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单词 never-dying
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never-dyingadj.

Brit. /ˌnɛvəˈdʌɪɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈnɛvərˈdaɪɪŋ/
Forms: see never adv. and dying adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: never adv., dying adj.
Etymology: < never adv. + dying adj.
Chiefly literary.
Undying; immortal.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > continuance or tenacity of life > [adjective] > immortal
undeadlyc950
undeathlyOE
immortalc1374
undyinga1400
ever-living1514
unmortal1538
never-dying1567
tombless1594
deathless1595
transmortal1932
1567 G. Turberville Epitaphes, Epigrams f. 59 Wish that..she be guerdond for hir life With neuer dying fame.
a1593 C. Marlowe Massacre at Paris (c1600) sig. A5 Now Guise begins those deepe ingendred thoughts, To burst abroad those neuer dying flames.
1633 J. Ford 'Tis Pitty shee's Whore iii. sig. F3 v Many thousand..sorts Of neuer dying deaths.
1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Mark ix. 49) Those bad humours in us that breed the never-dying worm.
1689 A. Behn Hist. of Nun 77 He made Ten thousand Asseverations of his never-dying Passion.
1728 R. Morris Ess. Anc. Archit. 66 From never-dying Corinth it first arose.
1781 W. Cowper Charity 593 That sight imparts a never-dying flame.
1829 P. Egan Boxiana New Ser. II. 747 Say, shall he not, upon the rolls of fame, Preserve a hero's never-dying name?
1873 E. J. Brennan Witch of Nemi 22 Wedded to a never-dying strife.
1918 L. Binyon New World 38 Riven across, She [sc. Ypres] rose, dead, into never-dying fame.
1998 Mirror (Electronic ed.) 28 Jan. If you believe that these lives which are taken away are human beings with never dying souls, there is no comparison.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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