| 释义 |
ˈman-slaying, vbl. n.
Also 5 manes-slaynge.
The action of killing a man; homicide. So ˈman-slaying ppl. a.
c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 238 Wrong oppressynge of pore men axiþ vengaunce of god, as doþ wrong mansleynge. a1400Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. 25 Manes-slaynge of hande es when a mane slaes anoþer with his handes. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 239 And so..in the other vyces of mansleynge and false testimony. 1625F. Herring Cert. Rules a ij b, The rage of this manslaying Hydra [the Plague]. 1876Gladstone Homeric Synchr. 55 Battles and man-slayings (androctasiai). 1880Freeman in Stephens Life (1895) II. 198 He chose the man-slaying trade. |