| 单词 | legion of the lost |
| 释义 | > as lemmasLegion of the lost Legion of the lost n. (also Legion of the lost ones) those who are cast out, destitute or abandoned; spec. people abandoned by their families in homes or institutions; also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > type of inhabitant generally > [noun] > homeless > collectively houselessc1400 homeless1809 Legion of the lost1870 unhoused1886 society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > solitude or solitariness > [noun] > state of being left alone or forlorn > person > people Legion of the lost1870 1849 Hymns for Public Worship of Church lxxxii. 95 To the Father praise be given By th' unfallen angel-host, Who in His great war have striven With the legions of the lost.] 1870 D. J. Kirwan Palace & Hovel xlii. 587 Those fair and frail members of the Legion of the Lost. 1892 R. Kipling Barrack-room Ballads 63 To the legion of the lost ones, to the cohort of the damned. 1961 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 5) II. 1167/1 Legion of the lost, the, those elderly or mentally infirm persons in homes or institutions who have been abandoned by relations and friends and who receive neither visits nor letters. 2012 Monterey County (Calif.) Herald (Nexis) 24 Aug. Lance Armstrong has joined the legion of the lost, the great athletes who were banned or exiled for sins admitted or charged or suspected. < as lemmas |
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