| 单词 | victim-flock |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvictim-flock attributive (chiefly appositive) and in combinations, as victim beast, victim carrion, victim-flock, victim-hero, victim horde, victim-lamb, victim ox; victim-laden adj.; victim-ship n. a ship carrying victims. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels with other specific uses > [noun] > vessel for reception of sick or injured hospital ship1683 pest shipa1684 hospital1709 victim-ship1835 hospital vessel1897 the mind > emotion > courage > heroism > [noun] > victim-hero forlorn hopes1539 forlorn fellows1577 forlorn sentinel1579 salamander1705 victim-hero1962 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 118 The Victim Ox, that was for Altars prest,..Sunk of himself. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 305 Blood of Victim Beasts enrich the Ground. 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey III. xiii. 27 A victim Oxe beneath the sacred hand Of great Alcinous falls. 1814 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II (ed. 7) ii. lxxxix. 113 The Battle-field—where Persia's victim horde First bowed beneath the brunt of Hellas' sword. 1835 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece I. v. 133 Deceived by the black sail of the victim-ship, which Theseus had forgotten to exchange. 1843 N. Wiseman Minor Rites in Ess. (1853) I. 491 There is one altar..on which the same Victim-Lamb reposes. a1847 E. Cook Thanksgiving iv I could not sue for mercy at a victim-laden shrine. 1851 E. B. Browning Casa Guidi Windows ii. xxii. 129 The tyrant should take heed to what he doth, Since every victim-carrion turns to use. 1868 J. H. Newman Verses Var. Occasions 171 I cleanse Thy victim-flock, and bring them near In holiest wise. 1962 John o' London's 1 Mar. 211/3 Young Cordier..isn't the perfect victim-hero. 1975 P. Fussell Great War & Mod. Mem. i. 8 Air bombardment, which was supposed to shorten the war, prolonged it by inviting those who were its targets to cast themselves in the role of victim-heroes and thus stiffen their resolve. 1975 P. Fussell Great War & Mod. Mem. vi. 220 Guy Crouchback, Waugh's victim-hero. < as lemmas |
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