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单词 lyke wake
释义

Definition of lyke wake in English:

lyke wake

nounlʌɪk
British

  • A night spent watching over a dead body, typically acting as a celebration to mark the passing of the person's soul.

    〈英〉遗体旁守夜，守灵

    No, no, father, we can't be cutting into that ham. That's for the lyke wake
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Plummer evidently was acquainted with the family, however, and had some idea that the lyke-wake was in order.
    • The lyke wake, when friends sat up all night by the coffin, was not being so frequently observed by the middle years of the nineteenth century, but on the morning of the funeral the men gathered for a few drams.

Origin

Late Middle English: from lyke (from Old English līc 'body': compare with lychgate) and the noun wake1.
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