单词 | stricken hour |
释义 | > as lemmasstricken hour b. Of a sound, musical note: Produced by striking a blow. stricken hour (archaic): a full hour as indicated by the striking of the clock. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > hour > [noun] tidea900 hourc1250 timea1325 hourglass1588 planetary hour1593 clock hour1600 ghurry1638 stricken hour1820 lunar hour1862 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [adjective] > strummed or struck struck1627 stricken1873 strummed1881 1820 W. Scott Monastery I. ix*. 292 And, without interruption or impatience, to listen for a stricken hour to his narration. 1855 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 27 Sept. in Eng. Notebks. (1997) I. iii. 358 General Campbell made us a call..and sat talking a stricken hour or thereabout. 1873 A. D. Whitney Other Girls xxxiv. 442 A sudden stop, in speech as in music, is sometimes more significant than any stricken note. < as lemmas |
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