| 单词 | wailing place |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswailing place Wailing Wall n. the remaining part of the wall of the Second Temple of Jerusalem, destroyed in 70 b.c., revered by Jews as a place of prayer (also †wailing place); also transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [noun] > in Middle East and Asia Minor > part of Jerusalem Wailing Wall1878 Western Wall1899 society > faith > artefacts > land > structures of or in land > [noun] > prayer-wall mani1818 mendang1854 prayer wall1872 Wailing Wall1878 Western Wall1899 1878 J. Fergusson Temples of Jews ii. xii. 183 The most interesting particular mentioned by the Pilgrim is the ‘Lapis Pertusus’, which was then the Wailing Place of the Jews. 1919 Q. Rev. Apr. 328 To the Jews the principal Holy Place is the Wailing Wall, the fragment of the Wall of the Temple at which the Jews perpetually mourn for their lost glories and pray for the restoration of them. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 509 Darkshawled figures of the circumcised, in sackcloth and ashes, stand by the wailing wall. 1934 C. Lambert Music Ho! iii. 212 Tin Pan Alley has become a commercialized Wailing Wall. 1955 W. Gaddis Recognitions iii. v. 945 I've just visited the Wailing Wall, and had a good cry. 1963 Daily Tel. 23 Dec. 12/2 The dividing wall [in Berlin] becomes a wailing wall at midnight each night. 1980 K. Follett Key to Rebecca xxix. 308 Today I went to the Western Wall, which is also called the Wailing Wall. < as lemmas |
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