flagellation

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Beating, or an instance of beating, consisting of lashes, notably as corporal punishment or mortification, such as a whipping or scourging. countable,uncountable
    — As a means of restoring vigor to the generative organs, flagellation was recommended by the ancient physicians as an effectual remedy, in accordance with the Hippocratic principle of ubi stimulus, ibi affluxus.
  2. The formation by plants of flagella, or their arrangement

词形变化

flagellations plural flagellations plural

词源

词源 1
From French flagellation, from Latin flagellatio, from flagellare, from flagellum, diminutive of flagrum (“whip”).
词源 2
From flagellum (“elongated filiform appendage”), itself a diminutive of Latin flagrum (“whip”), closely related to etymology 1.
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