英语词汇“ubi sunt”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

ubi sunt

/ˌʊbi ˈsʊnt/

Literary Criticism

noun

A passage or formula in a poem or other work of literature, usually beginning with ‘where are—’, lamenting the mutability of things, the transitoriness of life and beauty, or the loss or death of particular individuals; a poem of this nature.

Originally referring to passages in medieval Latin poems beginning with ‘ubi sunt’..

adjective

Relating to or of the nature of such a formula, poem, motif, etc.

Origin

Late 19th century; earliest use found in Modern Language Notes. From post-classical Latin ubi sunt, lit. ‘where are’, as part of the characteristic wording of a literary topos employed in many medieval poems from classical Latin ubi where + sunt they are, 3rd plural present indicative of esse to be.

单词	ubi sunt
释义	ubi sunt /ˌʊbi ˈsʊnt/ Literary Criticism noun A passage or formula in a poem or other work of literature, usually beginning with ‘where are—’, lamenting the mutability of things, the transitoriness of life and beauty, or the loss or death of particular individuals; a poem of this nature. Originally referring to passages in medieval Latin poems beginning with ‘ubi sunt’.. adjective Relating to or of the nature of such a formula, poem, motif, etc. Origin Late 19th century; earliest use found in Modern Language Notes. From post-classical Latin ubi sunt, lit. ‘where are’, as part of the characteristic wording of a literary topos employed in many medieval poems from classical Latin ubi where + sunt they are, 3rd plural present indicative of esse to be.
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