Shrift
[ʃrɪft]
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of shriving.
(n.) Confession made to a priest, and the absolution consequent upon it.
埃德加整理
解釋/意思:
n. a confession made to a priest: absolution—esp. of a dying man.
唐尼手打
例句/造句/用法:
- If I judged them I'd give them short shrift! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Thy penitents, father, have made a long shrift--it is the better for them, since it is the last they shall ever make. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- She whispered her avowal; her shrift was whispered back; she returned consoled. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- There is probably short shrift for the old at the squatting-place. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Then it would mean short shrift for me. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
鲍里斯校對