sacrificial

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Relating to sacrifice. not-comparable
    — The old sacrificial well is still there, but animals aren't thrown into it to appease monsters anymore.
  2. Used as a sacrifice. not-comparable
    — The sacrificial coating protects the hull, but because it takes the damage the hull doesn't, we must replace it annually.

词形变化

sacrifical alternative,obsolete

词源

Borrowed from Latin sacrificiālis (“sacrificial”), from sacrificium (“sacrifice”), from sacrificus (“sacrificial”), from sacrificō (“sacrifice”), from sacer (“sacred, holy”) + faciō (“do, make”). By surface analysis, sacrifice + -ial.
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