| 正面 | 8187.atrocity 英 [ə'trɒsɪtɪ]美 [ə'trɑsəti]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 谐音“额抽死他”。n. 暴行；凶恶，残暴 例句： 1. These people are guilty of acts of great atrocity.这些人犯有令人发指的暴行. atrocity 暴行来自PIE*火。-oc, 同词根op, 眼睛，见optic, 光学的。指发狂，暴行，眼睛射出火。 atrocity (n.)1530s, from Middle French atrocité or directly from Latin atrocitatem (nominative atrocitas) "cruelty, fierceness, harshness," noun of quality from atrox "fierce, cruel, frightful," from PIE *atro-ek-, from root *ater- "fire" (see atrium) + *okw- "see" (see eye (n.)); thus "of fiery or threatening appearance." The meaning "an atrocious deed" is from 1793." |