curare

FREQ #48515

n. 箭毒, 马钱子, 马钱子属植物, 番木鳖 [化] 箭毒; 苦拉拉

发音

UK /kjʊˈɹɑː.ɹi/
其它
US /kjʊˈɹɑ.ɹi/

词形变化

curares 复数 curares

别名

curara woorara curari urare urari woorari wurali

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A plant, Strychnos toxifera, formerly used in arrow poisons in South America due to its D-tubocurarine content.

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  2. 2.

    Other South American plants with similar toxins that were also used in arrow poisons, mostly in the family Menispermaceae.

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  3. 3.

    A substance containing the alkaloid D-tubocurarine, used historically as a muscle relaxant during surgery.

    箭毒

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词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

tubocurarine

上位词 2

alkaloid phytotoxin

词源

From a Cariban language; compare Kari'na urari, Trió urari, wïrari, Akawaio urari, Pemon urari, Macushi urari, referring to various vines of genus Strychnos.

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