dark satanic mill

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A mill or factory during the Industrial Revolution, seen as monstrous and dehumanizing derogatory,in-plural,often
    — Instead, the 30-year-old singer's subjects include that modern satanic mill, the call centre.
  2. a similar modern form of exploitation. broadly

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From William Blake's poem, And did those feet in ancient time (1804): “And was Jerusalem builded here, / Among these dark Satanic Mills?”.
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