单词 | mourning period |
释义 | > as lemmasmourning period mourning period n. ΚΠ 1850 G. Bush Notes Bk. Genesis 420/1 The seventy-five days mourning of the Egyptians..is to be understood as including the forty days of embalming. The whole is spoken of together as a mourning period. 1928 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 58 478 At the close of eight years the termination of the mourning period is announced, and a sheep is driven into the bush. 1991 J. Pardoe How many Times can you say Goodbye? (BNC) 33 In some cultures the mourning period is very clearly established. 2004 J. M. Volo & D. D. Volo Antebellum Period i. 37 If a woman married a widower, she was expected to dress in half mourning for the remainder of her husband's mourning period. < as lemmas |
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