abortive

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /əˈbɔː.tɪv/    美 /əˈbɔɹ.tɪv/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Someone or something born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion. obsolete
  2. A fruitless effort. obsolete
  3. A medicine that causes abortion, an abortifacient. obsolete
  4. A medicine or treatment acting to halt or slow the progress of a disease. obsolete
    — Naphthalin was praised by Rosbach as an abortive in typhoid fever; Kraemer in 1886, Wilcox in 1887, Sehwald in 1889 and Wolff of Philadelphia in 1891 confirmed Rosbach's observations.
动词 v.
  1. To cause an abortion; to render without fruit. obsolete,transitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Produced by abortion; born prematurely and therefore unnatural. obsolete
    — an abortive child
  2. Coming to nothing; failing in its effect. .
    — an abortive attempt
  3. Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile.
    — an abortive organ
  4. Causing abortion; abortifacient. rare
    — abortive medicines
  5. Cutting short; acting to halt or slow the progress (of a disease).
    — abortive treatment of typhoid fever
  6. Having a short and mild progression, without pronounced symptoms.
  7. Made from the skin of a still-born animal.
    — abortive vellum

词形变化

more abortive comparative most abortive superlative abortives plural abortives present,singular,third-person abortiving participle,present abortived participle,past abortived past

词汇关系

衍生词
abortively abortiveness abortivity antiabortive nonabortive postabortive subabortive unabortive

词源

词源 1
First attested in 1382, with the meaning "causing stillbirth or miscarriage". From Middle English abortif, from Old French abortif, from Latin abortīvus (“causing abortion”), from aborior (“miscarry, disappear”), from ab (“amiss”) + orior (“appear, be born, arise”).
词源 2
First attested in 1382, with the meaning "causing stillbirth or miscarriage". From Middle English abortif, from Old French abortif, from Latin abortīvus (“causing abortion”), from aborior (“miscarry, disappear”), from ab (“amiss”) + orior (“appear, be born, arise”).
词源 3
First attested in 1382, with the meaning "causing stillbirth or miscarriage". From Middle English abortif, from Old French abortif, from Latin abortīvus (“causing abortion”), from aborior (“miscarry, disappear”), from ab (“amiss”) + orior (“appear, be born, arise”).
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