资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Mourning \Mourn"ing\, a.
1. Grieving; sorrowing; lamenting.
2. Employed to express sorrow or grief; worn or used as
appropriate to the condition of one bereaved or sorrowing;
as, mourning garments; a mourning ring; a mourning pin,
and the like.
{Mourning bride} (Bot.), a garden flower ({Scabiosa
atropurpurea}) with dark purple or crimson flowers in
flattened heads.
{Mourning dove} (Zo["o]l.), a wild dove ({Zenaidura
macroura}) found throughout the United States; -- so named
from its plaintive note. Called also {Carolina dove}. See
Illust. under {Dove}.
{Mourning warbler} (Zo["o]l.), an American ground warbler
({Geothlypis Philadelphia}). The male has the head, neck,
and chest, deep ash-gray, mixed with black on the throat
and chest; other lower parts are pure yellow.