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单词 half-mourning
释义 half-ˈmourning
1. The second stage or period of mourning, after the expiry of full mourning.
b. Attire in which the black of full mourning is relieved or replaced by white, or by such colours as grey, lavender, or purple.
1820F. Burney Diary & Lett. (1854) VII. 273 They had already made up dresses for half mourning, of black and white.1848Thackeray Dinner at Timmins's iii, She treated herself likewise to a neat, sweet pretty half-mourning.1856Illustr. Lond. News 29 Mar. 327/2 Half-mourning bareges and muslins.
2. The Marbled White Butterfly; = prec.
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