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单词 woe betide
释义

woe or (archaic) wo /wō/

noun
  1. Grief (archaic)
  2. Misery
  3. (often in pl) a misfortune or calamity
  4. A physical pain (obsolete)
  5. A curse (obsolete)
  6. (often , pl wōs) an exclamation of grief
adjective (archaic and dialect)

Sad, wretched, sorry

ORIGIN: OE (interj) ; Ger Weh; L vae; cf wail

woeˈful or wōˈful adjective

  1. Sorrowful or afflicted
  2. Bringing misery or calamity
  3. Deplorable
  4. Wretched, paltry

woeˈfully or wōˈfully adverb

woeˈfulness or wōˈfulness noun

woeˈsome (Scot waeˈsome) adjective

Woeful

woeˈbegone or wōˈbegone adjective

  1. (see bego) beset with woe
  2. Dismal-looking, manifesting misery

woeˈ-weaˈried or woeˈ-worn adjective

Wearied, worn with woe

in weal and woe

In prosperity and adversity

woe betide (old or facetious)

Misfortune will be (or may misfortune be) the lot of (whoever offends in some specified way)

woe is me (archaic)

  1. Unhappy that I am!
  2. Cursed am I

woe unto

  1. Calamity will befall
  2. May calamity befall

woe worth the day

Cursed be the day (see worth2)

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