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Extirpation N `Ekstə'Peiʃn N.根除,铲除 英 根除,铲除(Extermina Tion 考

单词 extirpation
音标 [`ekstə'peiʃn]
解释 n.根除,铲除
红宝书 【英】 n. 根除,铲除(extermina tion)
【考】 反义词:propagation (繁殖)
字源 extirpation (n.)
early 15c., "removal;" 1520s, "rooting out, eradication," from Latin extirpationem/exstirpationem (nominative extirpatio/exstirpatio), noun of action from past participle stem of extirpare/exstirpare "root out," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + stirps (genitive stirpis) "a root, stock of a tree."
不择手段背单词 n. (完全)消灭; 根除 = extermination
【记】extirpate(vt 根除; 摘除(瘤等))ex出, tirp根-连根拔出-根除
【参】stirp(n 世系; 血统; 种); stirpiculture(n 优生法)
【反】propagation(n 传播; 繁殖)
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