hair shirt
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌhair ˈshirt noun [countable] RRa shirt made of rough uncomfortable cloth containing hair, worn in the past by some religious people to punish themselves 〔过去有些宗教信徒惩罚自己时穿的〕刚毛衬衣
Examples from the Corpus
hair shirt• Thérèse did not possess a hair shirt, or a belt spiked with rusty nails, or a scourge.• If Cleo represented a hair shirt, he would wear it, and withstand the chafing.• Among penances approved by the Church were wearing a hair shirt which was prickly and uncomfortable, walking barefoot, and fasting.• From her childhood she sacrificed and mortified herself and wore a hair shirt.• And his hair shirt of guilt brought its perverse comfort again.• So, after luxuriating in its hair shirt for a few days, the City would have sold sterling anyway.• Under any circumstance, an official retraction is a terrible hair shirt.ˌhair ˈshirt nounChineseSyllable
shirt a uncomfortable cloth of made rough Corpus
hair shirt
ˌhair ˈshirt
noun [countable]
a shirt made of rough uncomfortable cloth containing hair, worn in the past by some religious people to punish themselves
ˌhair ˈshirt
noun [countable]a shirt made of rough uncomfortable cloth containing hair, worn in the past by some religious people to punish themselves