sackcloth

n. 制袋用粗麻布, 粗布衣, 麻衣

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词形变化

sackcloths 复数 sackcloths

别名

sackcloath

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A coarse hessian style of cloth used to make sacks.

    麻布

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  2. 2.

    Garments worn as an act of penance.

    可数 比喻 不可数

    After he realised the gravity of his crime he spent some time wearing sackcloth and ashes.

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上位词 5

material cloth fabric garment textile

相关短语

wear sackcloth and ashes wears sackcloth and ashes wearing sackcloth and ashes wore sackcloth and ashes worn sackcloth and ashes

词源

From Middle English sakcloth, sekcloth, sekclath, sekklath. By surface analysis, sack + cloth.

来源：wiktionary