curare
英 [kjʊ'rɑːrɪ]
美[kjʊ'rɑri]
释义
n. [植] 箭毒马鞍子；箭毒（箭毒马鞍子的毒素，南美印地安人用以浸制毒箭）
英文词源
- curare (n.)
- 1777, from Portuguese or Spanish curare, a corruption of the name in the Carib language of the Macusi Indians of Guyana, wurali or wurari, which had a sort of click sound at the beginning, and is said to mean "he to whom it comes falls."
双语例句
- 1. The modern clinical use of curare probably dates from 1932.
- 箭毒的现代临床应用可追溯至1932年.
来自辞典例句
- 2. It is a curare alkaloid derived from the South American plant.
- 它是箭毒碱,提取自一种南美产的植物.
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英英释意
- 1. a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles; used by South American indians as an arrow poison;
- "curare acts by blocking cholinergic transmission at the myoneural junction"
实用场景例句
- The modern clinical use of curare probably dates from 1932.
- 箭毒的现代临床应用可追溯至1932年.
辞典例句
- It is a curare alkaloid derived from the South American plant.
- 它是箭毒碱,提取自一种南美产的植物.
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