burke

FREQ #6121

vt. 秘密地除去, 秘密地消灭, 压制

发音

US /bɜː(ɹ)k/

词形变化

burkes 复数 burkes burked burkes 三单 burking burking 现在分词 burked 过去式 burked 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Alternative form of berk.

    俚语
v.
  1. 1.

    To murder by suffocation.

    澳大利亚 爱尔兰 新西兰 英国 俚语

    As soon as the executioner proceeded to his duty, the cries of ‘Burke him, Burke him—give him no rope’... were vociferated... ‘Burke Hare too!’

  2. 2.

    To murder for the same purpose as Burke, to kill in order to have a body to sell to anatomists, surgeons, etc.

    澳大利亚 爱尔兰 新西兰 英国 历史 俚语
  3. 3.

    To smother; to conceal, hush up, suppress.

    澳大利亚 爱尔兰 新西兰 英国 俚语

词汇关系

动词

上位词 10

off hit murder remove conquer dispatch slay suppress subdue bump off

相关短语

Burke County

词源

Eponymous, from William Burke.

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