vicine

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An alkaloid extracted from the seeds of the vetch (Vicia sativa), as well as other species of Vicia. It is a white crystalline substance. uncountable
形容词 adj.
  1. Nearby; neighbouring; vicinal. obsolete
    — it's difficult to apprehend , but that these avennues should in a short time be stopped up by the pressure of other parts of the matter , through its natural gravity , or other alterations made in the Brain : And the opening of other vicine passages might quickly obliterate any tracks of these ; as the making of one hole in the yielding mud , defaces the print of another near it

词形变化

more vicine comparative most vicine superlative

词源

词源 1
From translingual Vicia + -ine.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ-
Proto-Indo-European *weyḱós
Proto-Italic *weikos
Latin vīcus
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Italic *-īnos
Latin -īnus
Latin vīcīnusbor.
English vicine
Borrowed from Latin vīcīnus.
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