单词 | parting |
释义 | parting (pɑːʳtɪŋ ) Word forms: partings 1. variable noun Parting is the act of leaving a particular person or place. A parting is an occasion when this happens. Parting from any one of you for even a short time is hard. It was a dreadfully emotional parting. Synonyms: farewell, departure, goodbye, leave-taking 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] Your parting words or actions are the things that you say or do as you are leaving a place or person. Her parting words left him feeling empty and alone. ...his bold parting kiss. 3. countable noun The parting in someone's hair is the line running from the front to the back of their head where their hair lies in different directions. [British] regional note: in AM, use part 4. parting of the ways phrase When there is a parting of the ways, two or more people or groups of people stop working together or travelling together. If a resolution cannot be worked out, a peaceful parting of the ways is possible. Synonyms: divorce, parting, separation, dissolution Quotations: Parting is all we know of heaven, And all we need of hell`My life closed twice before its close' Parting is such sweet sorrowRomeo and Juliet The king of Babylon stood at the parting of the ways Bible: Ezekiel Since there's no help, come let us kiss and part, Nay, I have done: you get no more of me, And I am glad, yea glad with all my heart, That thus so cleanly, I myself can free, Shake hands forever, cancel all our vows, And when we meet at any time again, Be it not seen in either of our brows, That we one jot of former love retainIdea: Sonnet 61 In every parting there is an image of deathScenes of Clerical Life Translations: Chinese: 分别, 离别的, 分缝头发的 Japanese: 別れ, 別れの, 髪の分け目 |
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