| 单词 | in sackcloth and ashes |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin sackcloth and ashes b. As the material of mourning or penitential garb; also (in contrast with ‘purple’ or ‘gold’) as the coarsest possible clothing, indicative of extreme poverty or humility. in sackcloth and ashes (Biblical): clothed in sackcloth and having ashes sprinkled on the head as a sign of lamentation or abject penitence. †Also with a (cf. sack n.1 5).The penitential ‘sackcloth’ of the Bible (Hebrew saq, Greek σάκκος) was a dark-coloured fabric of goats' or camels' hair. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > lay garments > items of attire > [noun] > penitential garment hairec825 cilicec950 sackc1000 hauberkc1305 habergeonc1386 sackclotha1400 shirt of hair1527 shriving cloth1534 haircloth1548 sanbenito1568 white sheet1570 penitential robea1625 sack gown1693 samarra1731 hair-shirt1737 repentance-gown1896 the world > life > death > obsequies > formal or ceremonial mourning > [noun] > wearing of mourning garments > mourning garments clothes, habit, weeds of dole1388 clothing of carea1400 sackclotha1400 mourningc1450 dolec1500 care-weed?1507 sables1603 mournings1634 society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > [noun] > symbols of ashc950 sackclotha1400 society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > penance > [noun] > garment of hairec825 cilicec950 sackc1000 hauberkc1305 habergeonc1386 sackclotha1400 shirt of hair1527 shriving cloth1534 haircloth1548 sanbenito1568 white sheet1570 penitential robea1625 sack gown1693 samarra1731 hair-shirt1737 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric with specific qualities > [noun] > coarse or rough > for clothing > sackcloth sackc1000 sackclotha1400 the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [adverb] sorelyc888 yomerlya1000 yomerea1250 ruthlya1400 mourninglya1425 sorrowinglya1425 lamentably1470 in sackcloth and ashes1526 tragically1567 plaintively1593 lamentinglyc1610 bemoaningly1646 complainingly1816 deploringly1847 sighfully1900 the world > life > death > obsequies > formal or ceremonial mourning > [adjective] > wearing mourning garments in sackcloth and ashes1526 in mourning1621 sabled1804 the world > life > death > obsequies > formal or ceremonial mourning > [adverb] > wearing mourning garments in sackcloth and ashes1526 society > faith > artefacts > lay garments > items of attire > [adverb] > wearing penitential garment in sackcloth and ashes1526 society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > penance > [adverb] > wearing penitential garment in sackcloth and ashes1526 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > made from specific material > flax or hemp > sackcloth shriving cloth1534 sackcloth1553 a1400 St. Alexius 191 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 178 All hir bodi scho made bare & did apon hir a sekk-clathe. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. xi. f. xv They had repented longe agon in sack cloth and asshes. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xxxiv. 13 When they were sick, I put on a sack cloth. 1553 R. Eden in tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India Ded. sig. aaijv He whiche cloteth an ape in purple, & a king in sackecloth. 1575 G. Gascoigne Hundred Flowers in Wks. 51 I was in sack-cloth I, now am I clad in gold, And weare such robes, as I my selfe take plesure to behold. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iii. sig. C3v And to augment her painefull penaunce more,..shee..Next her wrinkled skin rough sackecloth wore. 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar i. iv. 128 S. Lewis King of France wore sack-cloth every day unless sicknesse hindred. 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 47 And being clad in Sackcloth, he was to lie on the Ground, and..implore God's Mercy. 1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall V. xlviii. 55 While he groaned and prayed in sackcloth and ashes, his brother..smiled at his remorse. 1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux II. iv. v. 188 I should have gone into a convent and worn sackcloth. a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 356 The low and great, Who in their sack~cloth or their purple, creep Beneath the summit of the viewless steep. 1885 ‘H. Conway’ Family Affair III. ii. 35 He knew that for all that had befallen she was mourning in mental sackcloth and ashes. < as lemmas |
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