释义 |
matricidal, a.|ˈmeɪtrɪˌsaɪdal, ˈmætrɪ-| [f. matricide1 and matricide2 + -al1.] That kills his or her mother. Also fig.
1846Grote Greece i. xvi. I. 545 The remorse..of the matricidal Alcmæôn..is also mentioned by Thucydidês. 1861Hook Lives Abps. I. v. 235 A scheme most deadly, serpentine, and even matricidal. 1869Palgrave Lyr. Poems (1871) 145 When one fair land..Saw herself rent in twain by matricidal hand. |