immolation

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of immolating, or the state of being immolated. countable,uncountable
    — Mary heard with sorrow, and fear also, of the projected journey; but the altered expression of Isabella's countenance was a great palliative—dreadful as it was that her husband should love another (and of that distressing fact it was impossible to doubt), his confidence was consoling; and her power to prove the firmness of her character, her right to his esteem, and the immolation of her happiness to further his desires, had, in itself, the sustainment which belongs to great sacrifice.
  2. That which is immolated; a sacrifice. countable,uncountable
  3. The act of maliciously burning a person. countable,uncountable

词形变化

immolations plural

词汇关系

衍生词
self-immolation twimmolation
相关词
immolate

词源

From Middle English immolacion, from Middle French immolation, from Old French, from Latin immolatio.
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