deathday

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The day of a person's death, especially when viewed as being appointed by fate.
    — The placing of the dragon is inevitable: a man can but die upon his death-day.
  2. The anniversary of a death, the date upon which someone died in a bygone year.
    — "Is it her deathday?" I asked. "Nope," he said.

词形变化

deathdays plural

词汇关系

反义词
birthday
上位词
anniversary
下位词
yearday twelvemonth's mind year's mind saint's day

词源

From Middle English deth-day, deth day, dethe-day, deþ day, from Old English dēaþdæġ (“day of one's death, deathday”), equivalent to death + day. Compare birthday. Compare also German Low German Doodsdag (“deathday”), German Todestag (“deathday”), Danish dødsdag (“deathday”), Swedish dödsdag (“deathday”).
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