sackcloth

1. N-UNCOUNT Sackcloth is rough woven material that is used to make sacks. 粗麻佈

He kept the club wrapped in sackcloth. 他用粗麻佈包著那根棒子。

2. N-UNCOUNT If you talk about sackcloth or sackcloth and ashes you are referring to an exaggerated attempt by someone to show that they are sorry for doing something wrong. 過分表現(xiàn)的懊悔