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curare的意思

curare

英 [kjʊ'rɑːrɪ] 美 [kjʊ'rɑri]
  • n. [植] 箭毒马鞍子;箭毒(箭毒马鞍子的毒素,南美印地安人用以浸制毒箭)

curare

英文词源


curare (n.)
1777, from Portuguese or Spanish curare, a corruption of the name in the Carib language of the Macusi Indians of Guyana, wurali or wurari, which had a sort of click sound at the beginning, and is said to mean "he to whom it comes falls."

双语例句


1. The modern clinical use of curare probably dates from 1932.
箭毒的现代临床应用可追溯至1932年.

来自辞典例句

2. It is a curare alkaloid derived from the South American plant.
它是箭毒碱,提取自一种南美产的植物.

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