musth

n. 狂暴状态 a. 狂暴状态的

发音

US /mʌst/
其它
UK /mʌst/

词形变化

musths 复数 musths

别名

must

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Chiefly preceded by in or on: the state each year during which a male animal (usually a camel or an elephant) exhibits increased aggressiveness and sexual activity due to a high level of testosterone.

    狂暴期

    定语 不可数 可数
  2. 2.

    An instance of this.

    可数 不可数

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

stage phase

词源

Borrowed from Urdu مست (mast, “drunk, intoxicated; lustful”), and from its etymon Persian مست (mast, “(adjective) drunk, intoxicated; (literary) in rut; of an elephant: in musth; (noun) drunkard”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to be wet; to become wet”).

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