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mourning

/mawr-ning, mohr-/US // ˈmɔr nɪŋ, ˈmoʊr- //UK // (ˈmɔːnɪŋ) //

哀悼,悼念,哀思,哀伤

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of a person who mourns; sorrowing or lamentation.
    • : the conventional manifestation of sorrow for a person's death, especially by the wearing of black clothes or a black armband, the hanging of flags at half-mast, etc.
    • : the outward symbols of such sorrow, as black garments.
    • : the period or interval during which a person grieves or formally expresses grief, as by wearing black garments.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, relating to, or used in mourning.

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Examples

  • President Alberto Fernández announced three days of national mourning.

  • With the Wendt Center, he also developed a grief and mourning program for students in Washington public schools.

  • The passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg last month sent the country into a state of mourning and also political chaos, two elements that many felt were at odds with one another.

  • By the time the pandemic fully swept over New York City this spring, Electric’s employees were already in mourning.

  • The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg sent waves of shock across the country on Friday evening, leading to mass mourning on what would typically be a day of celebration, Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.

  • He said that the NYPD will be in deepest mourning this Christmas season.

  • The late-November hacking of Sony, perhaps the most vicious episode of its kind, comes at the end of the period of mourning.

  • Now that the Confucian-inspired mourning period is over, the son is free to embark on his own programs and policies.

  • Soon after Abu Ein died, the Palestinian Authority announced three days of mourning.

  • A Fish and Wildlife special agent collected the bodies of two birds at the site, a redhead duck and a mourning dove.

  • The farewell and the mourning are finished by the slaughter of dogs, that the dying man may have forerunners in the other world.

  • I am thankful that prolonged mourning is out of date; it made a fright of me and was getting on my nerves.

  • Indeed, it made me understand for the first time that even a Bank Holiday need not be a day of wrath and mourning.

  • Looking through this hole, the king perceived an old man weeping, a man in mourning garb singing, and a nun or widow dancing.

  • Then through a hole in the door I saw an old man crying, a dancing nun, and a man in mourning singing.