| 单词 | to kiss the dust |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto kiss the dust c. to kiss the dust, to be overthrown, humiliated, ruined, or slain; to yield abject submission. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > be under authority [verb (intransitive)] > be crushed or suppressed oppress?c1500 to kiss the ground1589 to kiss the dust1835 1835 I. Taylor Spiritual Despotism x. 410 To kiss the dust before monstrous superstitions. 1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset II. lvi. 129 She had yielded, and had kissed the dust. < as lemmas |
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