mactate

发音

UK /mækˈteɪt/

词形变化

mactated mactates 三单 mactates mactating mactating 现在分词 mactated 过去式 mactated 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To kill in sacrifice.

    罕用 及物

词源

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin mactātus, perfect passive participle of mactō (“to kill, sacrifice, immolate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from mactus (“honoured”); compare Middle French macter.

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