单词 | blood feud |
释义 | > as lemmasblood feud blood feud n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > [noun] > prolonged or bitter > vengeful feudc1425 blood feud1824 vendetta1861 the mind > emotion > hatred > hostility > state of bitter and lasting mutual hostility > [noun] > deadly feud feudc1425 death feud1805 blood feud1824 1824 Trans. Royal Asiatic Soc. 1 87 The cause of revenge is left to the relations of the man that has been murdered; and, in such cases, blood-feuds are often commenced. 1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) IV. xviii. 8 A blood-feud, deep and ineffaceable, divided the Douglases and the Hamiltons. 1986 S. Penman Here be Dragons (1991) (U.K. ed.) i. xxxiv. 501 Many a blood feud has been reconciled in the marriage bed. < as lemmas |
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