matricide

n. 杀母 [法] 杀母罪, 杀母的

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词形变化

matricides 复数 matricides

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The killing of one's mother.

    弑母

    可数 不可数

    Gerald was imprisoned for matricide: he strangled his mother.

  2. 2.

    A person who kills his or her mother.

    弑母者

    可数 不可数

    Nancy was a matricide; it happened four years ago.

词汇关系

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上位词 1

parricide

词源

From French matricide, from Latin mātricīda (“person who kills his own mother”) and mātricīdium (“the murder of one's mother”). By surface analysis, matri- + -cide.

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