come home by weeping cross

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To return in disappointment, or in a spirit of contrition. dated,idiomatic
    — Those that will try experiments, smart for it in the issue. Solomon came home by weeping-cross: Eccles. i. 14, 'I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.'

词形变化

comes home by weeping cross present,singular,third-person coming home by weeping cross participle,present came home by weeping cross past come home by weeping cross participle,past

词源

From a common English placename indicating the former site of a stone cross.
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