infanticide
美音:
[ın´fæntə´saıd
]英音:
[ın´fæntə´saıd
]n.杀婴,杀婴者
难易程度:
infanticide为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
形容词:infanticidal
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fam=to speak(说;论)
infanticide
/ɪn'fæntɪsaɪd; ɪn`fæntə,saɪd/
n
1 [U]
(a) crimeof killing an infant 杀婴(杀害婴儿的罪行)
*commit infanticide 犯杀婴罪.
(b) (formerly) custom among some people of killing unwanted new-born children (旧时)有些人将不想要的新生儿杀掉的风俗.
2 [C] person who kills an infant 杀害婴儿的人.
infanticide
n[U]
the crime of killing a child