bend sinister

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A diagonal band on a coat of arms going from the sinister chief (the viewer's top right) to the dexter base, sometimes erroneously held to indicate bastardy.
  2. Bastardy, (by extension) a defect or stigma. dated,figuratively
    — A ‘bend sinister’ ran athwart his reputation as a priest. Men muttered that he was an infidel, a blasphemous vagabond, versed in all the damnable heresies of antiquity.

词形变化

bends sinister plural
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