belladonna

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌbɛləˈdɒnə/    美 /ˌbɛləˈdɑnə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A plant, Atropa belladonna, having purple bell-shaped flowers and poisonous black glossy berries. countable,uncountable
    — Witches always anointed themselves with ointments before departing up the chimney to their Sabbaths. One such ointment was composed of Aconite, Belladonna, Water Parsley, Cinquefoil and Babies' Fat.
  2. An alkaloid extracted from this plant, sometimes used medicinally, containing atropine. countable,uncountable
    — The elderly women who practiced herbalism and administered belladonna (a pain killer) to pregnant women were apt to be accused of witchcraft. The Medieval church was against the administration of belladonna because they believed women were meant to suffer pain in childbirth as a result of Eve's sin.

词形变化

belladonnas plural

词汇关系

衍生词
belladonna lily belladonnized belladonized Belladonna mottle virus

词源

Borrowed from Italian belladonna (altered by folk etymology: bella donna (“beautiful lady”)) from Medieval Latin blādōna (“nightshade”), of Gaulish origin. The folk etymology was motivated by the cosmetic use of nightshade for dilating the eyes.
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