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  1. 1/ˈliːθəl/致命的

    Able to cause death - deadly. Used for things like weapons, doses of medicine or poison, or diseases: 'a lethal dose,' 'a lethal weapon.' Can also be used more about something extremely effective in a non-literal way, like 'her serve in tennis is lethal' (very hard to return).

    示範例句 · Example

    The tiny frog on that leaf is lethal — its skin makes a poison strong enough to stop a bird's heart.

    中文翻譯那片葉子上的小青蛙是致命的——牠的皮膚製造一種毒，強到足以停住一隻鳥的心臟。

    常見搭配

    • a lethal weapon

      致命武器

      an object that can kill someone

      The court decided the metal bar counted as a lethal weapon.

    • a lethal dose

      致死劑量

      an amount of a drug or poison big enough to kill

      Doctors keep the medicine locked away because a lethal dose is surprisingly small.

    • lethal to (something)

      對…有致命性

      able to kill a particular kind of animal, plant, or person

      This spray is lethal to insects but safe for pets.

    • lethal injection

      注射死刑

      a way of putting a person to death by putting a drug into their body

      Several states have replaced older methods with lethal injection.

    • potentially lethal

      可能致命的

      able to kill in some situations

      A bee sting is potentially lethal for people with strong allergies.

From the word’s history

From Latin lētālis 'deadly', from lētum 'death'.

借自拉丁文 lētālis「致命的」，來自 lētum「死亡」。

Wiktionary

組成Comes from an old Latin word meaning 'death.'

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同家族的字

  • 名詞lethality
  • 副詞lethally

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lethaladj詞源 1/ˈliː.θəl/

  • 1

    Of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal.

    • Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.

lethalnoun詞源 1/ˈliː.θəl/

  • 1

    Any weapon that causes death.

  • 2

    biologygeneticsmedicineAn allele that causes the death of the organism that carries it.

lethalnoun詞源 2/ˈliː.θəl/

  • 1

    chemistrynatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesOne of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid.

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