Concerned or dealing with destiny. Of agents: Controlling the destinies of men. (the) fatal dames, ladies, sisters: the Fates, or Parcæ. the fatal t…
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| 释义 | the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [noun] > the (three) Fates > thread spun by (3) the fatal thread1447 Concerned or dealing with destiny. Of agents: Controlling the destinies of men. (the) fatal dames, ladies, sisters: the Fates, or Parcæ. the fatal t… line of lifec1580 figurative. line of life: the thread fabled to be spun by the Fates, determining the duration of a person's life. Obsolete. Cf. sense 27. lifeline1855 In extended uses. The course of a person's life, represented as a line from birth to death; (also) Classical Mythology = line of life at line, n.2 1g. |
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