Suffering; spec. the suffering of death. Esp. with reference to the Passion of Christ.
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释义 | the world > life > death > [noun] > death throes (15) throwingeOE Suffering; spec. the suffering of death. Esp. with reference to the Passion of Christ. death throec1300 In singular or (now usually) plural. Intense or violent pain and struggle accompanying death; the agony of death. Also figurative and in… throec1300 An intense spasm of pain experienced immediately prior to death; (also in plural) the agony or struggle of death. Cf. death throe, n. stour1340 figurative. Conflict with death, death-struggle, esp. in hard stour, death-stour, bale-stour (see bale, n.1 compounds). Obsolete. bale-stourc1400 fatal struggle, death-throe. gasping1440 The action of gasp, v. (in various senses). agonya1500 The convulsive throes or pangs of death; the death struggle. Usually with adjective or of indicating the circumstance. Also figurative and in… (one's) last gasp1564 (one's) last gasp: the final attempt to draw breath before dying. at the last gasp: at the point of death; in later use frequently figurative; cf… death flurry1831 an animal's death throes; spec. (Whaling) the convulsive struggling of a dying harpooned whale (see flurry, n. 2b); also figurative. Subcategories:— sound of (3) — of whale (1) — final words during (2) |
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