211 Contemporary critics lambasted sartorial mourning rituals... But mourning apparel alleviated the growing problem of social anonymity. < as lemmas |
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