| 单词 | star-crossed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstar-crossed star-crossed adj. thwarted by bad luck or adverse circumstances (originally considered to be a result of malign planetary influence); now chiefly in star-crossed lovers.In later use chiefly in echoes of quot. 1597. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [adjective] > suffering misfortune > stricken by misfortune star-crossed1597 star-cross1608 planet-struck1609 planet-stricken1615 sparrow-blasteda1652 hard-hit1826 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet Prol. 6 A paire of starre-crost Louers tooke their life. View more context for this quotation 1608 G. Markham & L. Machin Dumbe Knight iv. sig. H2 I was..starre crost with some hagges hellishnesse. 1826 P. G. Patmore Rejected Articles 337 Let it suffice that they did become lovers—no ‘star-crossed’ pair more true. 1875 A. C. Swinburne Ess. & Stud. 294 His ultimate dismissal of the star-crossed pretender is ‘perfect Stuart’ in its bland abnegation of faith. 1973 Alberta Hist. Rev. Winter 12/1 But if Uncle Charlie's first motivation was star-crossed love, his second was certainly horses. 2014 South Wales Echo (Nexis) 21 July 26 They are the star-crossed lovers who were almost kept apart by red tape. < as lemmas |
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