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单词 cantharides
释义

cantharides

/kanˈθarɪdiːz /
plural noun
See Spanish fly.The most notorious is ‘Spanish fly’, also known as cantharides....
  • In 1752 a Frenchman was prescribed 2 drams of cantharides for a fever and in the next two months bedded his wife at least 87 times.
  • This finding has caused many to mistakenly assume that cantharides, or rather ‘Spanish fly,’ is an aphrodisiac.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin, plural of cantharis, from Greek kantharis 'Spanish fly'.

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