| 单词 | sorrow-making |
| 释义 | > as lemmassorrow-making sorrow-making n. and adj. ΚΠ c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 4371 (MED) Nouþer honour nor pursut of vengaunce With sorwe makyng mow ben execut. 1485 Malory's Morte Darthur (Caxton) xxi. xi. sig. eeiv Ye dysplese god with suche maner of sorow makyng. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xi. 33 I dyd suffer it without any grete sorow makyng. 1605 W. C. tr. C. Paschal False Complaints xix. 216 Neither the armed troupes, nor the enemy that hath possessed the field..is so much to bee feared by a Prince, as this sorrow making monster pleasure. 1869 E. Jolly Viola II. ix. ii. 265 Perhaps..such sorrow-making is sinful. 1885 M. Thompson At Love's Extremes xi. 139 All the sorrow-making material on one side and all the joy-bringers on the other! 1955 Rev. Eng. Stud. 6 362 He replied to the hermit who reproved him for such sorrow-making that his conscience was clear. 2007 S. Basu in M. C. 't Hart & D. Bos Humour & Social Protest (2008) 104 Some found somber assurance of their eternal salvation through abundant sorrow-making. < as lemmas |
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