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单词 mourning
释义 mourn·ing
\ˈmō(ə)rniŋ, ˈmȯ(ə)rn-, ˈmōən-, ˈmȯ(ə)n-, -nēŋ\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English mourning, morning, from gerund of mournen, mornen, to mourn — more at mourn
1. : an act or instance of feeling or expressing sorrow
 < general mourning over loss of the championship >
specifically : grief caused by bereavement
 < a sound of mourning came from the dead man's room >
2.
 a. : the ritual observances accompanying a death
  < mourning is repeated for all those who have died during the last few years — Drums and Shadows >
 specifically : the wearing of black
  < mourning is traditional for pallbearers >
 b. : the black clothing, draperies, or emblems symbolic of grief especially among western nations
  < didn't believe in old-fashioned mourning … nobody wore it any longer — Margaret A. Barnes >
  < lots of people there, and only one man in full mourning — Arnold Bennett >
  < the room had been cleaned and the mourning pinned up again in newspapers — Ellen Glasgow >
  — compare crape 3a, weed III 2
 c. : the period during which black is worn by a mourner
  < after a long mourning, resume their ordinary dresses — Henry Reed †1854 >
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