strychnine

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈstɹɪk.niːn/|/ˈstrɪknɪn/    美 /ˈstrɪkˌnaɪn/|/ˈstrɪkˌnin/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A very toxic, colorless crystalline alkaloid, derived from nux vomica, used as a pesticide. uncountable,usually
    — Only don’t say I didn’t warn you if he burns Green Gables down or puts strychnine in the well—I heard of a case over in New Brunswick where an orphan asylum child did that and the whole family died in fearful agonies.

词形变化

strychnines plural

词源

From French strychnine, from Greek στρύχνος (strýchnos, “sleepy nightshade”) (or directly from Ancient Greek στρύχνον (strúkhnon)) + -ine.
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