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mourning 音标拼音: [m'ɔrnɪŋ] n. 悲哀,哀悼,举哀,居丧 悲哀,哀悼,举哀,居丧 mourning adj 1: sorrowful through loss or deprivation; " bereft of hope" [ synonym: { bereaved}, { bereft}, { grief- stricken}, { grieving}, { mourning( a)}, { sorrowing( a)}] n 1: state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one [ synonym: { mourning}, { bereavement}] 2: the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief [ synonym: { lamentation}, { mourning}] Mourning \ Mourn" ing\, n. [ AS. murnung.] 1. The act of sorrowing or expressing grief; lamentation; sorrow. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Garb, drapery, or emblems indicative of grief, esp. clothing or a badge of somber black. [ 1913 Webster] The houses to their tops with black were spread, And ev' n the pavements were with mourning hid. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] { Deep mourning}. See under { Deep}. [ 1913 Webster]
Mourn \ Mourn\ ( m[= o] rn), v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Mourned} ( m[= o] rnd); p. pr. & vb. n. { Mourning}.] [ AS. murnan; akin to OS. mornian, OHG. mornen, Goth. ma[' u] rnan.] 1. To express or to feel grief or sorrow; to grieve; to be sorrowful; to lament; to be in a state of grief or sadness. [ 1913 Webster] Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. -- Gen. xxiii. 2. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To wear the customary garb of a mourner. [ 1913 Webster] We mourn in black; why mourn we not in blood? -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Grieve for an hour, perhaps, then mourn a year. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster]
Mourning \ Mourn" ing\, a. 1. Grieving; sorrowing; lamenting. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Employed to express sorrow or grief; worn or used as appropriate to the condition of one bereaved or sorrowing; as, mourning garments; a mourning ring; a mourning pin, and the like. [ 1913 Webster] { Mourning bride} ( Bot.), a garden flower ({ Scabiosa atropurpurea}) with dark purple or crimson flowers in flattened heads. { Mourning dove} ( Zool.), a wild dove ({ Zenaidura macroura}) found throughout the United States; -- so named from its plaintive note. Called also { Carolina dove}. See Illust. under { Dove}. { Mourning warbler} ( Zool.), an American ground warbler ({ Geothlypis Philadelphia}). The male has the head, neck, and chest, deep ash- gray, mixed with black on the throat and chest; other lower parts are pure yellow. [ 1913 Webster] 38 Moby Thesaurus words for " mourning": anguish, bemoaning, bereavement, bewailing, black, crape, cypress, cypress lawn, deep mourning, desolation, despair, despondency, grief, grieving, heartache, howling, in mourning, keening, lament, lamentation, lamenting, loss, melancholy, misery, moaning, mourning band, sackcloth, sackcloth and ashes, sadness, sorrow, sorrowing, ululation, wailing, weeds, weeping, woe, woefulness, yew
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