venom

英 ['ven?m] 美['v?n?m]

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復(fù)數(shù):?venoms;

venom 毒液

來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)venenum,藥物，春藥，來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)venus,美麗，愛(ài)慕，渴求，詞源同Venus,venereal,引申詞義毒液，可能來(lái)自毒蛇的毒液會(huì)令人產(chǎn)生幻覺(jué)或古代確實(shí)用毒蛇毒液配制春藥。

venom: venom: [13] Venom comes via Old French venim from Vulgar Latin *venīmen, an alteration of Latin venēnum ‘drug, poison’. It has been speculated that this was derived ultimately from venus ‘love’ (source of English venerate, venereal, etc), in which case its ancestral sense would presumably have been ‘love-potion’.
venom (n.): mid-13c., venim, venym, "poison secreted by some animals and transferred by biting," from Anglo-French and Old French venim, venin "poison; malice," from Vulgar Latin *venimen (source also of Italian veleno, Spanish veneno), from Latin venenum "poison," earlier (pre-classical) "drug, medical potion," also "charm, seduction," probably originally "love potion," from PIE *wenes-no-, from root *wen- (1) "to strive after, wish, desire" (see Venus). Variously deformed in post-Latin languages, apparently by dissimilation. Modern spelling in English from late 14c. The meaning "bitter, virulent feeling or language" is first recorded c. 1300.

1. He felt as if a serpent had spat venom into his eyes.: 他感覺(jué)就像有一條蛇朝自己的雙眼里噴射了毒液。

2. He reserved particular venom for critics of his foreign policy.: 他對(duì)那些批評(píng)他外交政策的人格外心懷怨恨。

5. The snake injects the venom immediately after biting its prey.: 毒蛇咬住獵物之后馬上注入毒液.