venom

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n. 毒液, 恶意 vt. 放毒, 使有毒

发音

US /ˈvɛnəm/

词形变化

venoms 复数 venoms venomed venoming venoms 三单 venoming 现在分词 venomed 过去式 venomed 过去分词

别名

venim venime

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An animal toxin intended for defensive or offensive use; a biological poison delivered by bite, sting, etc., to protect an animal or to kill its prey.

    毒液

    毒

    可数 不可数

    The serious artist […] [is] obsessed by his material; it’s like a venom working in his blood and the art is the antidote.

    Venom evolved from saliva and it's used primarily for catching and digesting prey.

  2. 2.

    Feeling or speech marked by spite or malice; vitriol.

    可数 比喻 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison.

    废旧 及物

    1566, Thomas Blundeville (translator and editor), The Fower Chiefyst Offices Belongyng to Horsemanshippe, London, Chapter 36, […] washe all the filth away with warme water, and annoynte the place with Hony and Fytch flower myngled together. But beware you touche none of the kirnelles with your bare finger, for feare of venoming the place, which is very apt for a Fistula to breede in.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Poisonous, poisoned; (figuratively) pernicious.

    废旧

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

spite malice maliciousness spitefulness

上位词 3

malevolence malignity zootoxin

相关短语

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词源

From Middle English venym, from Old French venim, from Vulgar Latin *venīmen, from Early Medieval Latin venīnum, from Classical Latin venēnum (“drug; poison; a charm”), ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to love”). Doublet of venin and venene.

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