单词 | martyr |
释义 | Word Frequency martyr(ˈmɑːtə) noun 1. a person who suffers death rather than renounce his or her religious beliefs 2. a person who suffers greatly or dies for a cause, belief, etc 3. a person who suffers from poor health, misfortune, etc he's a martyr to rheumatism 4. facetious or derogatory a person who feigns suffering to gain sympathy, help, etc verb also: martyrize, martyrise (ˈmɑːtɪˌraɪz) (transitive) 5. to kill as a martyr 6. to make a martyr of Derived forms martyrization (ˌmartyriˈzation) or martyrisation (ˌmartyriˈsation) noun Word origin Old English martir, from Church Latin martyr, from Late Greek martur-, martus witness |
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