单词 | war-worn |
释义 | war-wornadj. Wasted, ravaged, or battered by war; worn by the toils or privations of war. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > [adjective] > damaged by war war-worna1616 war-damaged1946 the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > by loss of material or wasted > worn > by war war-worna1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. 0. 26 Their gesture sad, Inuesting lanke-leane Cheekes, and Warre-worne Coats. View more context for this quotation 1757 W. Wilkie Epigoniad vii. 190 But with a mind unmov'd, I'll meet my doom; Nor stain this war-worn visage with a tear. 1792 R. Cumberland Calvary (1803) II. 120 War-worn Sisera. 1825 W. Scott Betrothed xvi, in Tales Crusaders I. 317 His war-worn shamoy doublet. 1826 H. Smith Tor Hill I. 33 Through this war-worn region did Sir Giles Hungerford and his party of horsemen press eagerly forward. 1849 W. Irving Mahomet (1850) II. xvi. 142 Khaled entered with his hundred war-worn veterans. 1868 M. E. Grant Duff Polit. Surv. 30 The warworn fortress..had added another volume to its history. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1616 |
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