| 单词 | hair shirt |
| 释义 | hair shirtSEE SYNONYMS FOR hair shirt ON THESAURUS.COM nouna garment of coarse haircloth, worn next to the skin as a penance by ascetics and penitents. self-imposed punishment, suffering, sacrifice, or penance. Origin of hair shirt1350–1400; cf. hair Words nearby hair shirthair restorer, hair root, hairsbreadth, hair seal, hair sheep, hair shirt, hair slide, hair space, hairsplitting, hair spray, hairspring Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hair shirtBritish Dictionary definitions for hair shirthair shirt nouna shirt made of haircloth worn next to the skin as a penance a secret trouble or affliction Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with hair shirthair shirt A self-imposed punishment or penance, as in I apologized a dozen times—do you want me to wear a hair shirt forever? This term, mentioned from the 13th century on, alludes to wearing a coarse, scratchy hair shirt, the practice of religious ascetics. Its figurative use dates from the mid-1800s. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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