sanguinary

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
/ˈsæŋɡwɪnəɹi/    /ˈsæŋɡwɪnɛɹi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A bloodthirsty person.
  2. The plant common yarrow, or herba sanguinaria (Achillea millefolium).
形容词 adj.
  1. Involving bloodshed.
    — We may not propagate religion by wars, or by sanguinary persecutions to force consciences.
  2. Eager to shed blood; bloodthirsty.
    — Passion […] makes us brutal and sanguinary.
  3. 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 […]

词形变化

more sanguinary comparative most sanguinary superlative sanguinaries plural

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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