cathartic

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
美 /kəˈθɑɹtɪk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A laxative.
    — The disease was regarded as pneumonia so far advanced that suppuration seemed to have supervened; bleeding, blisters, expectorants, and cathartics diminished the symptoms; the pulse continued frequent, hard, full, but always regular.
形容词 adj.
  1. Purgative; inducing mental or physical catharsis.
    — Shaving, my favorite activity, is very cathartic.
  2. That which releases emotional tension, especially after an overwhelming experience.
    — "So, there are real opportunities to create real change with enforcement." Prosser describes how some of that change is also cathartic to those who have been directly affected by incidents on the railway, such as the families who have lost loved ones.

词形变化

more cathartic comparative most cathartic superlative cathartick alternative,obsolete cathartics plural cathartick alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
anacathartic anticathartic cathart cathartical cathartically cathartine emetocathartic hemocathartic uncathartic

词源

词源 1
Learned borrowing from New Latin catharticus, from Ancient Greek καθαρτικός (kathartikós).
词源 2
Learned borrowing from New Latin catharticus, from Ancient Greek καθαρτικός (kathartikós).
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