shuffle off this mortal coil

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To die; to divest oneself of one's mortal body. euphemistic,idiomatic
    — For in that ſleepe of death, what dreames may come, / When we haue ſhuffel'd off this mortall coile, / Muſt giue vs pawſe.

词形变化

shuffles off this mortal coil present,singular,third-person shuffling off this mortal coil participle,present shuffled off this mortal coil participle,past shuffled off this mortal coil past shuffle off one's mortal coil alternative

词源

From Hamlet by William Shakespeare, see mortal coil.
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