1. 1弔唁者、送葬的人

    A mourner is someone at a funeral, there because a person has died. Often it means the family and close friends — the people whose grief is the reason for the day — but it can also mean anyone who comes to sit, to bow, to walk with the family.

    A mourner一個mourner is someone at a funeral是在葬禮上的某個人, there because a person has died因為有人過世而在場. Often通常, it它 means the family and close friends指的是家屬和摯友 — the people whose grief is the reason for the day這一天的悲傷是因他們而起的人 — but it但這個字 can also mean anyone也可以指任何人 who comes to sit, to bow, to walk with the family前來坐著、鞠躬、陪家屬走一段的人.

    The word comes straight from mourn, to feel that deep sadness after a death, plus -er, a person who does it. In English the mourners are the people in black, the people in the cars, the people by the grave.

    The word這個字 comes straight from mourn直接來自mourn, to feel that deep sadness after a death指親人過世後感受到的那種深切悲傷, plus -er加上-er, a person who does it表示做這件事的人. In English在英語裡, the mourners這些mourner are the people in black就是穿著黑衣的人, the people in the cars坐在車隊裡的人, the people by the grave站在墓旁的人.

    Though actually, you can call someone a mourner even a little away from the funeral itself, if they are living inside that grief; but the picture the word usually paints is the funeral.

    Though actually不過事實上, you你 can call someone a mourner也可以稱某人為mourner even a little away from the funeral itself即使他離葬禮本身有點距離, if they are living inside that grief只要他還活在那份悲傷裡; but the picture the word usually paints不過這個字通常勾勒出的畫面 is the funeral還是葬禮.

    In older stories, and in some real customs, a mourner could even be a person paid to weep. It never means the person who has died.

    In older stories在較早的故事裡, and in some real customs以及一些真實的習俗裡, a mourner一個mourner could even be a person paid to weep甚至可能是被雇來哭喪的人. It它 never means the person who has died絕對不是指過世的那個人.

core核心畫面

組成From Middle English mourner, mornere: mourn (to feel and show sadness after a death) + -er (a person who does that).

同家族的字

  • mournthe verb this person is doing
  • mournfulfull of that same sadness
  • mourningthe time and the feeling of grief, and also dark clothes worn then

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

mournernoun/ˈmɔɹnɚ/

  • 1

    Someone filled with or expressing grief or sadness, especially over a death; someone who mourns.

    • Disuniter of all affection—awful seal to life's nothingness—warning and witness of power and judgment—Death has always enow of terror and sorrow, even when there are many to comfort the mourner, when the path has been smoothed for the sufferer, and life offers all its best and brightest to soothe the survivor; […]
    • I stood close to heartsick mourners and worried that I would not sustain the enormousness of their spiritual weight.
  • 2

    A person attending a funeral or otherwise participating in rituals related to bereavement.

    • Looking out the door I see the rain / Fall upon the funeral mourners / Parading in a wake of sad relations / As their shoes fill up with water
  • 3

    In certain cultures, a person hired to participate in funerary rituals, sometimes by making a conspicuous and/or conventional show of grief; hired mourner.

  • 4

    Any of a number of suboscine birds in the related familes Tityridae and Tyrannidae.

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