单词 | in mourning |
释义 | > as lemmasin mourning in mourning adv. a. Sorrowing or grieving for the death of a person, esp. in the period of the conventional or ceremonial manifestation of sorrow. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1611 Bible (King James) Jer. xvi. 7 Neither shall men teare themselues for them in mourning to comfort them for the dead. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 554 Dejected Grief in ev'ry Face appears; A Town in Mourning, and a Land in Tears. 1737 R. Challoner Catholick Christian Instructed xxi. 207 Why are the Crucifixes and Altar-pieces covered during this Time, in which we celebrate Christ's Passion? Because the Church is then in Mourning for her Spouse. 1853 F. S. Mines Presbyterian Clergyman looking for Church 542 Are the devotions and rejoicings of a nation any the less royal, when a sovereign, because his court may be in mourning, has postponed for a month the festivities of his birthday? 1896 A. R. White Youth's Educator xii. 146 Parents and friends who are in mourning should leave off their somber garments at the wedding. 1909 Indian Spectator 23 Oct. 843/2 Persons in mourning are..considered to be defiled and untouchable for some days. 1987 R. Guy And I heard Bird Sing xxi. 159 Hasn't this house been in mourning long enough? 1992 Liverpool Echo & Daily Post (BNC) Nov. A community was in mourning last night after a young cyclist was killed as he rode through his home town. 2007 M. Brown Politics of Mourning Early China i. 21 The General called for Liu's removal from power as the result of a scandal involving sex, alcohol, and a man ostensibly in mourning. b. Wearing clothes or covered with the draperies customarily indicative of bereavement. Cf. sense 6a.Also to go (also put) into mourning, to be out of mourning, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adverb] > in specific way to (also into, unto) one's (also the) shirtc1300 in or of (a) suitc1325 in ragsa1350 in (also on) one's shirtc1380 in suit of or with1389 thinlya1400 in suit with1488 finely?1552 raggedly1552 smoothly1579 garish1590 briskly1592 in one's waistcoat1607 in mourning1621 in cuerpoa1640 in gala1757 airily1768 plain1808 in mufti1816 in, on one's stocking-soles1827 seedily1837 in beaver1840 back to front1869 dowdily1887 dossily1903 head-to-toe1946 sharp1951 sharply1965 understatedly1972 the world > life > death > obsequies > formal or ceremonial mourning > [adjective] > wearing mourning garments in sackcloth and ashes1526 in mourning1621 sabled1804 1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania 378 A Gentleman he met all in mourning, his face more expressing it then his cloathes, though in the exactest fashion for shape, and blacknes. a1656 J. Hales Serm. at Eton (1673) ii. 21 Demades the Oratour was wont to say of the Athenians, that they never came to consult of peace, nisi atrati, but in blacks and mourning. 1683 A. Wood Life & Times (1894) III. 66 An hears..followed by 5 coaches in morning. 1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 25 Dec. (1948) II. 446 Her brother would fain have her death a secret, to save the charge of bringing her up here to bury her, or going into mourning. 1778 F. Burney Evelina I. xiv. 82 She was already out of mourning. 1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto III vii. 6 Sad thought! to lose the spouse that was adorning Our days, and put one's servants into mourning. 1860 C. M. Yonge Stokesley Secret iii There were two ladies, one in stately handsome slight mourning. 1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey II. 310 Seeing the wife of the priest..in mourning. 1913 R. Brooke in Poetry of Drama Dec. 402 The day that Youth had died. There came to his grave-side, In decent mourning, from the county's ends, Those scatter'd friends Who had lived the boon companions of his prime. 1947 M. Lowry Under Volcano viii. 252 There were men dressed in their Sunday best, white trousers and purple shirts, and one or two younger women in mourning, probably going to the cemeteries. 1991 R. Cecil Masks of Death (BNC) 79 Victorian parents have been condemned for clothing their children in black for months on end, and putting even babies into mourning. 2008 T. Spawforth Versailles iv. 91 The princess's entire household went into mourning. Her ladies were required to ‘drape’, that is, to hang black crepe on the walls of their antechambers. c. Nautical (originally U.S.). Of a ship: displaying flags, yards, etc., in a manner which indicates that a death has occurred. Also figurative. Now historical and rare. ΚΠ 1799 J. Russell's Gaz. (Boston) 13 June The numerous vessels in the harbour, were put in mourning by displaying their colours half mast high. 1804 Balance & Repository (Hudson, N.Y.) 24 July 239/3 All the shipping in the harbor was dressed in mourning. The English and French ships of war in the harbor also appeared in mourning, and fired guns during the procession. 1829 W. N. Glascock Sailors & Saints I. 215 ‘Aye, there she is—all in mourning for her fate’, cried Brace, evidently affected by the tottering condition of everything aloft. [Note] When a ship, or square-rigged vessel appears in mourning, the yards on each mast are alternately topped on end. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. (at cited word) A ship is in mourning with her ensign and pennant half-mast, her yards topped awry, or apeek, or alternately topped an-end. If the sides are painted blue instead of white, it denotes deep mourning. 1921 J. B. McMaster Hist. People U.S. III. xix. 323 At Boston the ships were shrouded in mourning. 1984 J. Harland Seamanship in Age of Sail vii. 123/3 (caption) A Russian steam frigate with yards cockbilled in mourning (after sketch by Cox engraved in the Illustrated London News, 1865). d. colloquial (chiefly humorous). Blackened with dirt or bruising. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [adjective] > bruised > black eye in mourning1807 1807 E. S. Barrett Second Titan War 6 The coat that's soiled on both sides with oft turning, Affords him room to say:—‘The man's in mourning.’ 1814 Sporting Mag. 43 70 Bolter..had his eyes in mourning. c1865 B. A. Baker Glance at N.Y. 18 A black eye?.. So it is! You're eye has gone into mourning, sure enough! 1867 O. W. Holmes Guardian Angel x His eyes were ‘in mourning’, as the gentlemen of the ring say. 1912 T. Furlong Fifty Years Detective 34 With my right eye and one side of my face discolored—as some of them said, ‘in mourning’. c1940 in B. A. Botkin Treasury Amer. Folklore 531 If a setter ain't watchful, he's liable to have his finger dressed in mournin'. 1969 Cornhill Mag. Autumn 419 His nails were in mourning, and you could have grown potatoes behind his ears. 1975 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 26 Oct. 10/2 In court yesterday morning..Martin's eye was in mourning. < as lemmas |
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