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单词 mourning rings
释义

mourn /mörn or (rare) moorn/

intransitive verb
  1. To grieve for a death or other loss
  2. To be sorrowful
  3. To wear mourning
  4. To murmur sorrowfully (literary)
transitive verb
  1. To grieve for
  2. To utter in a sorrowful manner (poetic)
ORIGIN: OE murnan; OHGer mornēn to grieve

mournˈer noun

  1. A person who mourns a death, etc
  2. A person who attends a funeral, esp a relative of the deceased
  3. A person hired to lament or weep for the dead
  4. A penitent at a revival meeting (US)

mournˈful adjective

  1. Causing, suggesting, or expressing sorrow
  2. Feeling grief

mournˈfully adverb

mournˈfulness noun

mournˈing noun

  1. The act of expressing grief
  2. The dress of mourners, or other tokens of mourning (also Scot in pl)
  3. The period during which one is officially mourning a death
adjective
  1. Grieving, lamenting
  2. Suitable for, or concerned with, mourning

mournˈingly adverb

mourning band noun

A band of black material worn round the sleeve or (historical) the hat, to signify that one is in mourning

mourning border noun

  1. A black margin used on notepaper, etc, by those in mourning
  2. A dirty edge on a fingernail (informal)

mournˈing-bride noun

The sweet scabious (Scabiosa atropurpurea), a Mediterranean plant with a dome-like flower-head

mourning cloak noun

  1. An undertaker's cloak, formerly worn at a funeral
  2. A large butterfly, the Camberwell beauty (US)

mourning coach noun

A closed carriage formerly used for carrying mourners to a funeral

mourning dove noun

A N American pigeon (Zenaidura macroura) with a plaintive-sounding cry

mourning piece noun

A picture intended to be a memorial of the dead

mourning ring noun

A ring worn in memory of a dead person

mournˈing-stuff noun

Any lustreless black dress fabric, such as crape, cashmere, etc, for making mourning clothes

half-mourning see under half

in mourning

  1. Wearing black (in China, white) in token of mourning
  2. (of a ship) painted blue
  3. Having black eyes (slang)

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