(noun.) a garment made of coarse sacking; formerly worn as an indication of remorse.
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双语例句
He attended on us, as I may say, in sackcloth and ashes. 查尔斯·狄更斯.大卫·科波菲尔.
He has repented it in sackcloth and ashes, Robert Moore, as you may well believe when you see his punishment (here she pointed to her children). 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
Palestine sits in sackcloth and ashes. 马克·吐温.傻子出国记.