mourning
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++mourn·ing /ˈmɔːnɪŋ $ ˈmɔːr-/ noun [uncountable] 1 SAD/UNHAPPYgreat sadness because someone has died 〔因某人去世而感到的〕哀痛，悲痛，哀悼 The Armenian authorities declared May 29 a national day of mourning. 亚美尼亚当局宣布5月29日为全国哀悼日。in mourning (=feeling great sadness) 服丧的 It was the custom to visit those in mourning and sit quietly with them. 按习俗要去看望服丧者，陪他们静坐。2 DCCMXblack clothes worn to show that you are very sad that someone has died 丧服 She was recently widowed and wearing mourning. 她丧夫不久，还穿着丧服。
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mourning• Mourning for the death of your husband used to last up to a year.• Nevertheless, once the period of court mourning was over, Così was revived with a reasonable degree of success.• The much smaller amount of work on older women represents them as in mourning for the same psychological characteristics.• We're all supposed to be in mourning.• There has been so much mourning to do.• Friday was declared an international day of mourning for the victims.• If so, it would surely only be after a period of mourning.• The Kaddish is a prayer of mourning.• No use mourning on an empty stomach.• The widow wore mourning.in mourning• The family is in mourning.• Some of the people were in mourning.mourn·ing nounChineseSyllable
Corpus sadness died because great has someone
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mourning
mourn‧ing /ˈmɔːnɪŋ $ ˈmɔːr-/
noun [uncountable]
1. great sadness because someone has died:
The Armenian authorities declared May 29 a national day of mourning.
in mourning (=feeling great sadness)
It was the custom to visit those in mourning and sit quietly with them.
2. black clothes worn to show that you are very sad that someone has died:
She was recently widowed and wearing mourning.
mourn‧ing /ˈmɔːnɪŋ $ ˈmɔːr-/
noun [uncountable]1. great sadness because someone has died:
in mourning (=feeling great sadness)
2. black clothes worn to show that you are very sad that someone has died: