venom: [13] Venom comes via Old French venim from Vulgar Latin *venīmen, an alteration of Latin venēnum ‘drug, poison’. It has been speculated that this was derived ultimately from venus ‘love’ (source of English venerate, venereal, etc), in which case its ancestral sense would presumably have been ‘love-potion’.
venom (n.)
mid-13c., venim, venym, "poison secreted by some animals and transferred by biting," from Anglo-French and Old French venim, venin "poison; malice," from Vulgar Latin *venimen (source also of Italian veleno, Spanish veneno), from Latin venenum "poison," earlier (pre-classical) "drug, medical potion," also "charm, seduction," probably originally "love potion," from PIE *wenes-no-, from root *wen- (1) "to strive after, wish, desire" (see Venus). Variously deformed in post-Latin languages, apparently by dissimilation. Modern spelling in English from late 14c. The meaning "bitter, virulent feeling or language" is first recorded c. 1300.
双语例句
1. He felt as if a serpent had spat venom into his eyes.
他感觉就像有一条蛇朝自己的双眼里喷射了毒液。
来自柯林斯例句
2. He reserved particular venom for critics of his foreign policy.
他对那些批评他外交政策的人格外心怀怨恨。
来自柯林斯例句
3. a look of pure venom
恶狠狠的样子
来自《权威词典》
4. She surveyed him coldly with eyes that spat venom.
她冷眼打量着他,眼睛冒出怨毒的凶光.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. The snake injects the venom immediately after biting its prey.
