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Purgative Late Latin Pə:Gətiv N.泻药 英 N.泻药(A Purging

单词 purgative
音标 ['pə:gətiv]
解释 n.泻药
红宝书 【英】 n.泻药(a purging medicine; cathartic)
字源 purgative (adj.)
late 14c., from Old French purgatif (14c.) and directly from Late Latin purgativus, from purgat-, past participle stem of Latin purgare (see purge (v.)). The noun is attested from early 15c. (Old English medical texts have clænsungdrenc).
不择手段背单词
趣味全助记 【记】purge 净化,净化肚子用泻药

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