hemoclysm

词形变化

hemoclysms 复数 hemoclysms

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A violent and bloody conflict, a bloodbath; specifically (chiefly with capital initial), the period of the mid-twentieth century encompassing both world wars.

词源

Coined by Matthew White (a historian) (see citation 1998, below), from hemo- + Ancient Greek κλυσμός (klusmós, “wash; flood”).

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