martyr

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈmɑːtə(ɹ)/    美 /ˈmɐːtə(ɹ)/|[ˈmɐːtə(ɹ)]|[ˈmɐːɾə(ɹ)]|/ˈmɑɹ.tɚ/|[ˈmɑɹ.ɾɚ]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who willingly accepts being put to death or willingly accepts challenging and exposing iniquity done to oneself for adhering openly to one's religious beliefs; notably, saints canonized after red martyrdom.
    — The apostle Stephen was the first Christian martyr.
  2. One who sacrifices their life, station, or something of great personal value, for the sake of principle or to sustain a cause. broadly
  3. One who suffers greatly or constantly, even involuntarily.
    — Stan is a martyr to arthritis, Chris a martyr to Stan's endless moaning about it.
  4. Someone who exaggerates their pain and suffering in order to gain sympathy. derogatory
    — You have a great life! Stop trying to play the martyr!
动词 v.
  1. To make someone into a martyr by putting them to death for adhering to, or acting in accordance with, some belief, especially religious; to sacrifice on account of faith or profession. transitive
    — Fr. Felipe Císcar Puig was a Valencian priest who is also also considered a martyr of the sacramental seal because he was martyred after keeping confessions secret during the religious persecution of the Spanish Civil War.
  2. To persecute. transitive
    — Some religious and other minorities were martyred until extinction.
  3. To torment; to torture. transitive
    — Hark, wretches, how I mean to martyr you. This one hand yet is left to cut your throats, Whiles that Lavinia ’tween her stumps doth hold The basin that receives your guilty blood.

词形变化

martyrs plural martyrs present,singular,third-person martyring participle,present martyred participle,past martyred past

词汇关系

近义词
martyrize
反义词
apostate confessor
下位词
shaheed shahid
衍生词
antimartyr cybermartyr great martyr hieromartyr martyr complex martyrdom martyress martyrial martyrisation martyrish martyrism martyrizate martyrization martyrize martyrizer martyrless martyrlike martyrly martyrolatry martyrship martyrsome megalomartyr metric martyr pro-martyr protomartyr pseudomartyr martyrer unmartyred
相关词
martyrion martyrium martyrologe martyrologue martyrology martyry

词源

词源 1
From Middle English martir, from Old English martyr, itself a borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin martyr, from Ancient Greek μάρτυρ (mártur), later form of μάρτυς (mártus, “witness”).
词源 2
From Middle English martir, from Old English martyr, itself a borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin martyr, from Ancient Greek μάρτυρ (mártur), later form of μάρτυς (mártus, “witness”).
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