| 单词 | the dear departed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe dear departed b. In this sense often used absolutely, the departed (singular and plural): cf. deceased adj. Also (esp. jocular) the dear departed. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [noun] the holy soulsc950 the deadc1000 dead1340 deadmana1400 the defunct1548 sleeper1590 gone?1614 grave-fellow1642 under-dead1648 the deceased1673 the majority1721 the departed1722 the dear departed1814 sleeper1827 goner1836 gone coon1837 silent majority1874 1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature ix. 208 The seats and circumstances of the departed. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho I. ii. 53 A prayer for the soul of the departed. 1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park I. iii. 56 Barely enough to..enable me to live so as not to disgrace the memory of the dear departed . View more context for this quotation 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby iii. 20 The dear departed had never deigned to profit by her advice. 1868 L. M. Alcott Little Women I. xi. 167 Beth..sat making a winding-sheet, while the dear departed lay..in the domino-box. 1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost ix. 249 The Catholic Church..cherishes with loving memory all her departed. 1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid vi, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 273 The departed is placed on the funeral bed. 1910 W. S. Houghton (title) The dear departed. 1964 E. Longford Victoria R.I. xxiv. 355 If the living Albert kept Queen Victoria and Disraeli apart, the dear departed brought them together. < as lemmas |
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