be gathered to one's fathers

短语

死

发音

UK /biː ˈɡæðəd tuː wʌnz ˈfɑːðəz/
US /bi ˈɡæðɚd tə wʌnz ˈfɑðɚz/

词形变化

been gathered to one's fathers being gathered to one's fathers has been gathered to one's fathers is gathered to one's fathers 三单 is gathered to one's fathers was gathered to one's fathers being gathered to one's fathers 现在分词 was gathered to one's fathers 过去式 been gathered to one's fathers 过去式 been gathered to one's fathers 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To be buried together with one's forebears; hence, to die.

    过时 文学 宗教

词源

From various passages in the Bible, including Judges 2:10, and 1 Maccabees 2:69 in the Apocrypha (see the quotations), from From Biblical Hebrew נֶאֱסַף אֶל־אֲבוֹתָיו (neʾĕsap ʾel-ʾăḇôṯâw) and Koine Greek προσετέθη πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας αὐτοῦ (prosetéthē pròs toùs patéras autoû, Apocrypha).

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