| 单词 | man of blood |
| 释义 | > as lemmasman of blood man of blood n. [after post-classical Latin vir sanguinus (Vulgate), rendering Hebrew 'īš haddāmīm (e.g. 2 Samuel 16:7, 16:8), 'īš dāmīm (e.g. Psalm 5:7); in the King James Bible (1611) usually translated bloody man, but several marginal readings (e.g. at 2 Samuel 16:7) give man of blood] a murderer or a man responsible for someone's death; a man who uses violence. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > guilt > guilty person > [noun] > bloodshed man of bloodsa1425 man of blooda1500 society > morality > moral evil > guilt > [noun] > guilt of bloodshed > person man of blooda1500 a1500 Legend of Cross in Medium Ævum (1965) 34 219 (MED) But for that he was a man of bloode, God wold nat suffre hym to parforme his hous. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. iv. 125 The secret'st man of Blood . View more context for this quotation 1659 W. Allen Faithful Memorial Meeting of Officers of Army 1648 5 That it was our duty..to call Charles Stuart, that man of bloud, to an account, for that bloud he had shed..in these poor Nations. 1811 C. Lamb in Reflector 1 428 Eye-scaring portraits of the man of blood. 1992 F. McLynn Hearts of Darkness ii. vi. 146 There were..the men of blood such as Carl Peters who itched for the use of force. < as lemmas |
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