| 单词 | two-minute silence |
| 释义 | > as lemmastwo-minute silence c. A short period of communal silence and stillness, observed as a public mark of respect for a person or group of people who have died; spec. the two minutes' silence held in many Commonwealth countries at 11 a.m. on Armistice Day or (since 1946) Remembrance Sunday. Frequently with modifying word specifying the length of the pause, as in minute's silence or two minutes' silence (also two-minute silence). Cf. moment of silence n. at moment n. 1f. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > reminder, putting in mind > commemoration, remembrance > [noun] > solemn or religious remembrance minda1325 obsequyc1385 wreath-laying1888 Remembrance Day1895 Veterans Day1912 silence1919 Poppy Day1921 Remembrance Sunday1925 moment of silence1942 1919 Times 28 Apr. 9/2 The address was followed by a minute's silence, which the audience was invited to spend in reflection upon the dead. 1919 Times 7 Nov. 12/1 Shopkeepers and their customers will, it is hoped, agree to a pause during the two minutes' silence. People in the streets can cooperate by simply standing still. 1926 A. Topham Chron. Prussian Court xx. 245 We discussed among other things the Titanic disaster which had recently happened, and I remember referring to ‘the silence’ of two minutes by which the Canadian railways and churches had honoured the memory of the Canadians who had perished. 1946 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 11 Nov. 16/1 Conclusion of the Silence was marked by the Last Post by the bugles of the Jamaica Battalion. 1972 ‘E. Lathen’ Murder without Icing (1973) xxii. 188 The game was preceded by a two-minute silence in memory of Billy Sicagusa. 1985 New Direct. 49 32 She forgot to observe the silence in memory of John Lennon's death that past Sunday. 2012 Daily Post (Nexis) 12 Nov. 5 During the silence, I remembered all those Welsh men and women who have given their lives..in the service of our country. < as lemmas |
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