sackcloth meaning in Chinese
1.(粗)麻布,麻袋布。
2.丧服 (sack-cloth and ashes 悲哀,深深懊悔)。
Examples
- "you're irrepressible," she said, "i expected to find you in sackcloth and ashes, penitent and silent. "
“你无可救药,”她说,“我原指望见到你满面愁容,一心忏悔,默默无语。” - He repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes for his misdeeds
他早就悔恨自己的恶行了。 - Then david and the elders , clothed in sackcloth , fell facedown
大卫和长老都身穿麻衣,面伏于地。 - I made sackcloth also my garment ; and i became a proverb to them
11我拿麻布当衣裳。就成了他们的笑谈。 - When i made sackcloth my clothing , i became a byword to them
诗69 : 11我拿麻布当衣裳、就成了他们的笑谈。