单词 | doom |
释义 | doom —doomy, adj. /doohm/, n. 1. fate or destiny, esp. adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune: In exile and poverty, he met his doom. 2. ruin; death: to fall to one's doom. 3. a judgment, decision, or sentence, esp. an unfavorable one: The judge pronounced the defendant's doom. 4. the Last Judgment, at the end of the world. 5. Obs. a statute, enactment, or legal judgment. v.t. 6. to destine, esp. to an adverse fate. 7. to pronounce judgment against; condemn. 8. to ordain or fix as a sentence or fate. [bef. 900; ME dome, dom, OE dom judgment, law; c. ON domr, Goth doms; cf. Skt dháman, Gk thémis law; see DO1, DEEM] Syn. 1. See fate. 3. condemnation. 6. predestine. |
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