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lucubration

/loo-kyoo-brey-shuhn/US // ˌlu kyʊˈbreɪ ʃən //UK // (ˌluːkjʊˈbreɪʃən) //

肃清,肃静,肃穆,肃杀

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : laborious work, study, thought, etc., especially at night.
    • : the result of such activity, as a learned speech or dissertation.
    • : Often lucubrations. any literary effort, especially of a pretentious or solemn nature.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Father Bougeant calls his lucubration a new system of philosophy; but this is not strictly true.

  • It was the well-earned harvest of many a learned conference, of many a patient lecture, and many a midnight lucubration.

  • The "gentlemen of the police and the gendarmerie" shrugged their shoulders and paid no attention to this lucubration.

  • No amount of crime and bloodshed will atone for the stationary mechanism of this lucubration.

  • I am only glad to see that Henry is himself ashamed of his lucubration.