| 单词 | scarlet letter |
| 释义 | > as lemmasscarlet letter scarlet letter n. chiefly U.S. a representation of the letter A in scarlet cloth which persons convicted of adultery were condemned to wear, as described in the novel by Hawthorne (see quot. 1850); also in figurative and allusive use (cf. brand n. 4b). ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [noun] > adultery > symbol of scarlet letter1850 society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [noun] > a symbol > specific symbols > others Samian letter1616 A1651 Tetragrammaton1656 arrow1744 arrowhead1832 wind1847 scarlet letter1850 sun wheel1865 sacred axe1866 rising sun1868 crow's foot1871 Easter rabbit1881 hexagram1882 sun sign1882 Easter bunny1900 Staffordshire knot1908 sinsigna1914 tectiform1921 padma1954 smiley face1957 happy face1971 lexigram1973 emoticon1988 smiley1989 1850 N. Hawthorne (title) The scarlet letter. 1872 Cincinnati (Ohio) Times & Chron. 28 May 2/1 A grand mass meeting in Gotham the other night consecrated Apollo Hall by unfurling therein the scarlet letter—we mean banner—of Woodhull and Free Love. 1882 Internat. Rev. Mar. 301 Polygamy is the scarlet letter upon the brow of this young commonwealth which proclaims her deep shame and forbids her entrance into the sisterhood of States. 1944 W. J. Carrington Safe Convoy 112 However, a few minutes later when the unwanted visitor arrived, she directed her venomous tongue against the daughter whom she branded from head to foot with verbal scarlet letters. 1965 M. Drabble Millstone 20 I walked around with a scarlet letter embroidered upon my bosom..but the A stood for Abstinence, not for Adultery. 1977 D. Anthony Stud Game xxi. 132 You hard-shelled Baptist prig. You can't see past the scarlet letter, can you? < as lemmas |
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