| 单词 | shame of the world |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshame of the world shame of the world n. now rare (chiefly with the) = world's shame at Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1486 J. Mirk's Liber Festiuall (Rood & Hunte) sig. bvi/2 There is moche peple and hit wher not for shame of the worlde in lenton nor oute lenton wold neuer come to shryfte. 1533 T. More Apologye f. 213 After that he was suspected of heresye and spoken to therof, ferynge the shame of the worlde drowned hym self in a well. 1611 G. Chapman May-day iv. Has not one of them [sc. disguises] kept you safe from the shame of the world? 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 32 Fie, fie, Miss! for Shame of the World, and Speech of good People. 1815 Morning Chron. 10 Apr. 3/4 The shame of the world will be threefold increased. 1908 H. James Compl. Plays (1949) 657 The Scandal of History; the Dead Waste of Power; the Sin and Shame of the World. < as lemmas |
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