lachrymatory

n. 泪壶 a. 泪的, 催泪的

发音

/ˈlækɹɪmətəɹi/

词形变化

lachrymatories 复数 lachrymatories more lachrymatory 比较级 most lachrymatory 最高级

别名

lacrymatory lacrimatory

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A vase supposedly intended to hold tears; formerly used by archaeologists to designate certain urns found in Roman burials.

    1658: For beside these Lachrymatories, notable Lamps with Vessels of Oyles and Aromaticall Liquors attended noble Ossuaries. — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 21)

adj.
  1. 1.

    Pertaining to or causing tears.

    1919: It is sheer affectation to lacerate a man with the poisonous fragment of a bursting shell and to boggle at making his eyes water by means of lachrymatory gas. — Winston Churchill, "1919 War Office Memorandum"

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 1

lacrimatory

词源

From Latin lachrymātōrium. By surface analysis, lachrymate + -ory.

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