| 单词 | satanic mills |
| 释义 | > as lemmassatanic mills satanic mills n. chiefly British industrial mills or factories (esp. those of Britain in the 19th cent.) associated with harsh working conditions and regarded as representing inhuman or exploitative industrialization; more fully dark satanic mills.With allusion to Blake's use in quot. 1808. ΚΠ 1808 W. Blake Milton Pref. 2 And was Jerusalem builded here, Among these dark Satanic Mills? 1913 Times of India 1 Apr. 9/5 His [sc. Joseph Pennell] etchings and lithographs have pictured the ‘dark Satanic mills’ of industrial England. 1962 Times 23 Feb. 14/3 They could see, by looking around, the Satanic mills rising in every direction. 2018 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 21 Apr. 18 Towns and cities are infinitely better to live in than they were a century ago... The dark Satanic Mills have gone. < as lemmas |
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