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单词 sackcloth
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
sack•cloth /ˈsækˌklɔθ, -ˌklɑθ/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. Textilessacking.
Idioms
  1. Idioms in sackcloth and ashes, [uncountable] in a state of deep sorrow for what one has done.


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
sack•cloth  (sak′klôth′, -kloth′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Textilessacking.
  2. Textilescoarse cloth worn as a sign of mourning or penitence.
  3. Idioms in sackcloth and ashes, in a state of repentance or sorrow;
    contrite:She would be in sackcloth and ashes for days over every trifling error she made.
  • 1350–1400; Middle English; see sack1, cloth
sack′clothed′, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
sackcloth /ˈsækˌklɒθ/ n
  1. coarse cloth such as sacking
  2. garments made of such cloth, worn formerly to indicate mourning or penitence
  3. sackcloth and ashes ⇒ a public display of extreme grief, remorse, or repentance
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