解释
- n. 弑母
※ 提供单词"matricide"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照,中英文词源、例句和用法等。
中文词源
matricide 弑母
matri-,母亲,-cid,杀,词源同herbicide.
英文词源
- matricide (n.)
- 1590s, "action of killing one's mother," from French matricide, from Latin matricida "mother-killer," and matricidium "mother-killing," from comb. form of mater "mother" (see mother (n.1)) + -cida "killer," and -cidium "a killing," from caedere "to slay" (see -cide). Meaning "one who kills his mother" is 1630s. Related: Matricidal (adj.). Old English had moðorslaga "matricide, mother-slayer."