英语词汇“to be in the raven's book”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

raven's book n. Irish English (now rare) a list of the dead, or of those fated to die soon; chiefly in to be in the raven's book.

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1825 W. H. Maxwell O'Hara I. v. 74 But there's one comfort—he's in the raven's book, and his last leave of absence is on the road.

1849 W. H. Maxwell in Bentley's Misc. 26 351 He was breaking up fast—and when I returned to town from Cheltenham in a month,it was quite clear that poor Miley was regularly in the raven's book.

1910 P. W. Joyce Eng. as we speak it in Ireland (1991) 180 When a person looks as if he were likely to die soon:—‘He's in the raven's book.’

1999 C. Nolan Banyan Tree (2000) cx. 359 ‘He's coming home, the child,’ her grim voice said, for sand in her eyes, the raven's book read, her soul heard the dead-bell now.

单词	to be in the raven's book
释义	> as lemmas to be in the raven's book raven's book n. Irish English (now rare) a list of the dead, or of those fated to die soon; chiefly in to be in the raven's book. ΚΠ 1825 W. H. Maxwell O'Hara I. v. 74 But there's one comfort—he's in the raven's book, and his last leave of absence is on the road. 1849 W. H. Maxwell in Bentley's Misc. 26 351 He was breaking up fast—and when I returned to town from Cheltenham in a month,it was quite clear that poor Miley was regularly in the raven's book. 1910 P. W. Joyce Eng. as we speak it in Ireland (1991) 180 When a person looks as if he were likely to die soon:—‘He's in the raven's book.’ 1999 C. Nolan Banyan Tree (2000) cx. 359 ‘He's coming home, the child,’ her grim voice said, for sand in her eyes, the raven's book read, her soul heard the dead-bell now. extracted from ravenn.¹adj. < as lemmas
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