| 单词 | breast-beating |
| 释义 | breast-beating in British English (ˈbrɛstˌbiːtɪŋ) noun public or ostentatious expression of guilt, remorse, or sorrow bouts of hysterical hand-wringing and breast-beating about the irresponsibility ofyoung people The government has done a great deal of breast-beating over its handling of the financialcrisis. breast-beating in American English (ˈbrestˌbitɪŋ) noun 1. a loud and demonstrative display of grief, remorse, or the like The authorities indulged in a great deal of breast-beating about traffic accidentsbut failed to pass new driving laws adjective 2. characterized by or involving breast-beating Derived forms breast-beater noun Word origin [1950–55]This word is first recorded in the period 1950–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: International Gothic, action painting, bleep, drip-dry, hot line |
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