| 正面 | 12663.mayhem 英 ['meɪhem]美 ['mehɛm]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： maim使残废。mayhem严重伤害罪。n. 故意的伤害罪；重伤罪；蓄意的破坏 例句： 1. It was a period of collective insanity, of legalized murder and mayhem.那是个集体丧失理智、谋杀与暴力合法化的时期。 mayhem 骚乱，混乱来自古法语mayhem,来自PIE*mai,砍，劈，词源同maim,mangle.引申词义伤害，损伤，骚乱，混乱。 mayhemmayhem: see maimmayhem (n.)late 15c., from Anglo-French maihem (13c.), from Old French mahaigne "injury, wrong, a hurt, harm, damage;" related to mahaignier "to injure, wound, mutilate, cripple" (see maim). Originally, in law, the crime of maiming a person "to make him less able to defend himself or annoy his adversary" [OED]." |