| 单词 | skull and crossbones |
| 释义 | > as lemmasskull and crossbones d. A representation of a human skull, as an emblem or reminder of death or mortality. Also skull and crossbones, a representation of a bare skull with two thigh-bones crossed beneath it as an emblem of death, esp. as depicted on a pirate's flag. Cf. Jolly Roger n. Also attributive and figurative. Hence skull-and-cross-boned adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [noun] > symbolized dead man's head1546 death's head1563 death-head1569 billow1592 death's face1598 scythe1609 caput mortuum1694 thigh-bone1825 skull1826 Kensal Green1842 calavera1904 the mind > mental capacity > memory > reminder, putting in mind > [noun] > as injunction or warning > object > reminding of death memento mori1598 skull1826 society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [noun] > a symbol > specific symbols cross-bones1798 marrowbones1824 skull and crossbones1826 uroboros1940 corn dolly1952 society > communication > indication > insignia > standard > [noun] > flag > naval or merchant > pirate Jolly Roger1724 Jolly Hodge1821 black jack1846 skull and crossbones1924 society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [adjective] > specific symbol > of or relating to bare skull and crossed thigh bones skull-and-cross-boned1955 1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village (1863) II. 898 She was a perpetual memento mori; a skull and cross-bones would hardly have been more efficacious. 1875 W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 40 Here are the typical marrow-bones, skull, and sand glass. 1911 D. H. Lawrence Let. c11 May (1979) I. 268 I've got a grinning skull-and-crossbones headache. 1924 P. G. Wodehouse Bill the Conqueror xvii. 254 This was open rebellion. This was hoisting the skull and cross-bones. 1928 J. M. Barrie Peter Pan v. i, in Plays 73 We see what is happening on the deck of the Jolly Roger, which is flying the skull and crossbones. 1930 Times Lit. Suppl. 5 June 481/4 The pirates on the Spanish Main in the old skull-and-crossbones days were pleasant and picturesque fellows. 1931 A. Ransome Swallowdale iii. 50 A small varnished dinghy..was sailing in between the headlands. At the masthead was a black flag with the skull and crossbones on it in white. 1955 J. Kenward Suburban Child xxxii. 94 Further down the street where I lived there lived a pirate five years old, the very thing in appearance as in temperament, with a cutlass (silver painted) and a black triangular hat (skull-and-cross-boned) both home-made by his understanding parents. 1982 Times 5 July 4/3 The nuclear submarine..[was] flying the Jolly Roger to denote their success in sinking the Argentine cruiser... The Skull-and-Crossbones denotes a ‘kill’. < as lemmas |
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