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Related topics: Material & textilessack·cloth /ˈsæk-klɒθ $ -klɒːθ/ (also sacking /ˈsækɪŋ/) noun [uncountable] 1. TIMrough cloth used for making sacks 麻袋布，粗麻布2. wear sackcloth and ashes British EnglishSORRY/APOLOGIZE to behave in a way that shows everyone you are sorry about something wrong you have done 〔向大家〕忏悔，表示悔恨Examples from the Corpussackcloth• Hearing the man, Dara stripped off his sackcloth cloak and threw it down.• In ten seconds or so I would be either triumphant or in sackcloth and ashes.• She had chosen for herself the human equivalent of sackcloth and ashes, and she denounced herself for a masochist.• I have no wish to see Aitken go through the rest of his life wearing sackcloth and ashes.sack·cloth nounChineseSyllable rough making used for Corpus sacks cloth |