sanguinary
名词 n.
形容词 adj.
英 /ˈsæŋɡwɪnəɹi/
美 /ˈsæŋɡwɪnɛɹi/
英文释义
名词 n.
- A bloodthirsty person.
- The plant common yarrow, or herba sanguinaria (Achillea millefolium).
形容词 adj.
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Involving bloodshed.
— We may not propagate religion by wars, or by sanguinary persecutions to force consciences.
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Eager to shed blood; bloodthirsty.
— Passion […] makes us brutal and sanguinary.
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Consisting of, covered with, or similar in appearance to blood.
— I was once, I remember, called to a patient who had received a violent contusion in his tibia, by which the exterior cutis was lacerated, so that there was a profuse sanguinary discharge […]
词汇关系
词源
词源 1
From Middle English sanguinarie, from Latin sanguinārius.
词源 2
From Middle English sanguinarie, from Latin sanguinārius.
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