| 单词 | the fatal thread |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe fatal thread a. Concerned or dealing with destiny. Of agents: Controlling the destinies of men. (the) fatal dames, ladies, sisters: the Fates, or Parcæ. the fatal thread: that supposed to be spun by the Fates, determining the length of a man's life; so fatal web, fatal shears. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > future events > [adjective] > concerned with destiny fatal1447 the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [noun] > the (three) Fates > thread spun by the fatal thread1447 line of lifec1580 lifeline1855 the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > the Fates weirdsc725 ParcaeeOE the three sistersa1400 destiny14.. the Weird Sistersc1400 (the) fatal dames, ladies, sisters1552 the three Fatals1575 fate1600 the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [noun] > the (three) Fates weirdsc725 ParcaeeOE the three sistersa1400 (the) fatal dames, ladies, sisters1552 the three Fatals1575 fate1600 1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 8 Not to hastyly My fatal threed a sundyr smyte. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Fatal ladies, parcæ. 1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 9v Abiding the proofe of their paine, and the cutting in snnder [sic] of their fatall thread. 1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον i. 45 The Parcæ (or fatall Goddesses) are three. a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Spanish Curat iv. v, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. G2/1 Fatall Dames, that spin mens threds out. 1704 S. Dale in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) (Camden) 210 Death cut the fatal thread of life. 1713 A. Pope Ode Musick 6 How wilt thou now the fatal Sisters move? a1721 M. Prior Turtle & Sparrow (1723) 56 Nor Birds nor Goddesses can move The just Behests of Fatal Jove. 1880 E. C. Brewer Reader's Handbk. Allusions 323/2 The three Fatal Sisters were Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos. < as lemmas |
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