fratricide
英 ['frætrɪsaɪd]
美['frætrɪsaɪd]
- n. 杀害兄弟者；杀兄弟的行为
英英释义
- 1. a person who murders their brother or sister
- 2. the act of murdering your own brother or sister
- 3. fire that injures or kills an ally
中文词源
fratricide 杀兄弟罪
frater, 兄弟。-cid, 杀，词源同herbicide.
英文词源
- fratricide (n.)
- mid-15c., "person who kills a brother;" 1560s, "act of killing a brother," from Latin fratricida "brother-slayer," from frater "brother" (see brother) + cida "killer;" in the later use from cidum "a killing," both from caedere "to kill, to cut down" (see -cide). Among several Old English words for this were broðorbana "one who kills a brother;" broðorcwealm "act of killing a brother."
词态变化
形容词: fratricidal;