lachrymatory

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A vase supposedly intended to hold tears; formerly used by archaeologists to designate certain urns found in Roman burials.
    — 1658: For beside these Lachrymatories, notable Lamps with Vessels of Oyles and Aromaticall Liquors attended noble Ossuaries. — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 21)
形容词 adj.
  1. Pertaining to or causing tears.
    — 1919: It is sheer affectation to lacerate a man with the poisonous fragment of a bursting shell and to boggle at making his eyes water by means of lachrymatory gas. — Winston Churchill, "1919 War Office Memorandum"

词形变化

more lachrymatory comparative most lachrymatory superlative lacrimatory alternative lachrymatories plural lacrimatory alternative

词源

词源 1
From Latin lachrymātōrius. By surface analysis, lachrymate + -ory.
词源 2
From Latin lachrymātōrium. By surface analysis, lachrymate + -ory.
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