单词 | in sackcloth and ashes |
释义 | sack1 /sak/noun
ORIGIN: OE sacc, from L saccus, from Gr sakkos; prob Phoenician sackˈable adjective sackˈful noun (pl sackˈfuls)
sackˈing noun Coarse cloth used in making sacks, sackcloth sackˈlike adjective sackˈcloth noun
sack-doudling /-dŭdˈlin/ adjective (Walter Scott) Bagpiping (cf doodle2and Ger Dudelsack) sack race noun One in which each runner's legs are enclosed in a sack sack tree noun The upas (from the use of its inner bark to make sacks) hit the sack (slang) To go to bed in sackcloth and ashes
sad sack (esp US sl) A person who seems to attract mishap and disaster, a misfit |
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