| 单词 | blood on the moon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblood on the moon t. Originally and chiefly U.S. blood on the moon: a reddish coloration of the moon, considered to be an omen of future misfortune. Hence: a foreboding, ominous situation, esp. signalling violence or conflict. ΚΠ 1873 Daily Cleveland (Ohio) Herald 30 July 2/1 There is again a tinge of blood on the moon in Kentucky. 1894 Med. Cent. 15 July 343/1 The baby had the colic so that the father was deprived of his night's rest; then there was blood on the moon. 1907 Advance 22 Aug. 203/1 They [sc. speculators] see ghosts on earth and blood on the moon and the stars falling from their places. 1920 F. Lynde Wreckers xix. 212 There was blood on the moon, and I saw it in the way the boss's jaw was working. 1952 T. Bankhead Tallulah i. 20 The Giants had to score four runs in the ninth to win. Remember? There was blood on the moon that night in Bedford Village. 2001 W. Goldman Big Picture 129 Attenborough won. For Spielberg's enthusiasts, there was now blood on the moon. < as lemmas |
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