dark satanic mill

短语

词形变化

dark satanic mills 复数 dark satanic mills

别名

satanic mill

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A mill or factory during the Industrial Revolution, seen as monstrous and dehumanizing

    贬义
  2. 2.

    a similar modern form of exploitation.

    引申义

词源

From William Blake's poem, And did those feet in ancient time (1804): “And was Jerusalem builded here, / Among these dark Satanic Mills?”.

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