penitential or grieving garb, late 13c., literally "cloth of which sacks are made," from sack (n.1) + cloth. In the Biblical sense it was of goats' or camels' hair, the coarsest possible clothing.
实用例句
1. He kept the club wrapped in sackcloth.
他一直用麻袋布包着棍子。
来自柯林斯例句
2. He went on about his irresponsible behaviour, the dreadful effect it would have on his children and so on. It was all sackcloth and ashes.
他接着又说到了自己不负责任的行为以及可能对孩子们造成的恶劣影响等等。一时间捶胸顿足，懊悔不已。
来自柯林斯例句
3. " What does he put sackcloth and ashes on his head for? " inquired Huck.
哈克问: “ 他们头上缠粗麻布、抹着灰干嘛? ”
来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险
4. " I clothe the heavens with blackness And make sackcloth their covering. "
赛 50:3 我使诸天以黑暗为衣服、以麻布为遮盖.
来自互联网
5. He repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes for his misdeeds.
