Hail Mary

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A prayer, of established or conventional wording, calling for the intercession of the Virgin Mary.
    — “What did the priest, and all of you, keep on saying when we first went in?” / “Our Fathers, Hail Maries, and Glorias; couldn’t you hear?” asked Emily, laughing. / “No, I should think not, you rattled on so fast- What are Hail Maries and Glorias?” / “The Gloria you know well enough, my dear, because you say it in your church at the end of every psalm,” replied Miss Horton; “the Hail Mary is a prayer to our Blessed Lady,” and she repeated it.
  2. A risky last-ditch effort with great benefit but little chance of success; one whose success would require divine intervention; a Hail Mary pass. US,attributive,figuratively,usually
    — Hail Mary deal
动词 v.
  1. To pray by saying a Hail Mary. often,reflexive
    — He Hail Maryed himself to sleep every night and woke up Hail Marying in the morning, and to his amazement and delight it worked.

词形变化

Hail Marys plural Hail Maries plural Hail Marys present,singular,third-person Hail Marying participle,present Hail Maryed participle,past Hail Maryed past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English Heil Marie. The extended figurative sense alludes to the notion of saying a prayer that the action will succeed.
词源 2
From Middle English Heil Marie. The extended figurative sense alludes to the notion of saying a prayer that the action will succeed.
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